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When I set out on this journey |
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I thought it would never end |
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When I started down that road |
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I could not see the end |
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And when I took that first step |
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I fell in so deep |
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And all those things that were so hard-won |
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I thought |
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I would always keep |
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Now what do you think |
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I see standing like a wall in front of me |
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Defeat, not victory |
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Defeat, not victory |
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Defeat, not victory chorus: |
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So what are you going to do? |
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Die? No you gonna lay down and die? |
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No I will not admit defeat |
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I will not admit defeat |
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I will see victory |
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Pride and deceit have choked my life like weeds |
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And I lost sight of what |
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I really had what |
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I really need |
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And all the things |
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I should've valued |
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I gave away for a prayer and a song |
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And now when |
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I reach out for them they are gone |
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Now you know what |
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I see standing in front of me |
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Like a headstone a ****ing monument to human misery |
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Defeat, not victory |
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Defeat, not victory |
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Defeat, not victory chorus: |
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Do I have any friends here? |
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I can't see are any of my friends here? |
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I can't see what about you? |
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Will you be a friend to me? |
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What about you? |
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Will you be a friend to me? |
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I've got a question to ask you and then you can ask it of me |
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It's a simple request and then you can make it of me |
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Can you forgive me? |
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Can you see what will be? |
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Is it victory? |
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Now I can't show you all the things |
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I ve seen |
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And I can't make you feel anything |
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Certainly not what they meant to me |
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And someday |
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I know, no matter how hard we try |
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We are all going to have to lay down and die |
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So maybe I should just tell you what |
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I hope and believe |
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For every defeat there will be a victory |
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For every defeat there will be a victory in defeat, victory |
