Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Testing my faith again
Breaking the will of man
Deny all my saviors
No answers for prayers
Im all alone no turning back this time
Trapped in a cell that denies
Oppose the rise
Acts of free thought free the mind
Seek no redemption
My hates on a mission
Find the one way destruct inside
Sunshine moonlight
Stars soar in a violent sky
Condemning life with no meaning
Fell so question the thoughts
That imply stand arise
Seeds of hatred boil deep inside
My will has grown weak
To find the path that i seek
Losing my way on a path of destruction
Realease me
Feel so cold
Breaking the will of man
Deny all my saviors
No answers for prayers
Im all alone no turning back this time
Trapped in a cell that denies
Oppose the rise
Acts of free thought free the mind
Seek no redemption
My hates on a mission
Find the one way destruct inside
Sunshine moonlight
Stars soar in a violent sky
Condemning life with no meaning
Fell so question the thoughts
That imply stand arise
Seeds of hatred boil deep inside
My will has grown weak
To find the path that i seek
Losing my way on a path of destruction
Realease me
Feel so cold
Lyrics submitted by bornofdesire32
Tattoo Lyrics as written by Waylon Reavis John F. Kilcoyne
Lyrics © Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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