Last Act [Rhyme Circus Winter Special]
Channel: Rhyme Circus
Date: 2014-03-24

Vocals by Marcus Carab. Music by Grant Livesay.
Free album download: http://marcuscarab.bandcamp.com/album/rhyme-circus-winter-special-ep

Lyrics:

last page of the program 
last act of the night 
last flake of the snowman 
last rat left alive 
knowing i'm the new dinosaur 
the old day dynasty denoument ambassador 
there's no longer any other way to spin it 
the bugs in my intestine 'bout to get their fifteen minutes 
of blissful ignorance, wishfully thinking they can win it 
they shoulda read the minutes from the last meeting 
but no one ever does 
end up like they never was 
un-immortalized in the halls of has-beens 
the portal lies where the palls are passing 
on the other side the horde's amassing 

or much more likely, the void's a vanishing 
act, statically managing matter 
without talent or tact 
and when the talons retract 
it's the balance of fact 
that wins back the occupied cities 
but we gotta find grittier stuff 
if we plan to attack 
cuz the bluff aint driving all the animals back 
we were tough and thriving when we ran in a pack 
now we just the fried snacks for tiny giants 
biding time and slightly pious 
but mostly just blind defiant and biased 
uninspired sellsword, bored of class and don't test well 
well-worn, here to try to stand where the rest fell 
aspiring tyrant, maybe overly reliant on violence 
but money can't buy me silence 
and the noise is just masking the death knell 
the bell voice here to put a crack in your best shell 

oh dear god, what is this fresh hell? 
the frying pan aint seem so bad now 
i used to sizzle with the strength of sandows 
but here in the fire i rely on handouts 
a man down, he couldn't handle the home stretch 
a born wretch like me saved but tone-deaf 
no breath, he lays down his weapons 
and silently counts down the last few seconds