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[00:05.25] Crimson flames tied through my ears
[00:09.65] Rolling high and mighty traps
[00:14.95] Pounced with fire on flaming roads
[00:19.56] Using ideas as my maps
[00:24.38] "We'll meet on edges soon," said I
[00:29.62] Proud 'neath heated brow
[00:34.13] Ah, but I was so much older then
[00:39.23] I'm younger than that now
[00:43.34]
[00:48.18] Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
[00:52.93] "Rip down all hate," I screamed
[00:58.20] Lies that life is black and white
[01:03.42] Spoke from my skull, I dreamed
[01:07.83] Romantic facts of musketeers
[01:12.58] Foundationed deep, somehow
[01:17.37] Ah, but I was so much older then
[01:22.45] I'm younger than that now
[01:31.09] Girl's faces formed the forward path
[01:36.13] From phony jealousy
[01:41.17] To memorizing politics of ancient history
[01:50.76] Flung down by corpse evangelists
[01:55.45] Unthought of, though, somehow
[02:00.63] Ah, but I was so much older then
[02:05.45] I'm younger than that now
[02:14.04] A self-ordained professor's tongue
[02:18.90] Too serious to fool
[02:24.16] Spouted out that liberty is just equality in school
[02:33.37] "Equality," I spoke the word
[02:38.11] As if a wedding vow
[02:42.68] Ah, but I was so much older then
[02:47.85] I'm younger than that now
[02:55.91] In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
[03:00.93] At the mongrel dogs who teach
[03:05.81] Fearing not I'd become my enemy
[03:10.67] In the instant that I preach
[03:15.79] My existence led by confusion boats
[03:20.99] Mutiny from stern to bow
[03:25.09] Ah, but I was so much older then
[03:30.52] I'm younger than that now
[03:37.33] Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
[03:43.08] Too noble to neglect
[03:47.35] Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect
[03:57.14] Good and bad, I define these terms
[04:01.70] Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
[04:05.99] Ah, but I was so much older then
[04:11.32] I'm younger than that now
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