Assassing Lyrics - Fish

I am the assassin, with tongue forged from eloquence 

I am the assassin, providing your nemesis 

On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend 

Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend 

No incantations of remorse, my friend 

Unsheath the blade within the voice 

My friend, my friend, my friend, my friend 

I am the assassin 

Who decorates the scarf with the fugi knot 

Who camouflaged emotion in the thousand-yard stare 

Who gouged the notches in the family tree 

Who hypnotized the guilt in career rhythm trance 

Assassin, assassin, assassin, assassin 

(assassin, my friend.) 

Listen as the syllables of slaughter cut with calm precision 

Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sew the ice incision 

Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption 

Venomous verbs of ruthless candor plagiarize assassins' fervour 

Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell, the creed of tempered diction 

My friend, your friend, the assassin 

A friend in need is a friend that bleeds 

Let bitter silence infect the wound 

I am the assassin, (your friend) 

Assassin 

You were a sentimental mercenary in a free-fire zone 

Parading a hollywood conscience 

You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish 

Pavlovian slaver at the cash-till ring of success 

A non-com observer, I assassin, the collector... defector 

So you resigned yourself to failure, my friend 

And I emerged the chilling stranger, my friend 

To eradicate the problem, my friend 

Unsheath the blade within the voice 

Within the voice, within the voice 

Within the voice 

And what do you call assassins who accuse assassins, anyway 

My friend?