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Blackened Brother

Dear brother of mine

the words I have for you

when you take a familiar path

down a destructive road

 

It ruined so much of our lives

now it has it's grip on you

how could you accept it

why would you let it in

 

After everything it has taken away

what it has taught us

you turn your faith to addiction

to replace your own anguish

 

Life will never be easy for us

but you're making it harder

burying yourself in lost memories

hoping to forget the rest

 

Take another hit of a seductive high

forget about your future life

it's only right now you live

forget what you have

as you create something so black in you

 

come a long way to the end

reach for more torture

forget if it hurts your family

we all die anyway

From the greatest and worst times of our lives

we always had each other

to hold on to and to survive

no matter how much it hurt

 

From one bro to the other

it's not for you

don't make the same kind of mistakes as our mother

you only have this life and you won't get another

just find a better place and live another day

 

It hurts to see our memories go away

If she saw what you are doing

she would roll in her grave

you will never get these parts of your life back

 

Not only do you do it to yourself

but you deal it out to others

for the collapse of love and family

a cold union so hollow

no warmth to feel inside

 

Aching sickness for more to come

only the will to make it go away

like I want it to get out of you

and never return

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andrew-owens
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Dec 24, 2012
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