Tom Morello - The Oath lyrics

rate me

The lamppost could swear it had seen me before

And stared as I stumbled through the motel door

The dirty mirror also thought I looked familiar

But commented only that my suit was brilliant

The TV bolted to the wall and cracked

Remembered how I cried and said I'd never come back

In the lacquer of the table, I had carved my oath

With a burnt butter knife and this is what I wrote...

I pledge to get their foot off my neck

Instead I shall demand my respect

I'll fight even if I won't win

Alright, the beginning is the end

I pledge to make the bosses cringe

Instead we'll get some justified ends

I'll fight till the system is gone

Recite this ex-losers song

(Yeee! ) Alright, muthafuckas!

(Coo-Cooo! ) Fight, muthafuckas!

(Yeee! ) Alright, muthafuckas!

(Coo-Cooo! ) Fight, muthafuckas!

I pledge to live life as lesson

That said even my words are weapons

I'll fight show love in motion

Alright, mountains move from oceans

I pledge there is no surrender

Instead I'll expose their agenda

Fight and make vampires bleed

Recite this ex-losers creed

(Yeee! ) Alright, muthafuckas!

(Coo-Cooo! ) Fight, muthafuckas!

(Yeee! ) Alright, muthafuckas!

(Coo-Cooo! ) Fight, muthafuckas!

I pledge that I'll taste each second

That said, I know each moment's a present

I'll fight a battle fit for ballads

Alright, at two we hit the palace

I pledge that we are individuals

That said, from you I'm indivisible

Fight and match the blaze of comets

Recite this ex-losers promise

The carpet inquired if I'd lay there again

And where was the girl from when there last I had been

The commode refused to speak as I made my escape

It knew every subtle nuance of my war torn face

The concrete outside felt disrespected

It was partly my fault it had been neglected

At the precipice of fate is where I carved my oath

With the dagger from my back and you know what I wrote

(Yeee! ) Alright, muthafuckas!

(Coo-Cooo! ) Fight, muthafuckas!

(Yeee! ) Alright muthafuckas!

(Coo-Cooo! ) Fight, muthafuckas!

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