Из альбома: Redux
In a dark and luxurious grotto 
Far below Crow Blister creek 
Dwells a secret society whose motto 
Is "We put the 'iiieeee' in shriek" 
They formed when the Pike City Half-Skulls 
Teamed up with the Silverback Royals 
This toxic concoction of rascals 
Was mixed by a man named "Atilla the Boil" 
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The signet is pressed
In the melted red wax of the seal 
The Congress of the Obsidian Eels 
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Atilla insisted thier new name reveal 
The depth of their writhing dementia 
So he christened his lads the Obsidian Eels 
Though he christened with Christ in absentia... 
Atilla said, "Eels, I must take you 
Where the Crow Blister pitcher plants grow-- 
We'll pick 'em and swig 'em, then build us an HQ 
Where bottomless pits fear to go" 
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They eat Venus Flytraps
They've fattened on cognac and veal 
The Congress of the Obsidian Eels 
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So one summer's morning at 7:06 
They gathered around in a ring 
And they dug with their daggers and crowbars and picks 
And they didn't let up till the spring 
Oh, the caverns they cut are exsquisite-- 
Like the Tower of London, but sunken 
And the strangers who come for a visit are given 
A 40 year tour of the dungeon 
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The gas lights come up
On the trespasssing fool to reveal
He's surrounded by the Obsidian Eels 
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Atilla treats new recruits cruelly 
Sending them off to the grind 
To make bullets from lapis-lazuli 
Or to break rocks in the gunpowder mine 
Still, should they choose to recruit you 
To refuse them would be suicidal 
So just suck it up when they boot you and brand you 
And hand you your bit and your bridle... 
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And pull when you're yoked
To the spoke of a stone-crushing wheel 
And welcome to the Obsidian Eels