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How can you be so weak
Why do you always follow
Once so strong and proud
And now so frail and hollow

Why can't you just stand up
Instead of sinking in this hole
You've surrendered all your strength
And you let it take your soul

Now just close your eyes and pray
And pretend a god will save you
You still try to justify
While your addiction slowly slays you

Illusions front as truth
As deceptions overtake
Your life becomes a lie
A joke
A fraud
A fake

When suddenly your love is gone
And hope has long been lost
You'll see your life, your pride, your trust
Is what your weakness cost

And still you grin your phony grin
While inside you rot and cry
But you know the bed you made is yours
And in it you must lie

Through all of this, I stood and watched
Then slowly pulled away
I left to mend my broken heart
So I could laugh again one day

And though I'm scarred
And scared to trust
And jaded from your choice
It's given me the strength to live
It's given me my voice

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