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** Understandable when you realize that the guys in question are [[spoiler:doctors performing the titular autopsy.]]
*** Actually, it's even worse given background context. According to [[WordofGod John's tumblr]] [[spoiler: "The song is directly about the death of Judy Garland in London in 1969. Judy Garland met a lot of people throughout her life who treated her badly: who abused her from a very early age. In the hands of these people she never had a chance. These are the people who you do not want to see without masks."]]

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** Understandable when you realize that the guys in question are [[spoiler:doctors doctors performing the titular autopsy.]]
autopsy.
*** Actually, it's even worse given background context. According to [[WordofGod John's tumblr]] [[spoiler: "The song is directly about the death of Judy Garland in London in 1969. Judy Garland met a lot of people throughout her life who treated her badly: who abused her from a very early age. In the hands of these people she never had a chance. These are the people who you do not want to see without masks."]]"
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-->''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Someday, someday the earth will be black as tar]]''
-->''[[DeathWorld Someday the earth will be as black as tar]]''
-->''[[WhatYouAreInTheDark And we are gonna see each other the way we truly are]]''
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-->''And I hope that if I found the strength to walk out, you'd stay the hell out of my way!''

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-->''And I hope that if I found the strength to walk out, you'd stay the hell out of my way!''way!''
* "'Family Happiness'" is very clearly taking place moments before something horrible happens.
-->''Look at the person I've turned into, tell me how do you like him now?''
-->''No standards of any kind to break, no creeds to disavow''
-->''I am right here where you want me''
-->''Do what you brought me out here for''
-->''You can arm me to the teeth''
-->''You can't make me go to war''
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-->''And I hope I never get sober''

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-->''And I hope I never get sober''sober''
-->''And I hope when you think of me years down the line, you can't find one good thing to say''
-->''And I hope that if I found the strength to walk out, you'd stay the hell out of my way!''
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-->''[[HearingVoices And I had the voices inside of me]]''

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-->''[[HearingVoices And I had the voices inside of me]]''me]]''
* "No Children" is a downer from start to finish, but the second verse is the bottom:
-->''I hope it stays dark forever''
-->''I hope the worst isn't over''
-->''And I hope you blink before I do''
-->''And I hope I never get sober''
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-->''I was not there for rehearsal, '''[[BecomingTheMask I don't need it any more...]]'''''

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-->''I was not there for rehearsal, '''[[BecomingTheMask I don't need it any more...]]''''']]'''''
* "Toolshed", based on one of the alleged Satanic lyrics backmasked into Stairway To Heaven, tells the story of three kids coming into contact with something very, very sinister.
-->''Back at the school, everyone looks like the enemy''
-->''And we couldn't sleep''
-->''[[HearingVoices And I had the voices inside of me]]''
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*** Actually, it's [[highoctanenightmarefuel even worse]] given background context. According to [[WordofGod John's tumblr]] [[spoiler: "The song is directly about the death of Judy Garland in London in 1969. Judy Garland met a lot of people throughout her life who treated her badly: who abused her from a very early age. In the hands of these people she never had a chance. These are the people who you do not want to see without masks."]]

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*** Actually, it's [[highoctanenightmarefuel even worse]] worse given background context. According to [[WordofGod John's tumblr]] [[spoiler: "The song is directly about the death of Judy Garland in London in 1969. Judy Garland met a lot of people throughout her life who treated her badly: who abused her from a very early age. In the hands of these people she never had a chance. These are the people who you do not want to see without masks."]]
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*** Actually, it's [[highoctanenightmarefuel even worse]] given background context. According to [[WordofGod John's tumblr]] [[spoiler: "The song is directly about the death of Judy Garland in London in 1969. Judy Garland met a lot of people throughout her life who treated her badly: who abused her from a very early age. In the hands of these people she never had a chance. These are the people who you do not want to see without masks."]]
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-->'''''[[{{Cheers}} Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name]]'''''

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-->'''''[[{{Cheers}} -->'''''[[Series/{{Cheers}} Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name]]'''''
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-->''You erase me''

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-->''You erase me''me''
* The completely unhinged narrator from "Werewolf Gimmick", starting with the very first line.
-->''I was not there for rehearsal, '''[[BecomingTheMask I don't need it any more...]]'''''
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**Understandable when you realize that the guys in question are [[spoiler:doctors performing the titular autopsy.]]
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* "Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace:"

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* The terrifyingly calm narrator of "Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace:"Grace."
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-->''You don't want to see these guys without their masks on... or their gloves''

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-->''You don't want to see these guys without their masks on... or their gloves''gloves''
* "Song For My Stepfather" is just ''horrifying'', especially because of the last verse:
-->''You can go ahead and hit him''
-->''He feels no pain at all''
-->''You erase me''
-->''You erase me''
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* "Pure Love":

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* "Pure Love": Love:"



* "Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace":

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* "Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace":Grace:"



* The last verse of "Autoclave":

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* The last verse of "Autoclave":"Autoclave:"



* "The Autopsy Garland"

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* "The Autopsy Garland"Garland:"
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-->"You don't want to see these guys without their masks on... or their gloves"

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-->"You -->''You don't want to see these guys without their masks on... or their gloves"gloves''
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** "Cut Off Their Thumbs" is about a hostage situation that almost surely will not end well.
** "Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace":

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** * "Cut Off Their Thumbs" is about a hostage situation that almost surely will not end well.
** * "Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace":



** The live cover of Furniture Huschle's "Terror Song."
** The last verse of "Autoclave":

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** * The live cover of Furniture Huschle's "Terror Song."
** * The last verse of "Autoclave":



** "New World Emerging Blues"
** "The Autopsy Garland"

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** * "New World Emerging Blues"
** * "The Autopsy Garland"
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* "Pure Love":
-->''Hey, what are you doing, my love?''
-->''Hey, didn't I just tell you that such a thing would be over and above what's called for in this case?''
-->''Pull the ski mask away from your face.''
-->''It won't be necessary.''
** "Cut Off Their Thumbs" is about a hostage situation that almost surely will not end well.
** "Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace":
-->''"Someone will need to mop this floor for me."''
** The live cover of Furniture Huschle's "Terror Song."
** The last verse of "Autoclave":
-->''I dreamt that I was perched atop a throne of human skulls''
-->''On a cliff above the ocean, howling wind and shrieking seagulls''
-->''And the dream went on forever, one single static frame''
-->'''''[[{{Cheers}} Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name]]'''''
** "New World Emerging Blues"
** "The Autopsy Garland"
-->"You don't want to see these guys without their masks on... or their gloves"

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