Cory Fox

Boys and girls, take your places
It's time again, I'm sure you know
To wear your happy faces
Because we all love a good show
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Big fish and small fish
Swimming here in this pond
Fast fish and slow fish
And now one is gone
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Jagged, bitter edges hide
Fragile lies about to break
Transparent fools trapped inside
Each to make the next's mistake
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'I pray for you more than me
Now life is never dull
The two of us have worlds to see
I think you're beautiful'
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When Christmas grew near
And the shoppers appeared
Wearing their caroler's best
I was blinded by lights
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I wish I was an otter
Skies and waves the color of jeans
It fills my pants with water
The ocean is really cool beans
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They tell me that they care
But I know what lies beneath
Once they see my nightmare
They're lying through their teeth
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Raindrops drumming on the car ride home
No one beside me; I’m on my own
Alone with my thoughts- a listless moan
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Three brothers walking after dawn
Found gold in a pot on their lawn
Said the first, 'Let us share! '
Said the next, 'We won't dare! '
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Church bells echo down the river run
Father rises with the Sunday sun
He won’t miss a day
He sings hymns loudly on the chapel floor
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The many led by few
Sets me apart from you
And everyone who lacks one keen desire
For the one wealth to find
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At every dire turn
Please don’t fade away
Oh, when will I learn?
Just wait one more day…
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Shivering on the icy floor
Hushed sobs in that dark place
Her hand shields her ashen face
From the cracked mirror on the door
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“Believe in what you see
Because my eyes have never lied
If none would hear my plea
Will this mask hold me up inside?
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His labored breathing hissed
As such a spiteful spirit sought
My blood spilled on the floor
Well, what are you waiting for?
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Running hot blooded and young as the night
Stepped into this tunnel to pick my fight
Eyes dead ahead on a distant light
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'Another tear drop, I regret
Fathoms the pain this heart can take'
Are you so eager to forget
Mountains have moved in your wake?
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Shadows flicker in the hallway light
More whispers drifting through the night
You pretend I'm not there
I pretend not to care
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Should gold be had from lead
Forge me a lavish crown
Because it need not be said
What makes the world go round
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Tell me the tales of a heart so scarred
By a love so deep and surreal
That the words of the minstrel and bard
Never came close to what I feel
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