Nothing lasts forever, forever don't last long,

It is over in a heartbeat--

Over with the singin' of a love song.

Angles in the canvas try to minimize the threat,

And time's a lovely filter,

And I can still recall the fears that I felt.

Chorus: Dance your way through the spider's fence,

And never look Medusa in the eye;

You might call it something else,

But no matter what you call it, it's goodbye, yeah--

I saw the image in the mirror, didn't recognize myself,

Severed from a childhood and it seemed like someone else,

Picked up all the pieces, put that box back on the shelf,

And just kept goin' on, I kept goin' on;

Just kept goin' on, yeah yeah yeah, I kept goin' on.

I opened up that closet, and here I stand again,

Doesn't look so bad now,

And all my years of exile seem so well spent;

I thumbed through yellowed pages, the books I used to read,

Tryin' on an old suit,

And all those broken promises that would never keep.

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