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| Crimson | flames tied | through my ears,
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rollin' | high and | mighty | traps
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| Countless | fire on | flaming roads,
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using | ideas as my | maps
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"We'll | meet on edges, | soon," said I,
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| proud 'neath heated | brow.
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Ah, but | I was so much | older | then,
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I'm | younger | than that | now.
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| Half-wracked | prejudice | leaped forth,
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"rip | down all | hate," I | screamed
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| Lies that | life is | black and white,
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| spoke from my skull, I | dreamed
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| Romantic facts of | musketeers,
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foun | dationed deep, some | how.
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I'm | younger | than that | now.
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In a | soldier's | stance, I | aimed my hand,
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at the | mongrel | dogs who | teach
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| Fearing not that | I'd become my | enemy,
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in the | instant that I | preach
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My | pathway led by con | fusion boats,
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| mutiny from stern to | bow.
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I'm | younger | than that | now.
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Yes, my | guard stood | hard when | abstract threats,
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too | noble | to ne | glect
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| Deceived me | into | thinking,
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I had | something to pro | tect
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| Good and bad, I de | fine these terms,
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quite | clear, no doubt, some | how?
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I'm | younger | than that | now.
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