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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Crimson flames tied through my ears,
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rollin' high and mighty traps
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Pounced with fire on flaming roads
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using ideas as my maps
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"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I,
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proud 'neath heated brow
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Ah, but I was so much older then,
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I'm younger than that now
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Verse 2
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Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
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"Rip down all hate," I screamed
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Lies that life is black and white
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spoke from my skull, I dreamed
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Romantic facts of musketeers
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foundationed deep, some- how
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Ah, but I was so much older then,
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I'm younger than that now
Verse 3
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Girls' faces formed the forward path
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from phony jealousy
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To memorizing politics
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of ancient history
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Flung down by corpse evangelists,
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untought of, though, somehow
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Ah, but I was so much older then
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I'm younger than that now
Verse 4
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A self- ordained professor's tongue
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too serious to fool
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Spouted out that liberty
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is just equality in school
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"Equality" I spoke the word
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as if a wedding vow
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Ah, but I was so much older then,
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I'm younger than that now
Verse 5
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In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
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at the mongrel dogs who teach
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Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
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in the instant that I preach
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My existence led by confusion boats,
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mutiny from stern to bow
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Ah, but I was so much older then,
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I'm younger than that now
Verse 6
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Yes, my guard stood hard
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when abstract threats
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Too noble to neglect
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Deceived me into thinking
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I had something to protect
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Good and bad, I define these terms
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Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
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Ah, but I was so much older then
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I'm younger than that now
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