When I set out on this journey I thought it would never end
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When I started down that road I could not see the end
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And when I took that first step I fell in so deep
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And all those things that were so hard-won I thought I would always keep
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Now what do you think I see standing like a wall in front of me
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Defeat, not victory
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Defeat, not victory
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Defeat, not victory
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chorus:
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So what are you going to do? Die?
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No you gonna lay down and die?
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No I will not admit defeat I will not admit defeat
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I will see victory
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Pride and deceit have choked my life like weeds
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And I lost sight of what I really had what I really need
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And all the things I should've valued
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I gave away for a prayer and a song
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And now when I reach out for them they are gone
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Now you know what I see standing in front of me
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Like a headstone a fucking monument to human misery
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Defeat, not victory
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Defeat, not victory
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Defeat, not victory
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chorus:
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Do I have any friends here?
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I can't see are any of my friends here?
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I can't see what about you?
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Will you be a friend to me?
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What about you? Will you be a friend to me?
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I've got a question to ask you and then you can ask it of me
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It's a simple request and then you can make it of me
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Can you forgive me? Can you see what will be?
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Is it victory?
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Now I can't show you all the things I ve seen
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And I can't make you feel anything
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Certainly not what they meant to me
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And someday I know, no matter how hard we try
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We are all going to have to lay down and die
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So maybe I should just tell you what I hope and believe
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For every defeat there will be a victory
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For every defeat there will be a victory in defeat,
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victory
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Victory
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