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Trying

I tried

Acceptance is the key

To the lock on the door

The one painted red

On the house down the street

It's a key understanding

Why the door is shut

Closing off the world

And everybody else

It's the key to you

So you said to look for it

And I tried and tried

Really I did

I looked in my heart

And my head

And my soul

But you had taken it

And lied

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