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God Is The Devil

from The Devil Tree EP by Fossil

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lyrics

what if god is the devil
dreaming this nightmare
down at the spirit level

and what if daddy never left
what if god could commit a sin
other than theft

maybe he had us fooled all along
gave us those broken psalms
and just like my dad
whenever i need him
he's just fucking gone

see god gave us father's so wed know about hurt
words so we'd know how curse
and he gave us this life so we'd have nowhere else to turn

then he gave us needles and veins so mickey and i could kill the pain
we bought a bundle of juice in the wake of news
every headline reading: you're born to lose

so we tied our blood in knots
took turns giving each other those poison shots
every day we ran that freight train through our veins
i remember mickey sitting back smiling saying
i think we've been saved

those weren't even our darkest days

faded out and dazed
every  light turned gray
mickey and i pissed the next 6 months away

thought maybe it'll be better tomorrow
a day where nothing goes wrong
the radio plays your favorite song
but tomorrow's always too late
and yesterday's always gone
always the same fate

melissa found us on new year's day
we were squattin on parker place
180 days since i'd even seen my own face

melissa introduced me to one-eye ray
said he could get me straight
but the whole time i was just bait
all ray wanted to do was dance on my grave

ray had me runnin numbers 
for change and scraps
just a rodent on my way to a mousetrap

heard from mickey that ray had a bad rap
he said we should head east 
make some real cash
instead i just waited for things to go bad

ray sent me to breakneck junction
told me there was a truckload comin
all i had to do was drive it back to that high street bunker

but there was no truck
just bad luck
three thugs
thats where it all got fucked

someone had to take a hit 
see ray owed money all over sun valley
and he figured no one would miss some bastard dope addict

sometimes i wish i'd died
so i wouldn't have had to run and hide
wouldn't have had to look melissa in the eye
and she never would've seen me cry
but maybe she was setting me up that whole time
 
so i snuck in to ray's 
found my daddy's name and all his debts scratched out in that cook book
ray found me said your dad was nothin but a lowlife crook
and that i had was just his bastard son and i had his eyes his same look

once men lose trust
it all just turns to dust
i ran back to my truck
escaped with some kinda luck

i found mickey the next day
told him we'd do it my way
so we drove to over lucky's in the old stingray

three bullets and my uncle benny's gun at my hip
i stood in the window watching ray drinking red wine and gin
i had one bullet for him 
one for the bar man serving him
and one bullet for god if i ever find him

stood there frozen
thought of my mom and mickey and tess and frankie
uncle benny
that midnight alley
the old days in the trash
the trees made of ash
i wondered who would miss me
if this all goes bad
so i put the gun away and climbed back in that stingray
told mickey to keep driving till we're a million miles away

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from The Devil Tree EP, released July 7, 2013
words and voice by fossil
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