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Rule with broken fist Feared and dismissed Ghosts of the past Shadows, meant to last From where I stand And Where I’ll land Weather, now this chill Resolute, holding still …and without doubt, breathing in, breathing out Here, release, Weaved through the trees Up from the ground No longer, here around Left, old memories Fallen, Swept away as leaves Left, old memories Fallen, Swept away as leaves

A heart wracked with guilt Trying to work up the will Go on and please yourself Go on appease yourself Was your mind misaligned from the faithless heart you tried to hide? From the quiet urge, kept at bay, would you really go and throw it all away? Now, grasp the fading view Spill out the core of you, You want it all so wrong: You want it all

fragmentation of the subtle mind hidden gestures obscured by time whisper slowly delay the truth i don't know what happened i don't know what happened happened to you chasing an echo like a distant song never getting nearer our hearts withdrawn saw your skin alabaster white bloodless apparition so calls the night out to you devoted to truth to the point of abuse lonesome howl and the promise of youth couldn't stand my ground yeah i lost my nerve couldn't stand my ground yeah i lost my nerve

echo void–burning in my chest stuck on the mysteries of lives left unspent neural byways: pursue the line drawing closer to days of crime i was a bandit, thief on the road plunged into the moonlight; time spent alone find this desire round here burning wire desperate light how it shone quiet eyes await their home caught up in the glory give me your love domination another story all that we are in awe of

longing longing longing gaze wasteful aimless aimless days i was searching searching for you still no answer nothing left to do how it's meant to belong how it's meant to stay true how is it all so... confuse my words vanish into time vanish into time no more easy ways of passing through just struggle defining personhood

righteous patterns of thought polite matters of speaking now unveiling the absolute like a painful screaming truth i sought you for refuge slowly embracing you stood amongst the wreckage the fragile cult of fading youth light to see yearning to be free coming up for air gentle tender care might to breathe an unknown enemy pushed apart by wear paralyzed with a stare wild instance of joy fewer and farther between swept away in the morning like a broken fading dream