Cover art for Coerced Coexistence by In Flames

Coerced Coexistence

In Flames
Track 7 on Colony 
May. 31, 19991 viewer

Coerced Coexistence Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'll take you on a ride
As part-owner to my pain
Our ideals they collide
Coerced coexistence

I fought the world today
Postpone my birth again
We stumble on and on
But bound to die alone

[Pre-Chorus]
Pain - I'm selling my soul today
Pain - I need some sympathy

[Verse 2]
This infiltrates my brain
"In the sunshine the sun is mine"
Pitiless wanderer
Close your eyes and bow your head
Grotesque thoughts in a line
Threw my wings onto the blazing sun
Smile stretched on old trees
Eternal grinning jester masque

[Pre-Chorus]
Pain - I'm selling my soul today
Pain - I need some sympathy
[Chorus]
Don't hurt a fly they all sing
We're just ants in a great big play
Commercialize-infect-annihilate-progress
Visualize-inhale-pretend-betray

[Bridge]
I'll take you on a ride
As a part-owner to my pain

[Pre-Chorus]
Pain - I'm selling my soul today
Pain - I need some sympathy

[Chorus]
Don't hurt a fly they all sing
We're just ants in a great big play
Commercialize-infect-annihilate-progress
Visualize-inhale-pretend-betray

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