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Agony is the price That you'll pay in the end Domination consumes you Then calls you a friend It's a twisted fall Binds are like steel And manipulates the will to be And it's hard to see How soon we forget When there's nothing else Left to destroy It's a useless ploy Your eyes will see The dawn of the day And the writing On the wall Those words that stare Into your soul And to yourself You will befall It's domination pushed into living hell Domination a now blacked heart Is reaching out divinity Body suspended by chains over razors And nails it's a penalty Each razor a vice and each nail Marks the demise of you life. Grim construction grows Has life played a trick Sealed you in brick by brick Till your end forcing you to bend Your eyes will see The dawn of the day And the writing On the wall Those words that stare Into your soul And to yourself You will befall It's domination pushed into living hell Domination a now blacked heart Is reaching out divinity Body suspended by chains over razors And nails it's a penalty Each razor a vice and each nail Marks the demise of you life. Grim construction grows Has life played a trick Sealed you in brick by brick Till your end forcing you to bend

Elvis, Rosanne and Kris sing "April 5th" accompanied by Rosanne's husband, John Leventhal. For a wonderful essay on how the three collaborated to write this song (and a brilliant bit of writing about writing in general), see this article Rosanne wrote in the NY Times: measureformeasure.blogs.nytimes.com

The End is a 1998 Birdhouse Productions live action documentary film starring Team Birdhouse. It was made under the direction of Jamie Mosberg, who also produced and edited it. Skateboarders featured in the video include: * Steve Berra * Ali Cairns (who was an amateur skateboarder at the time of filming) * Tony Hawk * Heath Kirchart (who also had a part in writing some of the scenes he was involved with) * Jeremy Klein (who also had a part in writing some of the scenes he was involved with) * Bucky Lasek * Jeff Lenoce (who was an amateur skateboarder at the time of filming) * Rick mccrank * Andrew Reynolds * Willy Santos * Brian Sumner (who was an amateur skateboarder at the time of filming)