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Obselete

I'm obselete, Yesterday's news Cast aside In the name of progress Left on the shelf To wither and die Like a dusty ZX Spectrum Or Polaroid camera Out of sight And out of mind No longer a burden For my beloved family I pray for death To kick down the doors And end these lonely hours Of staring into space He's the one thing That never goes out of date So please deliver me To heaven's gate

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 3/2/2009 9:23:00 PM
I can't say I really know what this experience feels like since I'm 25 but I can still disprove it all by myself with this reasoning: To be obsolete means no one finds any use or value from you anymore. I can negate that entirely by deeply valuing your message and allowing it to resonate in me. Plus I believe everyone prays for death at some point or other regardless of age. Therefore you're not valueless, therefore you're not obsolete. Not to me. Even the guy from Memento still used a polaroid
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