Petty Tragedy

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It's a petty tragedy
Knocked the sympathy right out of me
Get behind a lost cause
Take a permanent pause

You must've seen the light and it must've struck you blind
You're lagging far behind what you think you're gonna find
With your head held up high and your feet in quicksand
Your best-laid plans are out of your hands
But everybody gets what they think they deserve

Build four walls around a rut
Doors and windows boarded shut
Light escapes through the cracks
Til all you see fades to black

Without a clue, without a doubt, lead the way with a light gone out
All the way up a wall til you take another fall
Hit the ground running back up, when will you add it up
Have you had enough
You're gonna get what you think you deserve

I can't mend, I can't defend, I can't push you through a dead end
There's noone to fight or prove wrong or right or show that you're feeling contrite
The last flash of a spark, ashes scattered in the dark
Fallen apart
What did you expect?

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from DEMO, released November 10, 2015

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