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I'm deteriorating, Slowly fading to black I'm barely out the gates Yet I feel like a weather beaten hack What's the point to life? With its fake friends, fake smiles and lost dreams I look around me and my shoulders sag This is not the stuff of boyhood dreams What's the point to life? A ferocious cycle of failure and heartbreak What's my greatest fear? Unfulfilled potential and lost stakes I shouldn't be feeling like this but at twenty I've got so much hanging on me Prematurely coming of age Midwifed by letdowns and rookie mistakes But they don't know, they cant see Hazarded guesses is all they can take At the turmoil and torment I mask with wide smile and firm handshake I'm a man, I've got to be strong Bear the consequences of my past You don't know and you never will A jot of the pain I hold fast The way of my parents seems right But putting all my eggs in one basket Is not a smart move I don't think Christianity my have some answers, but cant crack the whole racket
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Jun 13, 2013
Jun 13, 2013 at 10:03 AM UTC
Deteriorating
I'm deteriorating, Slowly fading to black I'm barely out the gates Yet I feel like a weather beaten hack What's the point to life? With its fake friends, fake smiles and lost dreams I look around me and my shoulders sag This is not the stuff of boyhood dreams What's the point to life? A ferocious cycle of failure and heartbreak What's my greatest fear? Unfulfilled potential and lost stakes I shouldn't be feeling like this but at twenty I've got so much hanging on me Prematurely coming of age Midwifed by letdowns and rookie mistakes But they don't know, they cant see Hazarded guesses is all they can take At the turmoil and torment I mask with wide smile and firm handshake I'm a man, I've got to be strong Bear the consequences of my past You don't know and you never will A jot of the pain I hold fast The way of my parents seems right But putting all my eggs in one basket Is not a smart move I don't think Christianity my have some answers, but cant crack the whole racket
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Jun 13, 2013
Jun 13, 2013 at 10:03 AM UTC
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