It's like running through the graveyard
Knowing that is where it ends
With nothing to live up to
And nothing to die for
All seems well
How we play our starring roles
Behind the curtain
There's a different show
No more talk about the rain
It's like standing at your post
With no dominion to defend
Sweeping desert floors
The world is a grain of sand
The unborn more worthy
Than the living and the dead
Never has it seen
All the malice that we've bread
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