| Arise my sweet conviction
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| Your time has finally come
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| Though your home is no place to speak of
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| It gave you the courage to run
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| I am grateful for your company
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| I am grateful to belong
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| I am thankful for the misery
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| From which I stole this grateful song
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| Partly written out of habit
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| Partly written out of need
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| With a blind and bold ambition
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| For to sow this grateful seed
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| May I call on you if I falter?
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| If I seek to be something I’m not
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| If I forgo a love for my brothers and my sisters
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| With a pledge of allegiance to god
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| A god of pain, a god of tragedy
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| A god of hatred and deceit
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| A god of helpless, helpless agony
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| One god I hope we’ll never meet
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| We are grateful for your company
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| We are grateful you belong
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| We are thankful for the misery
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| From which we stole this grateful song
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| Yes, we are thankful for the misery
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| From which we stole this grateful song |