1000 times
15.12.2011
1000 times before
We said never again
And here we are
1000 times over
Again
Making meaningless pledges
Which you can’t consume
Guiltily plastering your sores
So that they may be out of sight
And so out of mind
But the benjamins don’t heal your wounds
Rather they leave them festering
Your empty bellies
Swollen with sorrows over our empty words
1000 times before
We said never again
And here we are
1000 times over
Again
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