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Ten Years Too Late
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Michael died without a sound
He thought all the love won’t save him now
Took the pills and drank them down
While I was somewhere else in town
Then he closed his eyes
and when he closed his eyes,
that’s when he closed his eyes and drowned
There was no divining
There was no reviving
From the cold New Haven ground
Now my life’s alight a little less
I sleep in late, thinking that’s best
Will I wake at winter’s end
when I can’t see around that bend?
So I look for him on the darkest days
When I’m feeling broke and drained
Missing all the things I’ve lost
Wondering what death would cost
Then I hold that knife
And when I hold that knife
that’s when I see that hole inside
So I close my eyes
and when I close my eyes,
I breathe again and start to cry
Ten years too late
and I still see your face
There’s no escape from
that domino chain
Ten years too late
and I can’t walk away
now that I know what I’d
leave in my wake
There are days when I’m still down
and I want to carve that pain right out
I think of Michael, sadly smile,
and I know I’ll still be here a while
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Michael died without a sound
He thought all the love won’t save him now
Took the pills and drank them down
While I was somewhere else in town
Then he closed his eyes
and when he closed his eyes,
that’s when he closed his eyes and drowned
There was no divining
There was no reviving
From the cold New Haven ground
Now my life’s alight a little less
I sleep in late, thinking that’s best
Will I wake at winter’s end
when I can’t see around that bend?
So I look for him on the darkest days
When I’m feeling broke and drained
Missing all the things I’ve lost
Wondering what death would cost
Then I hold that knife
And when I hold that knife
that’s when I see that hole inside
So I close my eyes
and when I close my eyes,
I breathe again and start to cry
Ten years too late
and I still see your face
There’s no escape from
that domino chain
Ten years too late
and I can’t walk away
now that I know what I’d
leave in my wake
There are days when I’m still down
and I want to carve that pain right out
I think of Michael, sadly smile,
and I know I’ll still be here a while
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Thom Dunn Boston, Massachusetts
Thom Dunn is a Boston-based writer, musician, & new media artist. He enjoys Oxford commas, metaphysics, and romantic clichés (especially when they involve whiskey), and he firmly believes that Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" is the single greatest atrocity committed against mankind. He is a graduate of Clarion Writer's Workshop at UCSD & Emerson College. thomdunn.net ... more
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