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The Failures of Life

Subliminal jealousy It's a pity Why do you keep measuring my devotion? You think I would leave but it's only Your conceited truth That could make us drift apart But I won't let it come that far Because I learned and I am loyal And now I'm sounding just like you When we'd be the purest souls Perfect people in imperfect circumstances Colliding and repelling just like magnets I failed to say the things I should When the moment was right Too late, wrong time, wrong choice of words I thought you knew but you keep guessing Can't be pleased by reactions Would I care if things were different? I never thought I could be one of the lost ones Talking about heartbreak and isolation and the typical downfalls of an obliterated life Then I fell right into it Can we ever overcome these failures of life?

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