The Long Defeat

[Intro]

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The tyranny of deterioration
Worries me that it's all just a 
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waste of time
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Taking one step forward, two steps 
back
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Still I believe there's a breath 
through the thorns
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And I believe there's somewhere 
that's warm
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And I believe that it's ever 
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bright beyond this black

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So keep holding on to hope without 
assurance
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Holding on to a memory of light
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But will the morning come? For all I
 know
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We'll never see the sun, but 
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together we'll fight the long defeat

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Suffering that I see all around
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It's enough to keep me crashing down
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Till I, I lay wrecked and reeling 
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from these falls
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Still I believe there's a word in 
the wire
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And I believe there's a way through 
the fire
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And I, believe, there's a joy that
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 blooms beyond these walls

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So keep holding on to hope without 
assurance
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Holding on to a memory of light
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But will the morning come? For all I
 know
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We'll never see the sun, but 
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together we'll fight the long defeat

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Together we'll fight the long 
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defeat
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Together we'll fight the long 
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defeat
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Together we'll fight the long 
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defeat
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Together we'll fight the long 
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defeat
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Together we'll fight the long 
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defeat
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Together we'll fight the long 
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defeat