The Tragedian

from Beast by Oh Petroleum

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In the dim light the filter does
plaster dust falls about
I show them the key
then I just swallow it
A bass drum keeps rumbling
deceiving their nerves
- this is not what it seems -

An imaginary cigarette
the hole in the eye
its door is shut to nobody
My hair and all my teeth
yes, I painted it
I put oil
and pigments on the brush
I like glitter myself

I am the tragedian
I adopt any idiom
I am jeering at people tonight
'cause they talk too loud

I take them to the celebrity's tomb
and tell it like it is
- you can't have it
- you can't have it

you can have photos of the building
but you can never get in
Even the old sayings in your mouth
only gather punks around you
I like my name as it sounds
like Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles.

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from Beast, released July 4, 2022

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