Intro: Verse: Sweetly as I fall backwards in slow motion and sink into bliss My unconscious face smiles for I am totally oblivious to all of the Trouble awful devil evil Trouble awful devil evil Bat wings flapping just over my bed Swooping, whirling around overhead Instrumental: Verse The weight of my insensate body draws all the bedclothes down with it Unknowing ecstatically lowering into a bottomless pit surrounded by Trouble awful devil evil Trouble awful devil evil Bat wings flapping just over my bed Swooping, whirling around overhead Bridge Shadows lengthen Darkness spreads across a cold benighted land Verse Ten thousand years have passed and still I continue to descend Arms folded 'cross my chest, I dream of happiness without end, unaware of the Trouble awful devil evil Trouble awful devil evil Bat wings flapping just over my bed Swooping, whirling around overhead Outro Trouble awful devil evil Trouble awful devil evil Trouble awful devil evil Trouble awful devil evil

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