| Have some faith
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| Don’t you know that this is not a race
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| And we are not contenders now
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| So ask questions like
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| Which truth is the truth with which I chose to define myself
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| And bare all my insecurities?
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| These cobbled streets and stone walls can’t contain us
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| This knot in my stomach
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| Is the result of all I envy
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| And the route to my redemption
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| It reminds me that I am a mess of bone and tissue
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| And a slave to my own ambitions
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| We can only be ignored for so long
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| So let’s get back on that horse, take the road less traveled and get away from
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| this town of claustrophobic creativity. |
| Let’s start afresh, leave the embers of
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| this burnt out city to settle on the stunted seeds in which it has poured its
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| misplaced trust
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| Let’s see from a different perspective the sun, the sky, the moon, the stars,
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| the sea, sand, trees, clouds, train lines, road signs, motorways and slip
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| roads, postcards and dreamy days, winter’s end and spring beginnings,
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| window seats, cats eyes caught in corner glances, late night adventures,
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| firesides and the dirt grey contrast of the high rise with lights calling us
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| home; |
| an orange glow snaking its path across green fields, towns and cities.
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| Drawing lines across maps to open up new sights, sounds, and the infinite
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| possibility of the horizon |