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It was bound to happen...
Pull out the threads we've sown deep.
If it's the last thing I say, let it be full of grace.

Although the hate runs deep,
The ties are bringing me to my knees. 
I'll be a saint at the gates
Yeah they will know my name.

But I'm too heavy with regret
My dark eyes full of contempt
I'd be cast out like a stone
Skipping water to find a home

And would you save me then,
The way that I saved you?
Or will I fend for myself,
The way I always do.
I always do.

So where were you then? 
Hidden in the rubble you left.
So the flames are burning me instead
While you pretend I don't exist.
So I caught fire, but I found my way back to sea
And as broken as I may be, 
I won't go down easy.

You stay quiet and safe. 
You dig your own selfish grave.
Lay to rest with all the others,
Who never cared enough to stay.

So where were you then? 
Hidden in the rubble you left.
So the flames are burning me instead
While you pretend I don't exist.
So I caught fire, but I found my way back to sea
And as broken as I may be, 
I won't go down easy.

Lay to rest with all the others

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Submitted on: January 19, 2022