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A Ballad for Anyone who has Loved

It was the day I rode on with my life

The day I went into my daydreams

The day I fell through the floor

And life wasn’t everything it seemed.

I was lost in a forest,

Trying and not succeeding to follow the signs

In the I end I was beaten, wasted

Wasted from wasting my time.

I got lost in the jet stream

I got lost in a hole in the night

I saw a fire beyond.

I saw the golden beams of your light.

It was then I knew

It wasn’t you I was running from

I could see the petty anger

That held us, ending up living alone.

Then I saw a city

A city dressed in cold concrete

It was the city of angels

But the angel was dead in the street.

For once I saw it your way

For once I was all wrong.

I could see you there

I had just been pushing you home

People will only take so much

People will only wait so long,

Oh -----, my love, oh -----, my love

I can see I was driving you wrong

Insane even, I laughed

Because life can just sting

When we forsake our own love

Without you, -----, my life doesn’t mean a thing.

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dan-hinton
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Nov 13, 2011
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