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Of all the people that pass me by Though they are living none are alive. And the lights that fuel this people's hopes Have faded from their hearts and souls. Cascading down the slippery slopes of mountainous buildings this fading hope Is leaving them all a noose, a rope Disguised as something to help them cope. Made of nylon, silk or cotton With patterns to help us rise up from the bottom To the very highest of all top floors Where they confuse the ceiling with the sky and their confusion with more. Trapped in cubicles they confuse dark with light trapped in buildings they begin to fade from sight. No family, no friends, only co-workers there. Shared breaths and shared spaces. confusing ambition with care.
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Feb 6, 2013
Feb 6, 2013 at 8:22 PM UTC
The Modern Man
Of all the people that pass me by Though they are living none are alive. And the lights that fuel this people's hopes Have faded from their hearts and souls. Cascading down the slippery slopes of mountainous buildings this fading hope Is leaving them all a noose, a rope Disguised as something to help them cope. Made of nylon, silk or cotton With patterns to help us rise up from the bottom To the very highest of all top floors Where they confuse the ceiling with the sky and their confusion with more. Trapped in cubicles they confuse dark with light trapped in buildings they begin to fade from sight. No family, no friends, only co-workers there. Shared breaths and shared spaces. confusing ambition with care.
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Feb 6, 2013
Feb 6, 2013 at 8:22 PM UTC
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