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Why does the darkness find us when we're looking for the light?
Why is the longest battle the one we don't want to fight?
Why do we try to find the sunlight when all it does is burn?
Why do we seek education when we know that we will never learn?

Darkness, depression, cruelty, obsession,
The world, it collapses, and we all die screaming,
Madness, corruption, pain and destruction,
We've all burned to ashes, or are we just dreaming it all?

Give me a sign that I'm still alive.

As we stumble down the mountains, as we struggle up the hills,
And the blood flows from the fountains while we drink up all the spills.
Our persistence is a virtue, but we're crippled in our fears,
You may think they cannot hurt you, but it shows up in your tears.

But the world it keeps on spinning, and it's better living than dying anyway,
Even if we are not winning, no point in being a poor sport in this game we play.
Sometime there is hope, we may even learn to smile,
We can all learn how to cope once we've been here for a while.

And there's joy and there's laughter that's just 'round the corner,
Sometimes we get what we're after instead of hate, scorn, or
Some other emotion that makes us feel sad,
Our constant devotion to get what we had
When we were younger (happiness, happiness, happiness, happiness) may come with success because

We can still have joy in our spirits and minds if we try,
If we reach out our arms there's no doubt that we can still touch the sky.

But the darkness still will find us when we're looking for the light,
And it is the longest battle that we will not want to fight,
And we'll still try to find the sunlight even though we know it burns,
And we'll still seek education even though no one ever learns.

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from Protective Apocalypse, released January 1, 2010

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Patrick Belanger

Just helping contribute to the wonderful confusion of the universe. I like to make things. Music, games, art, programs, and trouble, mostly.

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