WHAT MATTERS

I keep drifting
still and again
I've been told 
what matters

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yet life moves past
considered, I believed
I could take part in 
what matters

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burnt out
blocked up
shut down
knocked out
booked up
marked down

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behind that door
scores of white coats
debating
what matters

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freaked out
tied up
stripped down
worn out
puffed up
run down

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they won't reach me
through the wall
I've built around 
what matters

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blocked out
dried up
closed down
washed out
fucked up
low down

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yet the storm
the cloudburst will come
and wash away
what matters

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and spite will be gone
and grief will be gone 
and pride will be gone
and love will be gone
and I will be gone

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