Exometrium Lyrics - From Parts Unknown - Every Time I Die

Peel off the leather and dig out your heart (x4) 

Right before your very eyes I slipped off the husk 

I mastered the slight 

There's a getaway car that's been waiting my whole life 

The engine has been running since the moment I arrived 

A trap door in the gallows let the charlatan out but smoke and mirrors box him in 

The rags and the bones were such a burden that I thought I'd collapse 

And only when I surrendered them did I find I had what it takes to burn myself at the stake 

Did you smell a rat? (x3) 

I had faked everything but my death 

Across the divide and onto the shore 

The strain on my back wasn't there anymore 

Wisdom teeth have replaced the fangs (x2) 

I've been scalped, scalped, scalped 

I've been knocked unconscious and I still haven't come around 

There was so much trouble on my mind all the time 

Call on the ten thieves and tell the I'm ready 

I looked up and the desert was everywhere 

But insight comes through blackened eyes 

I climbed a hill to dig a hole in the ground where I could bury the faithlessness and the evidence that I was ever actually right 

My skin was on too tight 

I could not identify the body 

Us snakes evolve 

It's what snakes do 

I could not identify the body 

Shed the fur and leave the womb 

Peel off the leather and dig out your heart (x4) 

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