Key: E
Introduction:
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So slowly I'm losing
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who I've sworn to be.
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a promise in pencil
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that years have made so hard to read.
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I've spent my life building walls
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brick by brick and bruise by bruise...
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a birdcage religion that whispered me to sleep.
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but time is spinning silk
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that coils ruthlessly
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with the devil's patience,
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it binds my hands so quietly
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that soon it becomes a part of me.
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so soften these edges and straighten out my tie.
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and help me remember
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the hope that I have compromised.
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please be a broken record for me.