You see the truth And you cannot hide You're so in tune You feel it inside Justice revenge Tickle all over Lily and sword Damnation, reward The spirit of the stairs Everyone thinks but no one dares Wishes made a sad lament After he's gone Ridicule or envy Now you can't forget me I'm fixed in your mind Like a knot in the twine To the dark and pouring rain Into the trap she sets again Hear my wooden footsteps on her train Hear my wooden footsteps again Tough outer shell But so you can tell She's soft underneath Where you sink your teeth Look sad, too bad, you're tongue tied How many times a day you're too dumb or too shy Two, three, four, five, count the stairs Spirit hears what I should have said And she knows why After she's gone
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