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The Boy Vs. The Cynic, Chapter one, page one. |
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I'll start from the top... |
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I'll embrace dreams again when I can breath again |
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And at that point I won't be needing them |
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It became clear to me that I was fighting a war I couldn't win |
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You don't make it on your own merit |
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Only royalty inherits the kingdom |
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And that's a system good intentions can't help |
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Your courage is not good here so don't try to excel |
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What a sad day when you realize nothing can change |
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The revolution didn't leave you it never came |
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There will be no parades, no royal balls |
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Just long days topped off with last calls for alcohol |
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Go to sleep wake up and repeat the same routine |
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Smooth skin dressed with wrinkles and brown eyes |
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With dark rings and entertainers sing of extremes that don't exist for you or me |
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When real life is reality TV no wonder our youth don't believe in anything |
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It's all a joke there are no heroes just those of us with high hopes |
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It's just not that simple |
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I'm not trying to save it all I just want to create a ripple |
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And even if one individual is affected it's monumental with an unusual perspective |
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That's beautiful in essence traditional thinking won't suggest this |
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Is life really that precious well yes it is |
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But there will be no celebrations or congratulations |
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No pat on the back just your mind intact |
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And the freedom to feel your heart beat at the speed of life |
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Go to sleep tonight knowing you did it right |
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And rest easy outside of a system that resents you for not doing what they expect you to do |
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Psychologically wear you down and then they make the suggestion that you get on a prescription to deal with your depression |
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Anxious lazy temperamental obese |
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That's what money makers like to call a disease |
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And they'll be looking for or creating new problems with profitable solutions |
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To solve them but you won't get any better you'll just come back for more |
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Until your medicine drawer is filled with unreliable cures |
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And that's the way of the beast |
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And I can't do nothing about it |
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I could shout it in a room that's crowded but I doubt it'd make a difference |
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So ignorance will be my disguise cause 21st century America likes its witchcraft civilized |
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21st century America likes its witchcraft civilized |
