"Butcher's Tale"

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Yester-day I was playing "Butcher's Tale," and I realized that the shaking section ("And I can't stop shaking / My hands won't stop shaking / My arms won't stop shaking / My mind won't stop shaking")  is comprised of (mostly) the same notes that provide the bass part for the verses.  The "And" is on a C, but otherwise, those phrases cycle through D, E, F, F, E, D (ending on an E), and the bass part for the verses is a repeated D, F, E, D.

I'm not sure if there's anything extra-musical about this (as if it's meant to connect those shaking sections with the verses), but it at least provides a unifying musical element to the song.