I was bought and sold When I was nine years old They beat me like a drum They beat me like a drum Brainsick, raving mad When I was just a lad I knew what I'd become I knew what I'd become I don't think you love me like you should Your touch is old and tired So I don't think I love you like I could I think I'll bathe you all in kerosene and lighty you on fire Mind control How this world is getting old I won't save your wretched souls But I think I might save you from yourselves Who am I? The architect and watchful eye To an assisted suicide The only one who'll save you from yourselves Well, I can be forgiving but I'm not (not, not, not) I think I'll eat your happiness, I like the taste a lot It makes me who I am It makes me who I am And I love to watch you twitch when you're hanging by a thread Or see the resignation when you're strung out on the dread I'll beat you like a drum I'll beat you like a drum I don't think you love me like you should, no But now I got you singing like a choir So I'll drown you all in gasoline and light you on fire! Mind control How this world is getting old I won't save your wretched souls But I think I might save you from yourselves Who am I? The architect and watchful eye To an assisted suicide The only one to save you from yourselves Show me who's the king Sing Mind control Yeah, this world was getting old Now he'll save our wretched souls The only one to save us from ourselves Fuck it all Learn to walk before we crawl Now we know we'll never fall The only one to save us from ourselves It's hard to have a past When everything that's old is new again These sins aren't meant to last But yours are hanging on and that rests with you my friend You know you're only passing on the pain To try and keep these memories contained And you wish that you were young And you could go back and just try again