Beyond The Needle

Armored

You think you can take me down? You think you can threaten me?

You think you won just because you came at me, outnumbered me, one to three,

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You took the first swing, and then the second and sixth and tenth,

I only took four, but believe me, it wasn't in lack of strength,

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I left that life a long time ago, that's the thing that you don't get,

I'd sooner take a decent beating, than forget my healthy, clean mindset,

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And then you dared threaten my girl, the very thing I live for,

That's when I went at you, pounding you down with a feral roar,

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Beat me up all you want, accuse me, leave me bleeding on the street with broken ribs,

But don't ever let my girl's name pass your goddamn, filthy lips,

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Mention her again and I'll remind you of who I used to be,

People used to shout my name, but now they whisper it, for don't you see?

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The lion might have withdrawn its claws and laid down in the shadows,

But poke the beast and I'll jump you - leave you teared apart, only where God knows,

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The lion isn't tamed, just temporarily dormant,

Come at me again and I'll show you the extend of my 'conformance'.

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