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"The Tell-Tale Heart Pt. 2"
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album _The Raven_
(Lou Reed, 2003)

written by Lou Reed
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        Furious



        It made me furious



        A dull quick sound pounding



        Like a watch encased in cotton



        Tick tock



        I knew that sound well



        It increased my fury



        The beating of the old man's heart



        I scarcely breathed and refrained



        Motionless



        The tattoo of the heart



        Hellish



        Increased and was extreme



        It grew louder



        Louder



        I am nervous at this dead hour of the night
        amid the dreadful silence of this old house
        this sound excites me to uncontrollable wrath
        I thought someone would hear this sound
        I thought his heart would burst



        His hour had come



        Please open the door
        Open the door



        The old man has gone to the country




        Gone to the country



        But please search well



        Please search well



        These are his treasures



        Treasures



        Secure and undisturbed



        Please sit and rest
        You must be fatigued



        Wild audacity
        Perfect triumph



        So they chat



        Chat



        Of familiar things



        I hear ringing



        Ringing



        Do you not hear it



        No



        It is louder
        It is making my head ache



        Do you not hear it



        No



        No



        No




        I, I have a headache
        The day is long
        Do you not hear it



        No



        Do you fucking mock me
        Do you mock me




        They know




        Do you think me



        They know



        An imbecile
        Do you think me a fool
        Villains dissemble no more



        I admit the deed



        Admit, Admit



        Here, here



        Admit



        It is the beating
        of his most hideous heart




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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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