Tantalized by the cockroach and it's promise

I fantasised about soaring with golden wings

"Flying with gold wings"



Hypnotized by the cockroach and it's promise

I was compromised by a treasure

That was fit for fools

"Lured by a fool's gold"



Blinded by a fickle fortune

Diamonds in my eyes

Blinded by the grand illusion

Golden wings to fly



The hunter draws closer to it's prey



Vacantly I was gazing at the mirage

I yearned to be a apostle

Of the selfmade man

Hopelessly I bathed in my ignorance

Desperately toking on the roach of irony



My fickle fortune beckoned

A treasure fit for fools



The hunter draws closer to it's prey



I blindly wandered down the golden path

In pursuit of a misbegotten dream

The great gatsby whispered in my ears

The road from rags to riches leads nowhere



The grand illusion beckoned

With promises of deceit



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The Cockroach King sits on his throne

With the midas touch and a heart of stone

An empire build on guile and greed

A bleeding ground for those who heed



The grand illusion faded

The hunter snares it's prey

I fear and loathe the cockroach

The mirage melts away



[Chorus]

The Cockroach King sits on his throne

With the midas touch and a heart of stone

An empire build on guile and greed

A bleeding ground for those who heed



Lured by a treasure that was fit for fools

"Searching for the truth"

Lost in this labyrinth in search of the truth

"With your promises of deceit"

Trapped in your kingdom build on greed and guile

"Build on greed and guile"

Only to find the insects have multiplied



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The Cockroach King of guile and greed

With a broken crown he's left to bleed

An empire falling to it's knees

A bleeding ground for those who heed



I longed to be a disciple of the cockroach

I was hopelessly choking

On the roach of fallacy

"The roach of irony"



Thankfully when the mirage finally melted

The impurity of the cockroach was revealed to me

"The roach of irony"



Blinded by the grand illusion

Blackened wings to fly

Burning ashes of the hunter

Scattered in the sky