Russian government

“They keep knockin’… they keep knockin’…”

(guitar squeal into a heavy drop)

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Voices in my brain, playin’ Russian roulette,

Load another thought, pull the trigger, no rest.

Every shadow that I chase got a knife in its hand,

I’m a sinner and a saint that you can’t understand.

Paranoia in the mirror, it’s a war I wage,

One side screaming love, the other drowning in rage.

Lock me in a cage but I’ll burn through the bars,

I’m a ticking time bomb with a map of scars.

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I’m breaking down, can’t tell who I am,

Am I the monster or the broken man?

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Demons at the door, they won’t let me be,

Voices in the dark keep controlling me.

I’m fighting with a ghost I can’t ignore,

Every time I win, they come back for more.

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I can’t breathe, I’m choking on doubt,

Every time I rise, they drag me down.

Tear my heart out, stitch it with lies,

A crown of thorns, I wear it with pride.

Nightmares bleed into daylight hours,

Fear dressed up in a suit of power.

Pray for peace but I’m cursed instead,

I’m alive on the outside, inside I’m dead.

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I’m breaking down, can’t tell who I am,

Am I the killer or the sacrificial lamb?

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Demons at the door, they won’t let me be,

Voices in the dark keep controlling me.

I’m fighting with a ghost I can’t ignore,

Every time I win, they come back for more.

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(Whisper) “You’ll never win.”

(Scream) “I won’t give in!”

(Whisper) “You’re nothing but a lie.”

(Scream) “Then watch me rise!”

(guitar chug breakdown + double-kick drums)

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Demons at the door, they won’t let me be,

Voices in the dark keep controlling me.

I’m fighting with a ghost I can’t ignore,

Every time I win, they come back for more.

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“They keep knockin’… they keep knockin’…”

“Let ‘em in.”