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by Wetdryvac
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Before I Grow Old
June 1, 1991
I see a sky of misty grey
a mirror without reflection
I see my friends fall by the way
into past without firm meaning
when young I thought I'd live forever
ironic that I see I have
but what's the joy to this endless life
when those you most remember fell behind
immortality?
no -
I could never face it
without the ones I'd loved
no one to turn to
I'd fall
I watch the years flow by like ice
grey beyond all meaning
and I wonder
did I see it all
is this track repeating?
so I look ahead from childhood
into a cold grey sky
I see a death in life for me
when all the rest are moved away
I see a sky of misty grey
a mirror without reflection
if this is how life means to be, I mean to die before the cold
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