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UNTITLED #16
Sometimes I lay awake at night, rejected by everybody / Because I've been caught in moments of meaningless love / Taken in by strangers and shown a familiar world
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Mar 21, 2011
Wild Waters
The waves come crashing down on me / Trying to swim against the current / Being dragged along in the undertow
12
Oct 31, 2010
Matters of Perspective
One man's truth is another man's lie / One man's fantasy is another man's life / One man's blessing is another man's curse
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Oct 31, 2010
The Game
Broken body / Broken mind, and broken soul / My heart's still beating
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Oct 31, 2010
The Search for The Grail
If I fell from grace would you be there / To help get me on my feet? / Or would you just smile and laugh?
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Oct 31, 2010
Embers
The final embers of the fire have died / And I should go before I start freezing / You ask me to stay just a little while
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Oct 31, 2010
Through The Looking Glass
I'll do what I can / But you shouldn't be expecting much / All I can be counted on
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Oct 31, 2010
What's Inside
What I want is not out there / It doesn’t exist but in my dreams / And I spend too much time sleeping
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Sep 14, 2010
UNTITLED #15
Walking through the alleyway / Trying to keep myself dry / The rain is pouring harder now
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Sep 14, 2010
I Don't Mind
Sitting on the couch watching the tube / The screen is black / But I don’t mind
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Sep 14, 2010
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