skeleton crew

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Where is the image that struck me so To believe in love wherever I go, That made me stop and think and look And read every word in every book?

Where is the hand that held me so To make me believe in Cupid’s bow, That pierced me in my side so deep And rendered my eyes to start to weep?

Where is the light that blinded me so To believe in love in every foe, That opened my eyes to see it true And once again fall in love with you?

I don’t do it anymore and I never will, It’s like an empty bag you cannot fill, But I admit it is something that I miss, Looking down into the abyss.

It’ll turn away all the people you know, It’ll reveal the things you could never show, It’s permanent like a tattoo on your wrist, Looking down into the abyss.

It’ll blind your eyes if you look too fast, It’ll confuse the present with the past, Stay too long and you’ll start to hiss, Looking down into the abyss.

You can try to pretend that it’s not real, It’ll eat you alive and leave the peel, It’s like loving a person you cannot kiss, Looking down into the abyss.

It’ll give you an answer you cannot take, It’ll make you think what’s real is fake, You can’t turn away from something like this, Looking down into the abyss.

It’s something that’ll make you want to resist, It’s something that’ll make you want to persist, You will always question why you exist, Looking down into the abyss

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