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if you think of better times

or dare to dream of home

if it never feels right

you know you’re not alone

so many lost in time

so many left behind

if we’d just seen the signs…

now, the time has finally come

it cannot be undone

it’s racing towards an end

no longer will you wait, the tension escalates

the closure that it sends

with a pull of the trigger

and you won’t be coming back

as everything went black

he decided yesterday

that this would be the way

escaping from tomorrow

send a message amplified

leave no one mystified

no question of his sorrows

and it’s never-ending

but tonight we take it back

as everything went black

(Lead Break: “Sons Of Midwestern Darkness,”

R. Bruchert)

you know I’ve been there before

and might go back once more

if only I decide

so many ways that this could go

but one thing you should know

there’s someone on your side

with a pull of the trigger

and you won’t be coming back

as everything went black