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VAMPIRES LAMENT
BLOOD AND KISSES
DEATH AND LOVE
ARE WE FROM HELL
OR HEAVEN ABOVE
THE ETERNAL KISS
A TASTE OF DEATH
A SPARK OF LIFE
AFTER THE FINAL BREATH
BUT WHAT IS THIS
WE ARE REBORN
PLUNGED TO DARKNESS
OUR LIVES ARE TORN
BUT YOU AND I
WE LIVE AS ONE
AND TOGETHER WE MAKE
OUR OWN BRIGHT SUN
BLOOD AND KISSES
DEATH AND LOVE
ARE WE FROM HELL
OR HEAVEN ABOVE
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BALANCE
A WARRIORS HEART
A POETS SOUL
SEPERATE BUT ONE
ETERNAL TURMOIL
LIVE TO FIGHT
FIGHT TO LIVE
A SWORD TO SWING
A HEART TO GIVE
YIN AND YANG
PEACE AND WAR
LIVING AND LEARNING
A BROKEN CORE
HOW DO YOU LOVE
WHEN TONIGHT TO HATE
AS THE POET THRIVES
ON THE WARRIOR'S FATE
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DARK FATE
AS OTHERS FALL TO THE BED ASLEEP
IS WHEN I RISE TO LIFE
PEOPLE AROUND ARE NAUGHT BUT SLEEP
AS THE HUNGER CUTS LIKE A KNIFE
A FATE I NEVER ASKED FOR
AS CENTURES PASS MY EYES
THE BLOOD FLOWS OVER TREMBLING LIPS
AS THE DEADLY MONSTER CRYS
I LIVE AMONGST THE SHADOWS
WATCHING LIFE GO BY
THE SUNLIGHT SCARED, HALLOWED
BUT NEVER IN MY LIFE
I MOVE AMOUNGST YOUR VERY HOMES
ALMOST EVERY NIGHT
THE DEVIL TAKES ON HUMAN FORM
AND WALKS OUT IN PLAIN SIGHT
AS LIGHT APPROACHES.. I SINK AWAY
INTO A COMATOSE STATE
AND I LOOK TO YOU AND CALMLY ASK
DID I SEEK THIS DARK FATE
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MAN SEARCHES EVERY DAY FOR INNER PEACE
THE MEANING OF LIFE A REASON TO "BE"
NOT EXSIT, NOT SURVIVE... BE
EACH DAY IS A CHOICE
I SEE IT AS THIS
WHEN ONE IS BORN IT'S THE BEGINING OF A JOURNEY
AS MY FRIEND CALLS IT .. THE LONG ROAD
EACH CHOICE IS A CROSS ROAD.. A NEW DIRECTION
A TURN THAT CAN TURN A LIFE
BRING PAIN OR PLEASURE
SMILES OR TEARS
BUT IT HAS TO BE MADE.. FOR LIFE FOREVER GOES FORWARD
THE ENDING ONLY IN DEATH
BUT IS THAT AN ENDING OR A BEGINING
MAYBE BIRTH .. LIFE.. ALL OF IT
IS NOTHING BUT A JOURNEY TO A FINAL DISTANATION
TO A PLACE WHERE AT LAST
ONE CAN REST THEIR TIRED FEET AND JUST BE
I DON'T KNOW.
SO I WILL WALK THE LONG ROAD
AND I WILL SEE
SOMEDAY
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WHAT IS LOVE
IS IT A FEELING
A STATE OF MIND
WHO KNOWS
BUT IT IS A NEEDED THING
LOVE COMES IN MANY LEVELS
MANY KINDS MANY FORMS
LOVE OF A PERSON AS A FRIEND
LOVE OF A PET
LOVE OF A BROTHER OR SISTER
LOVE OF A FATHER OR MOTHER
LOVE OF A LOVER
ALL THE SAME .. BUT YET DIFFERENT
AS A FEELING AS COMPLEX AS A ROSE
LOVE IS LOVE
THAT'S ALL IT IS
AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS
YOU ACCEPT IT.. LET IT FILL YOUR SOUL
AND CHANGE YOU
BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS FOR THE BETTER
EVEN WHEN IT HURTS
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THE LIGHTS THEY DIM AS MY LIFE BEGINS
THE MUSIC PUMPING THREW MY VEINS
LIFE'S BLOOD.. THE NEED RUNS THREW ME
AS MY BODY MOVES
TAKING LIFE.. NOT CONCIOUS THOUGHT
JUST EMOTION.. LAUGH IF YOU WILL
BUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME
I'M TRUELY FREE..
ARE YOU?
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A DARKNESS WE CALL LIFE
SLOW, DEEP AND TOTAL
AS WE WALK DOWN THE STREET
THEY TELL US WE ARE NOT NORMAL
WHO ARE THEY TO JUDGE ME
TELL ME LIFE'S BELIEFS
SO I WALK THRU JUST LIKE A KNIFE
AND DISAPPEAR INTO THE DARK,
MUCH TO THEIR RELIEF
DO NOT TELL ME HOW TO LIVE
OR WHAT I CAN OR CAN NOT WEAR
IN THE END I WILL WIN OUT
AND TIS YOU WHO SEE DISPAIR
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I WALK MY NITES ALONE MY DEAR
SEEKING ONE LIKE YOU
THRU THE DIM HOPE AND DESPAIR
YOUR IMAGE PULLS ME THRU
WE HAVE NOT MET BUT I KNOW YOUR THERE
EYES OF PEACE AND RAVEN HAIR
I SEE YOU EACH NITE IN MY MIND
I HAVE THE FACE THE.. THE HEART I'LL FIND
CALL ME CRAZY.. CALL ME TOUCHED
BUT I KNOW THIS FACT TO BE
OUT IN THIS WORLD THAT HATES SO MUCH
SO WAIT TO LOVE ME
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A BROKEN SPIRIT WITH AN ANGELS SOUL
AS SHE STEPPED INTO MY LIFE
WITH EYES THAT TOLD OF PROBLEMED PAST,
BUT A NEED FOR A NEW LIFE
THE WING OF A HAWK
THE HEART OF A MAN
AN OFFER OF SAFTEY AND PEACE
THE SHADOWS COVER
THE ARMS ENFOLD
AND A SMALL HEART BEATS ONCE MORE
TOGETHER THEY WALK THE OLD LONG ROAD
AND GAZE AT THE GOREAN SHORE
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A WANDERER WALKED INTO A CAMP
WITH A SERCH FOR INNER PEACE
THE FIRES LIGHT AND HONOR STRONG
HE THOUGHT TO FIND THE CASE
THE VILLAGE, HIS, A RULLING HAND
A DREAM BUT NOTHING MORE
THE GHOSTS CALLED HARD UPON HIS SOUL
AND HE SEARCHED FOR SOMETHING MORE
HE LEFT THE VILLAGE AND WANDERED
SEARCHING FOR HIS SOUL
A CAMP, A CITY, A FAMILY CLAIM
BUT NONE LED TO HIS GOAL
THEN A FIRE, A BROTHER TRUE AND HAND OF PEACE
THE CIRCLE CLOSED
THE FAMILY FOUND AND A FLOWER HIS RELEASE