JUMP ROPE

By PROJECT MONROE · Melodic Death Metal · From the album A FULL YEAR OF MURDER

**[Intro]**

Ring around the bully

Pocket full of knives

Slash, slash

He falls down... alive

**[Verse 1 –

Recess bell, the yard is packed

Fat kid shoves, he spits and whacks

We swarm him fast, fists crack his teeth

Pin him down, he gasps beneath

Box cutter gleams, we slice the gut

Skin splits wide with a wet rip-cut

Hot loops spill out, steaming coils

Pink and slick in crimson soils

**[Pre-Chorus]**

One deep slash just below the ribs

He howls as bowels slop and drip

Yank the ropes of glistening tube

Warm and pulsing, slippery lube

**[Chorus]**

Skip and twist the slippery cord

Guts go splat across the yard

Double dutch with his insides

Swing 'em high while he still cries

Intestine jump rope, one-two-three

Chant the rhyme, set the guts free

Splatter red on the concrete

Playtime's never tasted so sweet

**[Verse 2 –

Wrap the intestines round our fists

They burst and ooze between the twists

Chunks of fat and half-digested lunch

Slide out squelching, warm and punched

He drags himself, trailing shit and blood

Leaving smears in thickening mud

We jump higher, rope whips and snaps

Liver bursts like a gore-filled zap

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Steam and stench of ruptured bowel

He gurgles blood, eyes starting to roll

But the rope still throbs with dying heat

Coils of meat around our feet

**[Chorus]**

Skip and twist the slippery cord

Guts go splat across the yard

Double dutch with his insides

Swing 'em high while he still cries

Intestine jump rope, one-two-three

Chant the rhyme, set the guts free

Splatter red on the concrete

Playtime's never tasted so sweet

**[Verse 3 –

Flies swarm thick on the open cavity

Maggots already wriggling in the cavity

We knot the colon, thick and bloated

Hang the pancreas, dripping and loaded

Stuff the stomach sack down the slide

Acid burns the metal, hissing inside

Wipe our hands on his flayed-back skin

Peeling strips with a childish grin

**[Verse 4 –

Tomorrow’s victim, fresh and screaming

We’ll carve deeper, hear the wetter streaming

Saw the ribs, expose the heart still beating

Jump till it pops, red mist completing

Rope grows longer, layered with scabs

Crusted blood and yellow slabs

Playground reeks of endless rot

Every skip a fresh new clot

**[Extended Bridge]**

One for the knife, two for the pull

Three for the loop, four for the drool

Five for the jump, six for the snap

Seven for the mess, eight for the clap

Nine for the flies, ten for the stink

Eleven for the blood in the sink

Twelve for the secret we all keep

Jump... jump... never sleep

**[Breakdown]**

DRAG THE ROPES!

DRAG THE ROPES!

TRAIL THE GUTS ACROSS THE YARD!

RIP THEM WET!

RIP THEM WET!

TEAR THE ORGANS TILL THEY’RE SHRED!

**[Final Chorus –

Skip and twist the slippery cord

Guts go splat across the yard

Double dutch till the rope runs dry

Bully’s gone, but the game won’t die

Intestine jump rope, one-two-three

Every playground’s gonna see

Splatter red on the concrete

Playtime's never tasted so sweet

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About Melodic Death Metal

A Gothenburg-originated fusion of death metal extremity with soaring melodies and harmonized guitar leads, balancing brutality with accessibility and emotional depth. Bands include: In Flames, At the Gates, Dark Tranquility

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