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Verse 1
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Crimson flames tied
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through my    ears,
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Rolling high in mighty traps.
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Lost with fire, I'm flaming   roads,
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Using ideas as my maps.
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Roaming on ashes, soon said I,
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Proud, meek, mean, and proud.
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Ah, but I  was so much older then,
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I'm younger than back now
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Half -wracked prejudice leap forth,
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give down all hate, I screamed
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Life in life is black and white,
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spilled from my skull, I dreamed
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Romantic flakes of
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mushroom  tears
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Foundation deep 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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Soldier's stance, I aim my hand
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At the mongrel dogs who teach
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Fearing that I'd become my enemy
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In the instant that I preach
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Sisters fled by confusion
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Bugs, mutiny, absurd about
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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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I was so much older then,
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I'm younger than that now
My thoughts turned hot
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with 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,
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I find these terms quite clear,
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no doubt, somehow
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But I  was so much older then,
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I'm younger than that now you