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Published: 2008-03-25 06:27:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 615; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 1
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Description If I had an apple
I'd dip it in acid
And feed it to the innocent next door
If her man came
To kiss it better
He'd secretly want me more

If I had a castle
I'd steal a princess
And hide her lock and key on the upper floor
If some valiant knight
Tried to break in and save her
I'd slit her throat before he'd make it to the door

O, that life were a storybook
I'd live in such dramatic decadence
O, you wouldn't need a second look
To tell the enemy from the prince

If I had a village
I'd fill it with rats
And lead the children out with my fife
When the mothers scream in the distance
I'll scream back
"I'll take your visa or your child's life"

If I happened to live
In some barbershop nightmare,
I'd kill my own sad ghost of a wife
Vengeance and veins would open and flow
To my cool and angry knife

O, that life were a story book
I'd live in such lavish wealth, I'd
Eat hand-picked grapes by the vine
And have slaves to put them in my mouth

And all the boys and girls in my harem
Would reserve for me such fear
For if left unsatisfied
I'd find little ways to make them disappear

O, life is just a masquerade
So who dares steal this scorn?
Who will set the gilded rose
And who be pricked by its gorgeous thorn?

Am I everything that I appear to be
Or do these words obscure what's true?
If I remove the mask tonight
Will I be the mirror image
Of you?
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Comments: 26

blind-ambition [2008-10-30 19:47:35 +0000 UTC]

I love this. You simply did an incredible job.<3

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amaranthineries In reply to blind-ambition [2008-11-05 06:43:49 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, thank you very much! I'm going to have it recorded soon, hopefully...

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blind-ambition In reply to amaranthineries [2008-11-05 20:45:58 +0000 UTC]

Sounds very cool. (:

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HippieVan57 [2008-04-10 04:14:58 +0000 UTC]

nice writing, good luck in the contest

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amaranthineries In reply to HippieVan57 [2008-04-10 22:30:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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Hindered-mind [2008-04-09 18:23:57 +0000 UTC]

This was so much fun. I can just picture a little girl reading this for bed time in a dark room with a flash light

Great work!

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amaranthineries In reply to Hindered-mind [2008-04-10 22:31:19 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, gotta corrupt 'em early, while they're still listening. XD Thanks very much!

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adelechapline [2008-03-26 04:52:22 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Let me type that again...wow. Love it I like the Sweeney Todd and Pied Piper verses...fantastic imagery

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amaranthineries In reply to adelechapline [2008-03-29 19:23:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! ^^

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ScribbledNotes [2008-03-26 03:37:17 +0000 UTC]

This is decidedly different than your other works... I vaguely remember you doing something that emulated this perverse style before, too... can't think of what it was or about though... refresh my memory!

Yeah, it's cool.. though halfway through, I would have been like, Okay, stop! lol When you got to Sweeny Todd, it seemed a bit much... I saw the twist even in that one, too, though overall it felt over by time you reached that part. But, still a very different feeling from you. Nice to see expansion in topics.

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amaranthineries In reply to ScribbledNotes [2008-03-29 19:26:31 +0000 UTC]

I think it might've been Porn Stars? That was for sure my most perverse piece...

Yeah, that kind of thing I tried to avoid, but it's difficult with the way I designed the song. I had actually quite a bit of trouble near the end, and ended up re-writing everything following the Sweeny Todd verse. XDD But I felt obliged to keep that one in, just because that was the verse that started the whole song.

And thank you very much!

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ScribbledNotes In reply to amaranthineries [2008-03-31 01:59:43 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, oh, okay. And yeah, I think it was Porn Stars... though... I don't know... lol! I can't remember. I think I'll need to read it again.

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stillwatersxo [2008-03-25 22:03:40 +0000 UTC]

I like this a lot. I can't totally say I understood all of it, but I really liked it =]

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amaranthineries In reply to stillwatersxo [2008-03-29 19:26:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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Zomai [2008-03-25 14:37:42 +0000 UTC]

hahahah, oh Manda.

This is so freakin' cool that I don't even know what to do with it. Well done.

TOTALLY my little girl dream!

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amaranthineries In reply to Zomai [2008-03-29 19:27:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh Manda, indeed. XD

I could definitely imagine you at the beach stomping on some poor little boy's sandcastle. Heartless girl!

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Zomai In reply to amaranthineries [2008-03-30 22:51:09 +0000 UTC]

You paint such a flattering image.

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GhstsInSnow [2008-03-25 14:36:33 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome<3 lovelovelove.

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amaranthineries In reply to GhstsInSnow [2008-03-29 19:27:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, my love!~ <33

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DementisVenustas [2008-03-25 06:59:12 +0000 UTC]

Amazzzzing. Hey, when you become famous, can I borrow twenty dollars?

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DementisVenustas In reply to DementisVenustas [2008-03-25 07:00:55 +0000 UTC]

Erm. >> Wow, that came out bad. Hahaha. I'm not saying that you'll be WORTH twenty dollars. I meant that the only way I'd be able pay you back is if I borrowed ONLY twenty.

ILU.

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amaranthineries In reply to DementisVenustas [2008-03-29 19:28:03 +0000 UTC]

Tell you what...you can even HAVE 20 dollars.

I love you, too!! Thanks, hunniebear.

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DementisVenustas In reply to amaranthineries [2008-04-01 01:01:38 +0000 UTC]

Spanks!

Hah.

This should be nominated for a DD, methinks.

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Deltabeta [2008-03-25 06:36:21 +0000 UTC]

Wew!! This is powerful! heh. Thats all I could think of when reading it. It's so full of images/imagery. ha! I loved it! Acid, and slitting wrists are very powerful ways of invoking thought. Great weighty words.

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amaranthineries In reply to Deltabeta [2008-03-29 19:28:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for picking those out. It's always super-flattering when the reader can actually identify the especially important elements of a piece.

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Deltabeta In reply to amaranthineries [2008-03-29 19:33:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. You did a great job on this piece.

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