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They said we are done Crossing their fingers, they put their lives as a bet on it They sharpened their tongues Filled with venom, ready to spit on our face They said the cord will break That it was made with cheap thin thread They said the fire was but for a moment It needed not the heavy winds, just a blow from the mouth That even its coals will forever lie cold Cannot be rekindled, never hold hope They wrote it upon the tablets of their hearts And sealed it with evil art They said our smile will be gone by morning That all that we were anticipating was a mirage We were chasing the wind, they said, That we were trying to look for fish in the desert Spending all our time in fruitless toiling That at the end we will hang our heads in shame They said even the birds were mocking That they would not even build nests on the path we trod They said we were on a flight to our demise Following our dreams and visions long gone in abyss That is where they fit like a hand in a glove, they said All that they said is null and void They were standing on sinking ground It was all they wished upon their beds It was all they planned in their heads Look how far we’ve come The cord has never been tighter And days have never been brighter
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