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I'd love to.


I'd love to scream
But silence is golden.

I'd love to dream
But I'm not a child.

I'd love to scheme 
But my will is broken.

I'd love to gleam
But my glimmer is dead.

I'd love to scream
But you have your hand over my mouth.

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