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Shatterer of Worlds



Good morning saboteur of words
What is it today, what is it today now?
Fatman or little boy?
Bubble girl and Busy lobster
Seems so distant now
lead us all astray somehow
It sounds shielded and protected
Cluster pearl, hawk and chase
Doesn’t sound nearly as destructive

Author of code names
What’s it  gonna be 
what’s it gonna be now?
Am I divine strake 
Would my life will be at stake 
Experiment canceled
Who could forget about the trinity test?
The life you’ve messed
Of course they’re not planned

Caused disarray come what may
Are they randomly chosen?
Who’s heart will be broken?
How I've held onto somehow
Doesn’t it surprise you now?


Goodnight shatterer of worlds
This might sound absurd
Who’s it gonna be, who’s it gonna be now?
It won’t be me again
I made that clear in the end.
Picking up the pieces that you’ve left
Put my bullet vest
To the test 
If I see you
Iron-clad this time,
I'm brand new.

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