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The Antichrist is Thirteen and Kicked Me in the Shin
She sat on the edge
of a ledge in the cellar:
a pit so deep
so yore's womb could sell her
to the Lord above
or the devil down below
and if the devil was a child
she would never even know because
devils disguise themselves
as children all the time, they do
as they muster up their grins
and push you down the slide
or into an infinite cellar
with that pert look in their eyes,
leaving you to sit on your own to whine and mope and cry.
She felt like a frog,
shedding its skin in humid weather,
in sticky pieces
that she eats and then gets better
with a bit of sun
or a broad amount of snow
and if the sun had disappeared
she would never even know because
the Antichrist is thirteen
and kicked her in the shin, but she
didn't know how to react
so it's been snowy since
or maybe sunny once or twice,
to her it makes no sense,
why a little baby would do something like this.
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Children can be the embodiment of the devil. It can be good, and it can be horrible. "The Antichrist is Thirteen and Kicked Me in the Shin" is based off a personal story, and the structure of the lyrics is based on patterns in common modern subgenres of folk music.