The Carpet Crawlers

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The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor
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For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before
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They're moving in time to a heavy wooden door
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Where the needle's eye is winking, closing on the poor

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The carpet crawlers heed their callers
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We've got to get in to get out
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We've got to get in to get out
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We've got to get in to get out

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There's only one direction in the faces that I see
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It's upward to the ceiling, where the chamber's said to be
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Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in everytree
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They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they're free

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The carpet crawlers heed their callers
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We've got to get in to get out
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We've got to get in to get out
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We've got to get in to get out

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Mild-mannered supermen are held in kryptonite
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And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright
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Through the door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight
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It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight

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The carpet crawlers heed their callers
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We've got to get in to get out
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We've got to get in to get out
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We've got to get in to get out

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The porcelain mannikin with shattered skin fears attack
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And the eager pack lift up their pitchers - they carry all theylack
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The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack
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And the tickler takes his stickleback

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The carpet crawlers heed their callers
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We've got to get in to get out
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We've got to get in to get out
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We've got to get in to get out

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We've got to get in to get out
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We've got to get in to get out
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We've got to get in to get out
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We've got to get in to get out