Failures Burden

Days drift and I rise to the cold sun
 I was born an old child
 With no place for faith in my heart
 Aged in my sleep for bitter times ahead
 For bitter times
 Ahead
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 And you may say I've given up the ghost
 Once and for all admitted defeat
 And laid out my hand for all to see
 And made peace with the beast in me
 The beast
 In me
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 And winter mocks me
 Though he does not need to call my name
 He thinks my bones are brittle
 And the grip of my resolve
 Is tired, sullen and weakened just the same
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 And I have saved the least for last
 And torn out all who reached for me
 And I am but a beggar before beauty
 And failures burden it rests with me
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 I don't remember when it happened
 When the clocks, they stopped
 As in their light bare hands were tied
 And my heart stood still
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 And every man is evil
 And every man a liar
 And every word that he speaks
 Is kindling to the fire