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My lungs are black and so has my heart become

Eyes swollen as I cough up blood

I know my end is near but hopefully too

Is my redemption before man and, if real, god

Take my satchel and take my hat

You can get more use of them than me

Be on your way now, ride towards the sun

Be what I never could, be free

We all wanted to be our best selves

But loyalty can corrupt any man

Now as I realize my wrongs and what’s right

I’ll be the best I can

Our best selves

Was all we wanted to be

Yet the smoke obscured our vision

But now in my final breath I can once again see

I have become eaten up

By the wolf inside me

There once was an eagle

Who thought itself free

But it was all an illusion

Manifested by charismatic words

Before my dying eyes I see the sun set

The last I hear is the chirping of birds

We all wanted to be our best selves

But loyalty can corrupt any man

Now as I realize my wrongs and what’s right

I’ll be the best I can

Our best selves

Was all we wanted to be

Yet the smoke obscured our vision

But now in my final breath I can once again see

We all wanted to be our best selves

But loyalty can corrupt any man

Now as I realize my wrongs and what’s right

I’ll be the best I can

Our best selves

Was all we wanted to be

Yet the smoke obscured our vision

But now in my final breath I can once again see