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PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
Performer
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Musician
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Performer
Deantoni Parks
Deantoni Parks
Musician
Juan Alderete De La Pena
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Musician
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Composer
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Producer
Heba Kadry
Heba Kadry
Mastering Engineer
Lars Stalfors
Lars Stalfors
Mixing Engineer
Isaiah Abolin
Isaiah Abolin
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The world is burned, it never hurts
Shanks round the bend when you're foaming at the binge
On your serrated edge
You're like a snail that sticks
The hiss I make is warning to the scoundrel
[Verse 2]
When you walk the plank, tell me what you see
Moloch in the time of mutiny
When you walk the plank, tell me what you see
Moloch in the time of mutiny
[Verse 3]
When nobody wants to fix this frame
The guilty presence starts to villicate
Fall into the strangle, skip around the neck
This albatross is warning with extreme prejudice
[Verse 4]
When you walk the plank, tell me what you see
Moloch in the time of mutiny
When you walk the plank, tell me what you see
Moloch in the time of mutiny
[Verse 5]
When you walk the plank, tell me what you see
Moloch in the time of mutiny
When you walk the plank, tell me what you see
Moloch in the time of mutiny
[Verse 6]
Half of the time
I'm never clean
Filth of my filth
Can't get no relief
Half of the time
I see the weak
Don't roll your eyes
And still you can't see
All of my coins
You've taken and gave
Filling your void
And still you're empty
What's the satchel of numbers doing?
Can't my fingers tell extinction?
Written by: Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

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