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Peter and Mary drive cross-country,
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entering Desperation, Nevada.
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Red lights flash and their destinies changed
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as the patrol car pulls behind them.
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Collie Etrangian, arm of the law,
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stops them and searches the back of their car.
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There in the trunk, some drugs in a bag,
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and they find themselves arrested.
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Pulled them over to the side of the road
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with a body that's bloated and bursting - too old.
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"We'll get this sorted out in Desperation."
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Tak!
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Hatred is burning under his skin
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and an evil power that eats from within.
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He bleeds from his eyes as he drives them by
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the biggest mine in North America.
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Technology working anew in the depths
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The soul of the mine now disturbed from its rest.
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Answers will be found in Desperation.
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There's a little dead girl, lying on the steps of the jail,
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and Collie guns down Peter as he stares into her eyes.
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The Carver family hears the shot from the cell
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and wonders why their daughter had to die...
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Ralph and Ellie Carter, and their son David too,
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staring from within the cell like animals in a zoo.
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Something brought them here to Desperation.
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With them is Tom, the only one from the town.
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His alcoholic's spirit is beaten and worn down
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and Mary joins this group in Desperation.
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