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Destiny Street Lyrics
I was walking down the street today
When I stepped off a curb into ten years ago
I was ten years past, and I saw myself at the age of twenty-one
Looking right back at the man I've now become.
I scared myself—I was horrified,
but elated too, like I'd
escaped from ten year's jail
I'd never known was full of hell.
Instantly I realized
this had happened to me once before
When I was the younger guy,
and now I'd have to live it though once more.
Yes, I seduced myself.
I took me home.
I whispered only I could make
the younger guy feel less alone.
I was playing with myself.
We were playing house,
pretending we could hide inside
the past and future to avoid our present self.
I loved myself so much that day.
I thought that I could trick my fate.
I took the fall for ten year's time,
thinking that it would be a pleasant wait.
Yes, down on Destiny Street today
I found out twice
that playing for the past or future
is playing with a fool's paradise.
When I stepped off a curb into ten years ago
I was ten years past, and I saw myself at the age of twenty-one
Looking right back at the man I've now become.
but elated too, like I'd
escaped from ten year's jail
I'd never known was full of hell.
this had happened to me once before
When I was the younger guy,
and now I'd have to live it though once more.
I took me home.
I whispered only I could make
the younger guy feel less alone.
We were playing house,
pretending we could hide inside
the past and future to avoid our present self.
I thought that I could trick my fate.
I took the fall for ten year's time,
thinking that it would be a pleasant wait.
I found out twice
that playing for the past or future
is playing with a fool's paradise.
Song Info
Submitted by
inanotherworld On Oct 13, 2010
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