Parama

I never wanna be old

And I don't want dependence

It's no fun to be told

That you can't blame your parents anymore.

I'm finding it hard to hang from a star

I don't wanna be...

Never wanna be old.

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And the old flag will burn with the sail

And a new one won't fly if we fail.

But the fire continues to rise,

And it shows not a hint of any fear in our eyes.

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Fear: the control tower,

The new sun comes by the hour.

Ghosts slowly disappear in the fog...

Silence: the suffering.

We've built back the age-old sound of song.

Here...we...sing...

Sing with the fear.

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There's merit in construction when it's done with your own hands

There's beauty in destruction, resurrection, another chance

There's a you and I in union but just an I in our beliefs

There's a crashing plane with a banner that reads everyone's naïve

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Now he is dressing this naked floor

With his flesh and blood, and times passes by

His trade of pain might just have lead him

To deal with consequence

For some change as time passes by

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And I know we can't turn back all the years

Time reflected in a shade of gray

But I often wonder what could have been

And I still hold on to yesterday

And I know we're not children any more

Innocence lost in a sea of gray

But I often wonder what else could be

And I still dream of running away

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Never heard me say goodbye

Never shall I speak to anyone again

All days are in darkness

And I'm biding my time

Once I am sure of my task I will rise again

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See, cause I’ve come through all this before

And I've bought that skinny tee

With a big black gaping hole where the heart should be

That says, “baby, I renounce thee”

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Where was your heart, when we needed it most?

Live in denial, and I’ll be your ghost.

There is nothing to let go, only time will let you know,

If you’re worth anything. You’ll know - that I’m

Giving up way too early, Let the axis turn you free,

And destroy everything you love.

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I'm standing on the edge, about to fall

In the middle of the point of no return

Trying to forget those days I failed to act

I'm not going to back out, I've come too far

I can almost see the light, feel its warmth

And touch the moment I was waiting for so long

I carried all before me, now the die is cast

With open arms I'm standing out against my past

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Mankind, with your heresy

Can't you see that this is killing me

There's no one in this life

To be here with me at my side

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People in prayer for me

Everyone there for me

Sometimes I feel I should face this alone

My soul exposed

It calms me to know that I won't

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Now I feel the guilt when the eye of the storm

is wise to what I've done inside my mind.

I will believe indefinitely,

but I can't forgive myself.

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I was lost

In the perfect world they promised me

I was scarred

When you tore the mask away

I was amazed

At the lies we refused to see

I was afraid

Of the emptiness the truth would leave behind

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With my feet upon the ground I move myself between the sounds

And open wide to suck it in, I feel it move across my skin.

I'm reaching up and reaching out. I'm reaching for the random or

Whatever will bewilder me, whatever will bewilder me.

And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.

We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.