"Escape From Planet Cancer"

"Escape From Planet Cancer" is the seventh song in the album Cancer that was written by Showbread
Lyrics

the sea is stained with the shadow of us  as we cut through the skies overhead  it moves through the opaque chasm of black  as the west, disappearing, melts red  inside the churches all turned to dust  there are fingernail tracks in the wall  someone was struggling to find their way out  but instead they found nothing at all <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191">

<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">and over the sea in a warm sunny place <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#BFBFBF;mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">men and women sit watching tv  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">they say, "it's a shame anyone has to die, but it was either them or me."

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<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">it was so easy to gather up embers <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#BFBFBF;mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">and watch as the spark caught the chaff  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">it's harder today when the words that we say are all wasting away in a fight we outlast  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191">

<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">all safe and snug, tucked away in our mansions <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#BFBFBF;mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">we smile feeling comfortably safe  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">and over the sea there's a dark cold place  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">out of sight, out of mind, out of reach, washed away

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<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">all this talk of war and peace <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#BFBFBF;mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">and what it means to be free  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">all this conforming and all this rebellion  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#BFBFBF;mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">and the toll that it's taken on me  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">when we dig up the treasure that we've hidden  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">and we find our hearts there in the dirt  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">do we pledge allegiance to a man or a place? <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">or ourselves or a flag or a book or a church? <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#BFBFBF;mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">can power over anyone ever make us free? <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">are safety and security all that we believe? <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">is there something more to this? <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">a dangerous hope indeed <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF; mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">that Jesus Christ is the truth that sets us free  <span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF;mso-themecolor:background1; mso-themeshade:191">

<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">maybe there's good to be done <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:#BFBFBF;mso-themecolor:background1;mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">where darkness abounds  <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF;mso-themecolor:background1; mso-themeshade:191"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;background-position:initialinitial;background-repeat:initialinitial;">we dare to hope  <span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF;mso-themecolor:background1; mso-themeshade:191">

<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="color:gray;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,191,191);border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">use love to beat evil down <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#BFBFBF;mso-themecolor:background1; mso-themeshade:191">: