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Delusion & Desire

All your blessings

they torment me

 

 

I hate this

twisted thing

called fate

 

 

All this desire

for creation

 

without the power

to create

 

 

If I could have been a singer

If I only had the voice

 

I'd find my sense of worth

in a melody

 

If I only had the choice

 

When I walk

through halls

of painted beauty

 

There's a thing I cannot stand

 

I would add to those

glorious galleries

 

If I had a crafty hand

 

 

But what's free will

 

without

ability

 

 

It feels much more like a lie

 

 

How do I fulfill

the yearning inside of me

 

A flightless bird

dreamin' to fly

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Written by
ben-ohara
American
Published
Nov 7, 2010
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Written November 7th

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