I used to love it so much, but now
I can’t remember its name
It used to feel so different but now
Every one is just the same.
I used to think so dreamily but
Now it all fades away.
I used to wish and pray and hope
Departure was not today.
I used to feel tenderness
Apart from icy cold.
I was once able to feel
I wasn’t only getting old.
I used to think the daylight would
Chase those nightmares back
But now I think that I’m the one
Who needs to hide at the dawn’s crack.
I once could remember the shining sun
The skies and seas of slate
But now in my head all I can hear is
The closing of the gate.
I used to hope that bad days
Were just days that were bad
Now I realise that they are
The root of what makes me mad.
I used to think of daylight and smiles
Those were what kept me safe and bright.
Days and nights are now the same
Except one is dark and one is light.
That darkness seeping through my veins
Those circles under my eyes
Aren’t just the things that make me
Want to say my final goodbyes.
Life is good, and life is bad
But for me those mean nothing.
All I think of now is how my
Life could, maybe, have been something.
But hate and violence and sadness
Fill me up more than acts of kind.
So I just sit here in lasting shadows
And I pretend that I don’t mind.
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