This life we live

To get what you want in this life we live
I know its hard
but we have to give
everything we can
sometimes they dont understand
all they wanna do is put you down
they dont want you to make it
but you have got to no matter what
that is what... I have... found.

I have found no exit
at this
round about
cause life can be like a cage
your locked inside
there's... no way out
no way through the net society traps you in
and you might ask me who am I to tell you
if you believe you will win
but all I have is this hope

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A Dark Sky

Remember when nothing mattered but the stars in the sky?
Remember when we were sat on the swings?
I don't know know why
I just didn't think much about things.

I sometimes wonder if you remember our first kiss?
because there were many kisses we had
with many kisses I miss
but our first was my best, when I'm looking back...

I sometimes wonder why I didn't think
and why I wasn't sure
because at night I now drink
and now, I remember so much more.

I remember much more than the stars
like the brightness that came from your blue eyes
and how the moment we had was ours
Because it did never belong to the blue skies.

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Who We Are

Sometimes I wish I didn't awake to find my dream
sometimes I explain things when they know what I mean
sometimes I wish I didnt take things to heart
but sometimes its these things, that make us who we are.

When the rain pours down I walk through a crowded park
and I know I am not the only one sat in this empty bar
you know you want to shine but don't know if you want to be a star
all you know is, your looking for the person you are
the person you are
your looking for the person you are
the person you really are.

Its hard, no one can say that its not
we all turn pages in our minds
to find innocence we thought we forgot.

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When I go on that day

When I go on that day
I just wanna be able to leave something behind
I would like you to see into my heart rather than my mind
you may go into darkness but by listening you wont be blind.

When I go on that day
it would be nice to know that someone would visit my grave
it would be nice to know that ad be forgiven for the mistakes I made
it sure would be something if you believed in the spirit I had stayed.

When I go on that day
I hope that some kid like me can find words to help him go on
and maybe you will escape the estate I hope am not the only one
it sure would be something when I go on that day if I wouldnt be gone.

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No Where

Here now
we continue pointless conversation
Its 3 oclock in the morning
we are going no where so we are yawning
drinking for the sake of drinking
pointless conversation but we are talking
so we continue
we continue to pour whiskey into my glass?
And I can't help but look at the clock because I like watching time pass
because I don't care
I like where its going
even though I know its not going anywhere
because we have no where to go
we don't need to go quick we don't need to go slow
darling we have no where to go
taughnted by tiredness, still neither eyes do close
as we speak we refuse to listen to the truth in which we see.

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Lying On Truth

How many people are alone in a lonley word?
How many hearts are broken?
How many lovers? How many are hurt?

How many head out to find someone in town?
How many find the dark sky as they lie on the ground?
Tell me how many smiles have been turned upside down?

How many pretend they are not looking?
How many need someone just for nothing?
How many find something without the loving?

How many hands dont hold?
How many beds have become cold?
How many happy endings are not told?

How many open their eyes to the truth they see?
How many lovers honestly just let it be?
How many liars are lying all alone just like me?

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Letting her go

The glass lies on its side,
as the wine drips down onto the floor,
the arguments slowly fade away,
she is slamming the final door.

She is walking out into the rain.
She is walking towards the gate.
She is ready to go...
When a voice shouts 'WAIT! '
He says...'I know I messed up again...
I know I cause you so much pain.'
He tries to explain... but... she...
She interupts. She tells him...
She is going to miss the final train.

She looks forward.
Then; she looks back. Afraid.
As she says goodbye.
He lets her go.

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Golden sand

Under the rain
inside my imagination in a place
where there is no race
im happy here
no busses to chase
no countrys to take
no judgement to make
so safe no one can harm me
no gangs, a gang cant grow into an army
groups dont make troups
we have one land
there is golden sand
on this flat surface
we work it with our bare hands
we dont need to build a boat to cross the sea
we are happy here so we leave it be
we are already free
there may be a greener side
but its a greener side we dont need to see
its all said and done

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Thinking This Thought of You

I'm thinking this thought of you
its the light that shines through my blinds
I must have lost track of them longing times
I was watching words
on my lonley night
my lonleyness has brought you to mind.

Chasing to be dating, replacing you why?
You know I'll never be true once I begin to lie
im thinking this thought of you
you know I'm watching words as they slowly die
on my lonley fight
my loneliness has brought you to sight.

I'm thinking this thought of you
through circle stained glass I see just a rose
because behind me
the emtyness shows through the door that you always close
on my lonley night
my lonleyness is oh so hard for me to find.

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Your love is a war

You embraced me
and held these cold hands
you faced me
when I felt I was so distant
with you I was lost
in unfamiliar land
you came then ran
like the war in Vietnam.

Your love is a war, your love is a war
a war which I don't miss any more.

You left
I didnt know why you was leavin
burnt from napalm
you didnt need a reason
you dropped an atomic
before I could resign
blown a hole in my heart
yet you seem fine

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