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Vengeful Happiness

I know I a child I was so **** happy

Flippin' through photos of me as a baby

Was that really me? Yes-no-maybe

 

You see that kid, he's always got a smile

Seems like someones turned that dial

But at least I can keep it on file

 

It's hard to believe that things were so good

Will I ever find that place I once stood?

Why is it happiness that I can't recall?

After hitting double digits it just hit the wall

 

Thinkin' bout this life I was handed

Didn't know so many things would be demanded

And now I can barely stand it

 

I thought my life was so **** great

But only at first when I had a clean plate

Everything I ever needed was there

Then this dreadful world stripped me and left me bare

 

Learning life and all that **** the hard way

Waking up just to eat the day

Never could I call this place sweet

My payback on the world will never retreat

 

I was so rich when I had nothing

Couldn't tell my mind was just bluffing

I'm starting to get back on track

First gimme a kiss and then a smack

 

I'm gonna get my happiness

And not a thing is gonna hold me back

I'm done with this frown

Not even gravity can hold me down

 

I couldn't give a **** who tells me what

**** outa here scientists

Don't tell me what's wrong with me

That's only gettin' me ******

Somewhere in my mind

The answer must exist

 

But maybe it has to be this way

I'm supposed to me miserable

Supposed to have nothing

 

I'm getting tired of this

Getting sick of this

Every time I reach for happiness I only get ******

 

And now I have to take it all

I gotta take what this place has taken from me

I have Pandora's box without a key

Sometimes it just takes a little push

Instead I have to grab a hammer

And get what I need

I hate how this world can be covered with greed

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alexander-montgomery-dawson
26 / M / American
Published
Jan 25, 2011
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