The day everything became nothing,
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I was standing underneath a streetlight, Wishing I¡¯had a cigarette.
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I can't recall anything unusual about it.
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If there was something in the air,
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If the skies had clouded over, I¡¯wasn't aware, I¡¯was too bored to care.
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No thunder roared. No lightning cracked.
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No missiles rained from the sky. This was no sneak attack.
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There was just suddenly this awful lack.
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Things had changed, that's for sure.
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The day everything became nothing, you couldn't put your finger on what had gone wrong.
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The alleys were still dirty; the garbage still smelled;
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There was no panic in the streets; Just a lot of grief...
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In people's faces, in their eyes...a mixture of horror and total surprise.
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This was no apocalypse. No one heard a voice from the sky,
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There were no miracles at the 7-eleven,
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No one screamed, no one even asked why.
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It was just like everything had somehow, quietly died.
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So let it die!
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I can't recall much of what happened next.
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I was on my way to visit this woman I¡¯knew.
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All we had in common was good sex,
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And now I¡¯couldn't even remember her address.
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A group of us, just strangers, got together and we formed a committee to discuss the problem.
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We talked about things like assured mutual destruction and emotional responsibility.
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I couldn't remember my name, so I¡¯called myself bob.
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It's weird being a bob, but i'll get used to it.
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I have to.
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The Day Everything Became Nothing
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