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Created on: February 25, 2009
Mistakes from the past haunt my heart,
vicious demons from inside, ripping me apart.
Don't look back, they say, don't look back.
So I keep walking on broken feat,
To much pride to turn in safe retreat.
Don't look back, they say, don't look back.
I head down a road I shouldn't be down,
it's too late to turn back now.
Don't look back, they say, don't look back.
Should I continue? Should I persue?
Should I tell myself they're right,
let them tell me what to do?
If I don't face what makes we break,
will that too just become a mistake?
Don't look back, they say, don't look back.
Am I too proud to say I wrong?
Is that why I'm on the road the road I'm on.
Maybe it's time for this journey to end,
but I wouldn't know where to even begin.
Deep inside is so much violence,
but I think I'll stay in stubborn silence.
I would face it, and try to embrace it, but,
Don't look back, they say, don't look back.
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