"Rotten" lyrics - MACHINE HEAD

My mouth is cracked and dry
The words are choking by
My teeth are gritting with this rage I'm feeling
My stomach tied in knots
Jaw clenched and muscles taut
About to explode inside the anger building

I've sat with the gun in hand
Barrel to temple, can't understand
Bleeding an open sore
These wounds I can't ignore
I am the misbegotten
Lest his horror be forgotten

Everything is rotten to the core
Everything is rotten to the core
Everything is rotten to the core

Black blood red pill
Razor and scar
Love cut hate kill
This is a war

I stare into the black
Anxiety attacks
My heart is racing
And my throat's constricting
With every cut and scrape
My skin it palpitates
Lying awake I feel the terror grip me

This nightmare never ends
Suffer my demons
Weather the bends
Drowning in misery
And negativity
Walk shores to the downtrodden
Anthems to the misbegotten

Everything is rotten to the core
Everything is rotten to the core
Everything is rotten to the core

Black blood red pill
Razor scars
Love cut hate kill
This is a war

Powerless
Life endless
Infected
Dejected

The lying liars say their spineless vile hypocrisy
The burning pyres blaze their timeless animosity

Will you stand beside me
And fight to change the world

Everything is rotten to the core

Powerless
Everything is rotten to the core
Life endless
Everything is rotten to the core
Infected
Everything is rotten to the core
Dejected