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Song of Yesterday

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I hold true passion
For many years I would listen
The heavy weight upon my chest
Like a wailing wall

Code of silence of a dying heart
Don't know where the end begins and the truth starts
When the hammer falls, it falls on you
I sit here waiting, waiting

I pull back the veil
And I just can't breathe
And I fly away
I fly away
Gonna fly us away
Like a song of yesterday

Freezing night, a oil lamp burns
The sun's fire soon will return
Broken castles, the flags still flown
Like a living ghost

Code of silence of a dying heart
Don't know where the end begins and the truth starts
When the hammer falls, it falls on you
I sit here waiting, waiting

I pull back the veil
And I just can't breathe
And I fly away
Break it down, so low that you don't know when to fail
Try a little harder, now you're the drunk mad man in jail

Hmmmm, hmmmm, hmmmm
Hmmmm, hmmmmm
Hmm, hmmmm hmmmm, hmmmm
Hmmmm, hmmmmm

I fly away, gonna fly us away
Gonna fly us away
Gonna fly us away
I'm reaching out
Like a song of yesterday

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rock_hawk On Nov 20, 2010

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I hold true passion
For many years I would listen
The heavy weight upon my chest
Like a wailing wall

Code of silence of a dying heart
Don't know where the end begins and the truth starts
When the hammer falls, it falls on you
I sit here waiting, waiting

I pull back the veil
And I just can't breathe
And I fly away
I fly away
Gonna fly us away
Like a song of yesterday

Freezing night, a oil lamp burns
The sun's fire soon will return
Broken castles, the flags still flown
Like a living ghost

Code of silence of a dying heart
Don't know where the end begins and the truth starts
When the hammer falls, it falls on you
I sit here waiting, waiting

I pull back the veil
And I just can't breathe
And I fly away
Break it down, so low that you don't know when to fail
Try a little harder, now you're the drunk mad man in jail

Hmmmm, hmmmm, hmmmm
Hmmmm, hmmmmm
Hmm, hmmmm hmmmm, hmmmm
Hmmmm, hmmmmm

I fly away, gonna fly us away
Gonna fly us away
Gonna fly us away
I'm reaching out
Like a song of yesterday

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2010-11-20 15:01:00

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