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Lyrics - Eighth Deadly Sin

Wind howls, a candle burns, sweat breaks out, my stomach turns
Wild untamed imagining, a pen to paper horror-king
Behold! A myth is born when darkness yields another dawn
Stubbing out a cigarette when will I repay the debt?
Dark dreams in the night, I never know what's wrong or right
  Break out, break out lies
Break out, break out lies
  When I walk into the sun
Shadows crawl on the wall, covering me
Ah! Cold tongues caress my skin, create the eighth most deadly sin
Wish I'd never sold my soul, for seven secrets never told
My wounds forever bleed, where evil sowed it's hungry seed
  Break out, break out lies
Break out, break out lies
  When I swim across the river
Words will run on and on endlessly
And when I walk into the sun
Shadows crawl on the wall, covering me
All in all, scratches on the wall, nightmare screams fill the empty hall
I don't see why, I don't see how, to sacrifice the sacred cow
Turn the lock and throw away the key
Dark dreams in the night, I never know what's wrong or right
  Break out, break out lies
Break out, break out lies
You're pulling me down, I never knew what it's like to drown
  Break out, break out lies
Break out, break out lies
Break Out!
  When I swim across the river
Words will run on and on endlessly
And when I walk into the sun
Shadows crawl on the wall, covering me
  When I swim across the river bed
Words will run on and on endlessly
And when I walk into the sun
Shadows crawl on the wall, covering me

© 1988, Music: ARK, Lyrics: Ant Short

The story tells the tale of a horror fiction writer, and his wild untamed imagining.