I Am Dead
In the blink of an eye and it's over
Silence throughout the world, but it's over
Millions gone, millions still remain, but it's over
No dead lie in the clover
Those who live are dead
Those gone, live forever, never end
I was there and I knew
But the lost never do
It is something you choose
It doesn't choose you
During that time I was lost
Then I was found at a high cost
Most of the lost will stay lost
I and others will pay the cost
We stay free as long as we can
But we get careless and caught, at least I am
I am first, stands tall my end
I think of those behind me again
I think of all the words I said
I think of all the people I led
I pretend I'm going to bed
But then I am...
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