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Tragedy
Numbers branded on my arm
 I've forgotten the world has color
 I've forgotten the world has hope
 Imprisoned for Jesus, my Catholic faith
 I become desensitized to death
 Desensitized to death
 
 You'll be surprised what you can get used to
 Dead bodies line the streets
 Dead body's stink fills the air
 We never can escape
 After all, branded people are desensitized to death
 Desensitized to death
 
 Families torn apart
 Faith is shattered
 Faith is what got us here in the first place
 We only try to live
 So we have to be desensitized to death
 Desensitized to death
 
 Try to survive, try to make do
 Torture me and torture you
 Torture is only a game to them
 "How long will they last?" their sick minds ask
 They, like us, are desensitized to death
 Desensitized to death
 
 In line we wait, trembling
 Whose turn is it?
 Whose turn to die?
 My number is called
 And I'm glad that I'm desensitized to death
 Desensitized to death
 
 I am alone
 Doctors crowd around
 Doctors brainwashed and sick minded
 They perform experiments on me- horrid experiments
 But I'm desensitized to death
 Desensitized to death
 
 I'm numb
 It's not because I'm all drugged up
 It's not because I'm scared
 (Well, maybe just a little)
 No, it's because I'm desensitized to death
 Desensitized to death
 
 I'm awake
 I did not die
 I did not cry
 I feel different but I don't know why
 Am I still desensitized to death?
 Desensitized to death?
 
 I go back home
 If you can call The Box a home
 If you can imagine the staring faces
 "You survived?" they ask
 In this case, they don't need to be desensitized to death
 Desensitized to death
 
 I DID NOT DIE.
 I WILL LIVE FOR ANOTHER DAY

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