"The Blue Mask"


	They tied his arms behind his back
	to teach him how to swim
	They put blood in his coffee
	and milk in his gin
	They stood over the soldier
	in the midst of the squalor
	There was war in his body
	and it caused his brain to holler

	Make the sacrifice
	mutilate my face
	If you need someone to kill
	I'm a man without a will
	Wash the razor in the rain
	let me luxuriate in pain
	Please don't set me free
	death means a lot to me

	The pain was lean and it made him scream
	he knew he was alive
	He put a pin through the nipples on his chest
	he thought he was a saint
	I've made love to my mother, killed my father and brother
	what am I to do
	When a sin goes too far, it's like a runaway car
	and cannot be controlled

	Spit upon his face and scream
	there is no Oedipus today
	This is no play you're thinking you are in
	what will you say
	Take the blue mask down from my face
	and look me in the eye
	I get a thrill from punishment
	I've always been that way

	I loathe and despise repentance
	you are permanently stained
	Your weakness buys indifference
	and indiscretion in the streets
	Dirty's what you are and clean is what you're not
	you deserve to be soundly beat

	Make the sacrifice
	take it all the way
	There is no "won't" high enough
	to stop this desperate day
	Don't take death away
	cut the finger at the joint
	Cut the stallion at his mount
	and stuff it in his mouth



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	{D}{D}{G/{D}{D}		(They put blood in his coffee ...)
	{D}{D}{G/{D}{D}		(They stood over the soldier ...)
	{D}{D}{G/{D}{D}		(There was war in his body, and ...)

	{G/F}{D}{G/F}{D}	(Make the sacrifice, mutilate ...)
	{G/F}{D}{G/F}{D}	(If you need someone to kill ...)
	{G/F}{D}{G/F}{D}	(Wash the razor in the rain ...)
	{G/F}{D}{G/F}{D}	(Please don't set me free ...)
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* riff 2 (Make the sacrifice ...)
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///// transcribed by Shirou Kouchi (wildside@mtci.or.jp) ////////////
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