Name: The Killing Trade
Duration: P00H04M38S
Description: About the cruelty endured by animals in a vivisectionist's lab.

The Killing Trade

from Live At The Mainline by Passion-Play

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About the cruelty endured by animals in a vivisectionist's lab.

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The Killing Trade

Here
In this cold and faceless room
Just a number on a cage
A thing without a name

Here,
In cages neat and clean
Waiting fearfully to go
Where so many more have been
Fearing what I've never seen

I
Have seen the hands that deal in pain
And the blade when freshly stained
Empty cages that fill again

But I have seen their shapes
Moving silently past the iron grill
Maybe they'll overlook me
If I just stay quiet and still
And breath a little less I'm sure they will

Now
As each moment flickers past
While in their mercy left
I pray to their God not mine
Till the curious blade divides

My heart keeps missing
At each fearfull sound
Unscrewed and burning
Turning inside out
Waiting
In senseless fear
As the moment of my death draws near

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from Live At The Mainline, released May 26, 2012

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Somewhere between Gothic glam and post punk power pop,
Passion-Play make real their songs of darkness and dismay.
Charting desire, obsession, lust and murder their ouvre gives vent to all human frailties.
Give yourself up to your desires!
Bare your neck - they promise to bite!! ... more

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