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With the lines of the cars at the college at nightAre their pillows and blankets, their posters and lightsAre their hopelessly young facesTight with the solace or yearsAnd you look at me blankly, did I miss somethingAll these kids seem to be less like ghosts on the ringOf the graveyard we built from the stingOf these horrible fearsSo I try not to laugh, as it brings you to tearsWell I won't tell your secret, if you won't tell mineI'll just speak quietly through a well rehearsed lineMy, my how time makes one longFor such ignorant peersAnd you grab hold of my hand as I whisper in your ear:"On the day that you die, please remember these words:You were the luckiest gift, that I'll never deserveI can feel you and me like my heart beat And blood stream in turns(?)"It's desperate, I know, but please don't let goI can't begin to address all these debts that I oweSongtexteI'm just a sketch of a man, I'll let you knowWhen I'm (?) "Then I hurt you, deserted you, left you aloneWith your loneliness to wear just like a crown on a throneAs selfish and trite asAnything god's ever knownOh but don't be afraid, I'm going down tooWhen we finally fate, I'll be fating with youI'll just hold onto your hand, but I'll wishThere was more I could doThese kids got no clue, it's all hacked me in twoLet's go tell them what's cool, tell em it's just me and youWe'll find out soon enough, but by thenWe'll be dust on their shoesThese kids got no clue, it's just me and youLet's go tell them what's cool, it's all hacked me in twoWe'll find out soon enough, but by thenWe'll have nothing to loseI'll just hold onto your hand, but I'll wishThere was more I could do(The quality was bad, as this was a live recording, so there's bound to be some error, but most of this is definitely correct.) Aus Songtexte Mania