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59 lines
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I watched the rise and the fall of the common man
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I lived to see all our steps walked back
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I watched the walls all crash down crumbling
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Just to be rebuilt while we slept
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We threw swords in the oceans wide and deep
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We promise peace but the peace won't last
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Because now we forge new blades so nervously
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Waiting for this harmony to pass
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I stand guard and roam
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Like a sentinel and I see it all
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I've been awake too long
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Wish there was something
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That could close my eyes to all that I see
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Awake too long, it would be easier to fall asleep
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We fell in love but the love kept running out
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We followed roads but the roads all end
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We lived and learned and learned to live without
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Falling from the ladders we ascend
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I've seen the eyes of the widows left behind
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I've seen the child of a fallen man
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And never once did our leaders apologize
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For battles they began
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Can't look away
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Or pretend not to see and so I stay
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I've been awake too long
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Wish there was something
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That could close my eyes to all that I see
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Awake too long, it would be easier to fall asleep, asleep
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Maybe I would dream if I could sleep
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Maybe I'd see what this could be
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Instead of what it is
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Is there bliss in ignorance
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Is this our demise we can't prevent
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Should we fall asleep?
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I've been awake too long
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I've been awake too long
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I've been awake too long
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I've been awake too long
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(I've been awake too long) And like constant vigils
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(I've been awake too long) We are burning eternal flames
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(I've been awake too long) A surgery, blades in an open heart
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(I've been awake too long) And through it all, it all
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Every single cut, I've been awake
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____________________
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Name Awake Too Long
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Artist Rise Against
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Album The Black Market
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