A Solemn Farewell

(Verse 1)
Seven stripes of misery,
seven slashes spawned from woe...
The strength of my growing pain
these people can never know.
Seven gashes on my arm,
the limb covered in bright red...
Though they like to torment me,
they will miss me when I'm dead.

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Slowly fading, disappearing,
like a candle's flickering flame...
Stricken down so abruptly,
is anyone really to blame?

(Verse2)
Now I sit and contemplate
these seven wounds in my soul...
I feel my life drain away,
I hear my own death bell's toll...
Seven trenches filled with hate,
seven crimson streams of death...
As I start to fade away,
I curse them with my last breath...

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(Verse 3)
My time is gone, I have to say good-bye...
I know this loss will hurt you but please try no to cry.
My life is empty, will my death be full of woe?
The things that could have been for me this world will never know...
I would rather move than continue to live a lie.
When I take my own life, please never wonder why...
(Whispered)
Forget about me, just go on without me...
The pain is gone forever, my soul soul is free...

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(Verse 4)
Just an effigy of life
a creature spawned from doom,
a spirit yearning to live free
that darkness can not consume.
This world can not bring me down,
I still stand strong here today,
'cause a shadow never dies.
No, it simply fades away...

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