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to live

shame was mine I was a-shamed

existence a curse a sadness to bear

waited for a sun to rise on my horizon 

broken though i was hope didn't seem scared

a star shone high up in my darkness

a twinkle of a dot of light u were

u planted me u got me up

u saved me from something they left me for

and then its all u; I never knew love

but its the past now its gone now

and now u...

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Girl with a diamond heart

Oh girl with a diamond heart; Ur eyes and ur hair is all they talk about; The way u walk And the way u touch when u talk; Ur lips they are so red Are they proof of all ur ex'es; In a world where u r a queen U saw me as ur next victim; So I got ready got a little steady; Got the rulebook for us dating ; And I learned to French kiss; Learned to make it Hoping to taste u; But more t...

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us

The blade of lust cuts me deep, And u seem to like the sight of it, And nothing takes us by chance, Not even when I break and u just stand. Far off u see a pretty sight, You do everything and u slay me, But when u get there, All has gone to none, All was always dust. And now when u know u'll die, U run back. U touch. And u want our fire back, When nothing took us by chance, For a ...

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Broken hearts

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