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Shadows In the Night

We are the juveniles of the night Returning again and again to familiar places Consuming the liquid of courage We are a crowded room full of familiar faces In the day we dwell among the believers Although our faces are casting unfamiliar shadows Shadows of demons and troubles unfathomable We drag through the day until we are free yet again Free to breathe among peers Those who celebrate each others pain We all have something to lose and something to gain Do not see through our smiles We live in our sorrows Drowning in a sea of troubles We live for better tomorrows Maybe this weekend will be great Maybe this work week will be alright Regardless, let's all gather together And let's all get drunk tonight One drink for you And two drinks for me Let's all create a world of our own And drink to be free Free of the frustrations Free of the feelings all too old One more drink And let's forget what we have all been told "It is going to be okay" A simple phrase that's been spoken But time has passed And I have yet to be awoken Still asleep waiting for someone to wake me up Still sleeping till the pain passes Let's drink another four or five And tell all our exes to kiss our asses Lost loved ones growing in number We all live in a losing game I lost another yesterday And slowly forgetting her name One more drink until I hit the floor One more drink till the pain is gone One more drink till I am unconscious One more drink till I move on

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