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Life In a Dream of Paradise

A SILENT SLUMBER TOOK MY HEART TO A DREAMLAND
MY OWN THOUGHTS CAME UP AND A DREAM STARTED TO PLAY
A RISING SUN IN A NEW DAY MEANT THE DAWN OF A PERFECT DAY
I NEVER HOPE TO SEE ANYTHING GOOD; NOTHING WAS KIND SO TO SAY

WITH MY LONELY HEART, OFF I SET FOR A TRIP THAT WOULD REST MY LIFE
UP TO THE MOUNTAINS OF PEACE I PROCEEDED WITH THE SUPERB RIDE
ALONG THE MOUNTAIN STREAM I DISCOVERED MY DESIRES OF LIFE
I THOUGHT DAYS WOULD NEVER REACH THAT POINT OF EXHAUSTION
I FOUND MY PEACE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE LARGE OLIVE PLANTATION 

A WONDERFUL MOMENT SOON CAME TO MY COMFORT AND ALL WAS PERFECT
NO DOUBT THERE WAS TRUE FREEDOM AN INSTANT THAT PAID MY HEART
COOL WINDS PEACEFULLY BLEW AS ALL BIRDS SANG TO IMPRESS 
WATER IN THE MOUNTAIN STREAM SOUNDED SO GREAT SIMPLY THE TO MY BEST AND I WAS FREE

ALL MY TROUBLES WERE PUT TO REST WHEN JOY FILLED MY LIFE
IT NEVER LASTED LONGER SINCE IT WAS A MIND’S EYE
WHEN I OPENED MY EYES I COULD SEE THE ASCENDING DAWN
IN FACT MY DREAM WAS OVER AND A STRANGE FEELING WAS BORN
INDEED TO FIND TRUE PEACE I HAD TO WORK MY FINGERS TO THE BONE

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A Race To the Season of Love

I RACED THROUGH THE SEASONS OF TIME
LOOKING FOR ROMANCE, I HAPPENED TO HAVE LOCATED DESTINY
OPENING MY EYES I COULD SEE A RAY OF HOPE
PRICKING MY EARS I COULD HEAR THE TUNES OF PERFECT LOVE
MY TIMING WAS FORTUNATE AND I STOOD TO FIND THE BEST

TIME FAVORED MY SOLEMN HOPES FOR LIFE, 
HOW VERY WONDERFUL WERE THE THINGS I HAD KEPT FOR MY QUEEN TO COME, 
OH! YES THIS TIME MY HEART WAS TEMPTED FOR PATIENCE
THE DARKEST HOUR IS ALWAYS NEAREST THE DAWN, 
THIS FACT OF OLD DAYS PROVED THE TRUTH OF MY CIRCUMSTANCE
LASTLY CONTENTMENT I FOUND WHEN I SAW MY STAR COMING INTO MY SIGHT

SHE WAS MEASURED TO LOVE AND SHE DESERVED MY LIFE
THE ARC ON HER SMILING CHEEKS REVEALED HER ASSENTING THOUGHTS ABOUT LOVING ME
AS SOON AS SHE GENTLY MOTIONED INTO MY HEART WITH TENDERNESS, 
AN EXPECTATION OF WHAT I DESIRED WAS SOON TO COME TO SATISFACTION  

FOR MANY YEARS SHE PAUSED HER TIME TO LOVE, 
WAITING FOR ONE TRUE LOVE SHE KILLED HER TIME FOR ME
IT APPEARED SHE MISSED MORE IN HER DAYS
BUT AS PROSPEROUS AS SHE COULD BE, SHE NEVER HAD TO REGRET HER LUCK
THERE WAS BUT ONE MAN WHO GOT THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IT MEANT TO LOVE
THE SAME SEASON CAME IN HER TIME AND ALL WAS LUCKY TO HER AND HER KING.

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Silents Steps To Hell

THERE IS ONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
SHE IS DAZZLING AND PRETTY SIMPLY GORGEOUS FOR REAL. 
HER WAY IS THAT OF DARKNESS AND SHE DESCENDS TO HELL. 
HER STEPS ARE DETECTED BY THOSE CAPTURED BY HER MANIFESTATION
SHE IS THE MOST CONSPICUOUS OF MILLIONS, 
SIMPLY A CENTER OF ATTRACTION.

DREADFUL TO BE A FRIEND OF THOSE PURE SOULS. 
IN A STRANGE MOVE SHE CALLS FOR AMITY. 
SHE APPEARS SHREWD AND REASONABLY SHE DEFENDS HER MANNERS. 
IN FACT SHE STANDS INSUPERABLE IN ALL HER AMAZING TACTICS. 
LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS, SHE GRANTS HERSELF A HARD TIME. 
HER CHARMS ARE FOR LOVE, WITH THE USUAL STYLE SHE PROCEEDS 
DESTINY ON HER CALLS DAY AFTER DAY AND IN THIS WORLD SHE REMAINS A VICTOR 

SHE HAS COME ACROSS A NEW ENEMY IN LIFE 
IT’S REALLY A SOLEMN CHANGE AGAINST HER. 
THE KILLER, NOW FOR HER LIFE HE HUNTS. 
A STRANGE WARRIOR IS LEADING THE WAR. 
TOWARDS THE GRAVE SHE DESCENDS, 
A SILENT DEATH TAKES HER OUT OF THE GAME. 
SLOWLY SHE DIMINISHES AND QUICKLY HER NAME DIES. 
THOSE LOVELY CHEEKS NEVER SMILE TO IMPRESS. 
THAT FINE VOICE HAS TRANSFORMED, IT’S NOW A MOURNING TUNE.

NO CHANCE TO SURRENDER AND NO TIME TO RENOUNCE.
IT’S CONQUEST TO DEATH; THE END OF HER SEASON HAS COME. 
ON HER FUNERAL PEOPLE WILL MOAN, 
BUT NEVER A CHANCE TO CHANGE THE PAST WILL STAND. 
PITIFULLY HUMAN RACES WILL GO AND TEARS ON THEIR EYES WILL NEVER DR

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