The Ground

from Long Gone EP (2009) by Rust Belt Lights

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My knees buckle under me.
The ground below is unforgiving, cold, and ruthless.
There's nothing I can do to keep from falling down.
I might as well learn how to get my feet back on the ground.

Do your worst. No matter how much it hurts, I can take this.
Do your worst. No matter how much it hurts, I'll be back on my feet in the next two weeks.

Even though I might be spitting out my teeth, I turn my head around, there's nothing left. It's looking pretty empty.
No matter what happens, I know for sure that if I'm not dead yet,
I have everything to live for.

Do your worst. No matter how much it hurts, I can take this.
Do your worst. No matter how much it hurts, I'll be back on my feet in the next two weeks.
(ON MY FEET)

Face down.
Bruised and Broken.
Feels like I'm choking, but I've still got some air in my lungs

and that will be more than enough.

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from Long Gone EP (2009), released February 22, 2013

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