Halls of Illusions

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Here, ICP shows their hatred towards child abuse and domestic violence and the damage their victims suffer. The lyrics speak about child abusers and woman beaters who take… Read More

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Halls of Illusions Lyrics

[Verse 1: Violent J]
Ticket, please? Thanks, walk through the doors
Into the Halls of Illusions, visit yours
And see what could've and should've and woulda been real
But you had to fuck up the whole deal
Let's take a walk down the hallway
It's a long way, it takes all day
And when we get to the end, you'll find a chair
With straps and chains, we slap you in there
Lock you down tight, so ya can't move a thread
And pull your eyelids up over your head
Cause you're about to witness an illusionary dream
It's just too bad, it ain't what it seems!

[Shaggy 2 Dope:]
You walk in and see two kids on the floor
They're playin Nintendo and he's got the high score
And sittin behind them, chillin in the chair
Is ya wife, when ya look, oh, you ain't there!
It's some other man and they're hand in hand
How she looks so happy, ya don't understand
See this is an Illusion, it never came true...
All because of you!

[Violent J:]
Back to reality and what you're about
Your wife can't smile cause you knocked her teeth out
And she can't see straight from gettin hit
Cause you're a fat fuckin' drunk piece of shit!
But it's all good here, come have a beer
I'll break the top off it and shove it in ya ear
And your death comes wicked, painful, and slow
At the hands of Milenko

[Chorus: Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope]
Great Milenko, wave your wand
Don't look now, your life is gone
This is all because of you
What you got yourself into
Great Milenko, wave your wand
Don't look now, your life is gone
This is all because of you
What you got yourself into

[Verse 2: Violent J]
Look who's next, it's Mr. Clark
The dirty old man from the trailer park
You got your ticket? Thanks, take ya coat off!
And later on, why not? I'll rip ya throat off!
Let's take a walk down the hallway
It's a long way, it takes all day!
And when ya get to the end, you'll find a chair
You see all the blood? Yeah, your boy was just here!
We get all different kinda people comin through
Richies, chickens, and bitches just like you
In the halls, everybody gets a turn
To sit and witness your illusion before ya burn

[Shaggy 2 Dope]
What do we have here? Oh yeah, no way
It looks like your kids and they okay
Your daughter's chillin up at college, top grade
And your son's a fuckin doctor, phat paid
They got families, and kids, and it's all good
They even coach Little League in their neighborhood
Is this true, have ya really seen the Holy Ghost?
Nah, bitch not even close!

[Violent J]
Back to reality, your son's on crack
And your daughter's got nut stains on her back
And they both fuckin smell like shit
And live in the gutter, and sell crack to each other!
When they were kids you'd beat 'em and leave 'em home
And even whip 'em with the cord on the telephone
And that reminds me man, ey you got a call...
"Watch your step to hell, it's a long fall!"

[Chorus: Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope]
Great Milenko, wave your wand
Don't look now, your life is gone
This is all because of you
What you got yourself into
Great Milenko, wave your wand
Don't look now, your life is gone
This is all because of you
What you got yourself into

[Verse 3: Violent J]
Ahh, it's time to pack up and move to the next town
But we forgot Mr. Bigot, okay dig it
We can't show ya an illusion cause we're all packed
But we'll still cut your neck out, how's that?

About

Here, ICP shows their hatred towards child abuse and domestic violence and the damage their victims suffer. The lyrics speak about child abusers and woman beaters who take a hellish amusement park ride representing a fun-house to reflect upon their actions, as they are shown the consequences of their ways as they pass through the “Halls of Illusions”. These illusions shows what could have been their lives if they chose to be better people instead of living a life inflicting violence and pain upon their families who have been destroyed by the abuse. Also, Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash is featured performing background rhythm guitar

Q&A

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What did Insane Clown Posse say about "Halls of Illusions"?

In a 2011 interview with A.V. Club, Violent J said:

Okay, let’s say you’re walking down the Halls Of Illusions. You see these illusions on the wall of yourself with all this money, yourself in the new car, yourself with all the groceries you need, yourself with you paying all your bills. The only way you’re going to get this money is if you rob this bank. The Halls Of Illusions are showing you these illusions, and how great they would be if you were to act out this crime. But in reality, it’s just an illusion. In reality, it’s fucked up to do what you’re doing, but you see the illusions. And The Great Milenko is a character in The Joker’s Cards. He’s an illusionist, and he’s the one casting the illusions. So the question is: Are you strong enough to see past these illusions? Do you know that you really shouldn’t rob that bank? Or, are you so caught up in these illusions that you do rob the bank because the illusions look so wonderful to you that you want that shit? You don’t care what you do to get it. Somebody like me, the illusions don’t work. I can tell they’re fake, and I tell The Great Milenko to go fuck off. But somebody with a weaker mind would go and commit the necessary crime to have those things because The Great Milenko’s illusions worked on him or her.

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