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Web of Lies


My life a web of lies

 

As each year goes by

Another knot of anger

 

I thought I was digging up the truth about my past,

But instead I dug my grave

 

The questions are the shovle

Digging for answers

That may not be waiting

Below the surface of the earth

 

The lies are the cold dirt that keepsbuilding up and up

It’s what’s burying me alive

 

And now knowing the truth

Is putting me six feet below the ground

 

The truth about my past is etched in a headstone

A weight upon my shoulders.

 
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