[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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See the cemetery sky, the carmine red and deep
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Watch the oceans rising high
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It's the human stain
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Talk about the growing hunger
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Ask why with deep concern
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Don't you think the human race is ceaselessly vain?

[Chorus]
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But it hurts to be alive, my friend
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  In this silent tide we're driftwood passing by
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Don't you wish you were a child again?
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  Just for a minute
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 Just for a minute more

[Verse 2]
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Hear the ticking of a clock, the sound of life itself
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No one really wants to die to save the world
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Tell me that you're torn asunder from how we fail to learn
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And tell me as the Earth goes under
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Where's your anger now?

[Chorus]
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  So it hurts to be alive, my friend
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  In this masquerade where all one day must die
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Don't you wish you were unborn again?
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  Just for a minute
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  Just for a minute more

[Instrumental]
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[Guitar Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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Tick tock– the ticking that could tear asunder
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The beating from a heart of stone
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The loss of your divine prosperity!

[Chorus]
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  'Cause it costs to be alive, my friend
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In this life that someone merely gave to you
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That's the price you pay
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Minute by minute
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You beg for a minute