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Sometimes Things build up and get knocked down Sometimes I can't hold on to the cliff My hands slip off and I look at the water below Sometimes the world looks too tough The dirt is frozen And the shovel won't go through I try to hang on when it gets too difficult But sometimes I go over the edge My fingertips are slathered in the butter that fills me with self-hatred And fear Fear is a lion threatens to swallow me whole bares its teeth and looks me in the eye I run in every direction but he's always there And I can't get free Sometimes The world is too much But I stand strong And bury my feet- just my feet- in the ground and stand up tall
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Dec 14, 2015
Dec 14, 2015 at 1:40 PM UTC
Butterfingers
Sometimes Things build up and get knocked down Sometimes I can't hold on to the cliff My hands slip off and I look at the water below Sometimes the world looks too tough The dirt is frozen And the shovel won't go through I try to hang on when it gets too difficult But sometimes I go over the edge My fingertips are slathered in the butter that fills me with self-hatred And fear Fear is a lion threatens to swallow me whole bares its teeth and looks me in the eye I run in every direction but he's always there And I can't get free Sometimes The world is too much But I stand strong And bury my feet- just my feet- in the ground and stand up tall
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Dec 14, 2015
Dec 14, 2015 at 1:40 PM UTC
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