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Sure, i was born working class But that hero he was never in me Does that leave me something to be? Other than this mess of insecurities Those that i seek to pass on to you With these bats in my eyes and spiders in my bed How do I see through the webs of deceit? That dark the night but flame the passions of the free Running wild within a solitary cell An inner longing endlessly persecutes me Hell is round the corner offering sympathy and tea Laughing  sarcastically, a mirror of 1988 A parish hall, a community, a church fete Still life of a young boy of Corpus Christi Stealing cards, running yards, playing to be hard As I pray to the saints and plead for relief Mother calls as supper lays on the kitchen table Boy complies, studies hard, proves to be able Now those days are gone, left far behind All freedom is lost through the estates of the blind Where are they now, his prayer and his plea? Grey eyes, grey suit and grey tie Nothing is left, there is no one to be This is the hero, the hypocrite in me
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Mar 25, 2019
Mar 25, 2019 at 5:05 PM UTC
Hero
Sure, i was born working class But that hero he was never in me Does that leave me something to be? Other than this mess of insecurities Those that i seek to pass on to you With these bats in my eyes and spiders in my bed How do I see through the webs of deceit? That dark the night but flame the passions of the free Running wild within a solitary cell An inner longing endlessly persecutes me Hell is round the corner offering sympathy and tea Laughing  sarcastically, a mirror of 1988 A parish hall, a community, a church fete Still life of a young boy of Corpus Christi Stealing cards, running yards, playing to be hard As I pray to the saints and plead for relief Mother calls as supper lays on the kitchen table Boy complies, studies hard, proves to be able Now those days are gone, left far behind All freedom is lost through the estates of the blind Where are they now, his prayer and his plea? Grey eyes, grey suit and grey tie Nothing is left, there is no one to be This is the hero, the hypocrite in me
david-noonan
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Mar 25, 2019
Mar 25, 2019 at 5:05 PM UTC
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