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The Machine That Grinds on is the Machine That Needs Blood

from Air of Abrasion by Shroud Of Despondency

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lyrics

Coldness then numbness
Numbness then coldness
Nothing then feeling
Feeling then nothing
Can’t take the heat, I take the ice
With my ailment have to make nice
And take the pain
Take the needle, take the false strength
Keep the tyrant cold at arm’s length
Forget my gains
Forget everything I could ever do

Machines can’t make me whole
Machines cut away my days
Machines aren’t there to console
My nerves as they rot away
Rot away!
The minds I trust with my body
Survive on pain and my money
To them I give all that I have
The machine grinds on anyway
Even if I succumb to the fray
They get theirs and I am rid of

Hands fall off in all my dreams
Hands fall off yet still grab me
Hands fall off in all my dreams
Hands fall off and I still breathe

Machines aren’t there to console
My nerves as they rot away
Rot away!
The minds I trust with my body
Survive on pain and my money
To them I give all that I have
The machine grinds on anyway
Even if I succumb to the fray
They get theirs and I am rid of

Hands fall off in all my dreams
Hands fall off yet still grab me
Hands fall off in all my dreams
Hands fall off and I still breathe

Coldness then numbness
Numbness then coldness
Nothing then feeling
Feeling then nothing
Can’t take the heat, I take the ice
With my ailment have to make nice
And take the pain
Take the needle, take the false strength
Keep the tyrant cold at arm’s length
Forget my gains
Forget everything I could ever do

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from Air of Abrasion, released August 21, 2022

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Shroud Of Despondency Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Shroud of Despondency was formed by Rory Heikkila in the late 1990's.

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