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We're waiting to learn doomsday’s face
With its eyes and teeth upon our every space
The devil has risen beyond rumour
Even the largest rooms short on humour
The dread and frayed wires invite flame
And beckon me by calling your name
Pleading, pleading, give me the look
Flesh to flesh, excuse me from it, leave me unhooked
A hundred hands begging all time to still, to stay
Unwavering, as if to say tell me about your longest day
But the despair and disparity deepens each rise
Parched and impassioned, never eye to eye
And still each day, stared and gnawed on
We give our crowns and halos to each dawn
Because of that look, because of the lovers
Because of the way you don't live, you recover