when i set out on this journey i thought it would never end when i started down that road i could not see the end and when i took that first step i fell in so deep and all those things that were so hard-won i thought i would always keep now what do you think i see standing like a wall in front of me defeat, not victory defeat, not victory defeat, not victory chorus:: so what are you going to do? die? no you gonna lay down and die? no i will not admit defeat i will not admit defeat i will see victory pride and deceit have choked my life like weeds and i lost sight of what i really had what i really need and all the things i should've valued i gave away for a prayer and a song and now when i reach out for them they are gone now you know what i see standing in front of me like a headstone a fucking monument to human misery defeat, not victory defeat, not victory defeat, not victory chorus: do i have any friends here? i can't see are any of my friends here? i can't see what about you? will you be a friend to me? what about you? will you be a friend to me? i've got a question to ask you and then you can ask it of me it's a simple request and then you can make it of me can you forgive me? can you see what will be? is it victory? now i can't show you all the things i've seen and i can't make you feel anything certainly not what they meant to me and someday i know, no matter how hard we try we are all going to have to lay down and die so maybe i should just tell you what i hope and believe for every defeat there will be a victory for every defeat there will be a victory in defeat, victory


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    LIFE, NUDE N CRUDE

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