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Redline

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Way past overdrive
Full on redline
No easing up
Your life's flying by
Pushing and passing
Yourself you've just passed
First over the finish
You still come in last
Face turning to stone
Your eyes owl-wide
No easing up
More speed is your high
Look and feel
Twice your age
Grinding in your silent rage
Dying at twice the speed
Yet not enough to
Quench your need
Redline, foot to the floor
Redline, slow-paced is a bore
Redline, yourself you've just passed
Redline, you still come in last

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2010-01-28 12:22:14

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by PunkWisdom

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If you live by society's rules and are always trying to get ahead no matter what the cost, you will constantly be moving the boundaries you said you'd never pass and you'll still end up last.

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Subjective

Fear

Society

Ambition

Boundaries

Consequences

Failure

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