| The Lying Eyes part 1 |
jyce
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Gather 'round my children | 1 |
and listen to a tale once lost | 2 |
of a man who knew deception | 3 |
until his mind it cost. | 4 |
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Awakening one morning, | 5 |
though not so he thought, | 6 |
began the visions of liars | 7 |
in the people that he sought. | 8 |
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Their faces would crack open | 9 |
and did manifest were words- | 10 |
the songs their minds were bleeding | 11 |
said things he thought absurd. | 12 |
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'Surely, this is just a dream.' | 13 |
He couldn't be more wrong | 14 |
'If my friends were evil, | 15 |
I'd known it all along. | 16 |
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I've known them all for ages. | 17 |
They wouldn't lie to me.' | 18 |
But their eyes would sink him | 19 |
into perplexity. | 20 |
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He thought of forgiving them | 21 |
or regard them with disdain. | 22 |
But this much mutual hatred | 23 |
would drive anyone insane. | 24 |
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He cut them from his presence | 25 |
and hid himself away, | 26 |
never to be seen again | 27 |
until a fated day. | 28 |
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Till then he stayed in shadow, | 29 |
in his sanctum, out of sight. | 30 |
He spasmed in his anger. | 31 |
He winced away from light. | 32 |
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Till then he dreamed of vengeance, | 33 |
violence, death and such. | 34 |
Talked and walked around, dreaming | 35 |
but never sleeping much. | 36 |
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