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Coffee Cups and Misery

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I grab myself a coffee cup To drink the sorrow away Sip by sip, to the final drop My mind is led astray Drive the frigid cold aside To keep my pulse from being still And free the fantasies I hide Infuse my heart devoid of thrill Bliss I find in but a spoon What more if I swig all it in Though surely this would all end soon I'll stake for just one unforced grin Cup per cup, I crave for more Of this rich drug I slowly kill Without hesitation, again I pour 'Till I begin to hold what's real And thus the truth would set me free That she won't ever seek my name Whilst I might drown in coffee sea Still she will never feel the same -

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