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and the weight of the world

And the weight of the world

weighs down on me

Like a ten ton brick

A thousand miles long

And a thousand miles thick

 

I sometimes want rid of it

 

Ah yes, to lose myself in happy ignorance

 

But I am not I

without it

So no,

I shall never quit

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Scottish
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Oct 5, 2010
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