We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight
And yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home

Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh

My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find
And yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can't be my own
I'd feel better dead

Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh


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    if i had to pick a theme song this would be it

    nothing is true.. and nothing will ever be true

    JamzXIVon September 02, 2011   Link

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