Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion

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[Verse 1]
[?] and I will show you death
This is what you wanted, this is what you need
[?]

[Pre-Chorus]
Hold your children close and pray for oblivion!

[Chorus]
As the world goes
The strong do what they can
And the weak suffer what they must
Shallow be thy graves

[Verse 2]
Dress them in exalted rags and bring them unto me
This is what you wanted, this is what you need
[?]

[Pre-Chorus]
Hold your children close and pray for oblivion

[Chorus]
As the world goes
The strong will do what they can
And the weak suffer what they must
Shallow be thy graves

[Bridge]
There shall be the whole of the law
[?]

[Verse 3]
Stop crying that you've changed your mind, it's you who invoked me
All that's wrong is that I did all that you asked of me
Just because you're blind, there is no excuse not to see
This is what you wanted, this is what you need

[Chorus]
As the world goes
The strong will do what they can
And the weak suffer what they must
Shallow be thy graves