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Congratulations, you're still alive


You can try to pretend
But you always fail in the end
Why bother

What’s the use?

Why suffer this self abuse

You know how it ends

Your heart always ripped to shreds

Tears are always shed

 

Next time you’ll end up dead

Yet you try again

What are you trying to do?

You realize the outcome, don’t you?

 

You try and try

Do you like to cry?

Keep going till you die

You’ll quit, that’s a lie

 

Congratulations you’re still alive

 

You want more than to survive

You want to thrive

You climb higher and higher each time you fall

 

Next time you’ll end up dead

Yet you try again

What are you trying to do?

You realize the outcome don’t you?

 

You try and try

Do you like to cry?

Keep going till you die

You’ll quit, that’s a lie

 

Congratulations, you’re still alive

You’re still alive

You survived

Climb higher this time

Make sure to hold on tight

Next time you’ll end up dead
Yet you try again
What are you trying to do?
You realize the outcome don’t you?

You try and try

Do you like to cry?

Keep going till you die

You’ll quit, that’s a lie

 

How are you still alive?

Knocked down a million times

Yet still you thrive

Congratulations, you're still alive

 
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