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Kings of Cons

What if the world is ending

and our future's not for long

what if we're merely bending

what's been broken all along

 

How long can we be silent

to our fellow passers-by

wondering where our time went

living, dying to know why

 

Where oh where can love be found?

in this twisted human race

**** the West, then march Eastbound

we're no doubt nature's disgrace

 

And what's to say about dismay?

that somehow we've not yet gotten

money is all they take for pay

to confess our sins, forgotten

 

The searing flame, I've learned to tame

to appease those in fear of fire

you fool yourselves in search of fame

honesty creates the liar

 

And who's to blame behind the shame?

the king, or we, the lowly pawns

to us of course it's all the same

oh well, long live we kings of cons

 

But what if we're just lonely?

what is right becomes all wrong

what happens when "if only"

means "i've waited much too long"

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zachary-collins
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May 14, 2013
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