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I remember a time |
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My frail, virgin mind |
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Watched the crimson sunrise |
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Imagined what it might find |
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Life was filled with wonder |
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I felt the warm wind blow |
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I must explore the boundaries |
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Transcend the depth of winter's snow |
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Innocence caressing me |
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I never felt so young before |
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There was so much life in me |
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Still I longed to search for more |
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But those days are gone now |
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Changed like a leaf on a tree |
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Blown away forever |
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Into the cool autumn breeze |
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The snow has now fallen |
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And my sun's not so bright |
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I struggle to hold on |
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With the last of my might |
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In my den of inequity |
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Viciousness and subtlety |
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Struggle to ease the pain |
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Struggle to find the sane |
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Ignorance surrounding me |
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I've never been so filled with fear |
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All my life's been drained from me |
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The end is drawing near |
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Carpe diem, seize the day |
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I'll always remember |
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The chill of November |
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The news of the fall |
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The sounds in the hall |
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The clock on the wall ticking away |
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"Seize the day", I heard him say |
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Life will not always be this way |
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Look around, hear the sounds |
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Cherish your life while you're still around |
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may |
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Old time is still a-flying |
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And this same flower that smiles today |
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Tomorrow will be dying |
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We can learn from the past |
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But those days are gone |
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We can hope for the future |
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But there may not be one |
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The words stuck in my mind |
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Alive from what I've learned |
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I have to seize the day |
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To home I returned |
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Preparing for her flight |
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I held with all my might |
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Fearing my deepest fright |
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She walked into the night |
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She turned for one last look |
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She looked me in the eye |
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I said, "I love you, goodbye" |
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{It's the most awful thing you'll ever hear |
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If you're lying to me |
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Oh, you dearly love her |
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Just have to leave all our lives |
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Seize the day |
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Something happened |
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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may |
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She was killed} |
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So far or so it seems |
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All is lost with nothing fulfilled |
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Off the pages and a TV screen |
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Another world where nothing's true |
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Tripping through the life fantastic |
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Lose a step and never get up |
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Left alone with a cold blank stare |
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I feel like giving up |
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I was blinded by a paradise |
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Utopia high in the sky |
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A dream that only drowned me |
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Deep in sorrow, wondering why |
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Oh come, let us adore him |
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Abuse and then ignore him |
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No matter what, don't let him be |
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Let's feed upon his misery |
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Then string him up for all the world to see |
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I'm sick of all you hypocrites |
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Holding me at bay |
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And I don't need your sympathy |
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To get me through the day |
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Seasons change and so can I |
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Hold on boy, no time to cry |
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Untie these strings, I'm climbing down |
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I won't let them push me away |
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Oh come, let us adore him |
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Abuse and then ignore him |
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No matter what, don't let him be |
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Let's feed upon his misery |
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Now it's time for them to deal with me |
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I'm much wiser now |
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A lifetime of memories |
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Run through my head |
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They taught me how |
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For better or worse, alive or dead |
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I realize there's no turning back |
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Life goes on the offbeaten track |
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I sit down with my son |
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Set to see the crimson sunset |
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(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) |
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Many years have come and gone |
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I've lived my life, but now must move on |
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(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) |
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He is my only one |
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Now that my time has come |
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Now that my life is done |
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We look into the sun |
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Seize the day and don't you cry |
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Now it's time to say goodbye |
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Even though I'll be gone |
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I will live on, live on |
