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the past is never forgiving
somebody else is draped in this skin
i struggle as i try to slip back in
just a piece of meat, product of this earth
you're so much more than what i'm worth
i don't have to be perfect, just have to get by
doing just enough without asking why
and the past will not be forgiving
you want me to be the victim
i am under your control
but as you look my mask is slipping
you can see inside this soul
i can't disguise these mistakes anymore
i just can't seem to do this anymore
just flesh, blood, and bone
i am here, standing alone
through narrowed eyes
seething with lies and dirty looks
dead like a statistic left for the books
carried off through every measure
deriving pleasure from the pain
i can't stand to see you here again
i can never look you in the eyes
after all i've done, and failed to do
what's left when the morning dies?
please don't mourn me once i'm gone
just never ever try to remember
left a lonely memory to dismember
take me out of this, i just don't want this anymore
life's a one way street until the dead end
and the past is never forgiving
this wicked past
left like a dirty plague upon these lives
just as you were the poison i could never be the cure for
the past lives in these shadows
behind these masks
always a heavy burden we could barely even carry
we will die for our own sins
and only then will we be forgiven
only then will i be forgiven
in the end
i can't blame you for the hate
even i would do the same
time doesn't need to make amends
we'll all fall away when it comes
and only then the past will forgive us
