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A Child's Lamento

from Steel Toed Slippers by Steel Toed Slippers

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A young seed is sown in the shadow of a man
a slight of the hand hides a child left in trance
by the time he is ten he must observe the master plan
and fill the shoes of the patriarch, known tenderly as 'dad'

what we choose to do is never enough so fuck the stakes and we'll gamble life on luck
when we hit gold you'll know that young and old do not deserve distrust
if everybody fails but one then that's enough
if one survives we'll hear the cries that we have won

careless and dumb should be a child when he is young
a shaping of the tongue will leave his greatest song unsung
he spends his waking life just being told what's wrong from right
so when it's time for him to rise he'll never know just who to fight

she said
"i'll never live my life in stride
n' i'll be strong when its time to die
when i was i never cried
my face held tears my eyes would lie

i've come to realize that life transcends the paths that we are shown
it's helped me to survive since i found what everyone should know"

if everybody fails but one then that's enough
if one survives we'll hear the cries that we have won
the pilgrims lies and everything i'm taught is false
no holy book can pacify my sense of loss

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from Steel Toed Slippers, released March 22, 2012

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