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Rattled By Failure
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We're not rattled by failure now.
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Statements slurred, terms are altered.
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The air stalls as we venture out of key.
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And the words turn so vicious
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as these stakes that were so small gets torn in three.
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Unlearned parts, a constant ringing,
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a smudged stamp on your hand and a vacant stare.
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Fed our hearts on these fantasies.
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Now these hearts have grown brutal from the fare.
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You pit art against reason.
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Though the two aren't opposed.
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This recurring theme contaminates your dreams.
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We're not rattled by failure now.
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Absolutes and autumn deadlines,
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they just pass like a fever. Like idle dares.
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See this through. See it ending.
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You retreat to go dye your dulling hair.
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Standing mute as a starfish
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as the bright lights and music start to recede.
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It consecrates your dreams.
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We take failure for granted now.
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They maintain our feet on solid ground
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while it clings like a cloud of bees to me.
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A halo of sand in the cuffs of faded jeans.
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To wallpaper our room with rejection slips.
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To slowly wet the circumference of our lips
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and admit the coldest form of defeat.
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It was all just a dream.
Breaking Benjamin - Failure (Official Vi...
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