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Hello, Cruel World

from INFP [RPM Challenge 2020] by Honky Gabacho

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lyrics

[VERSE 1]
You call yourself a non'believer
As if some god above might care-
You're like a ghost now,
Even you don't think you're there

[CHORUS]
I've seen the way the world will break you
Like hanged men, twisting in the air,
Hello, Cruel World,
I've mistaken you for one that's fair.
I've seen you drive a man to something
Made up, as if it all were true-
I've only breath to say this one thing:
Hello, cruel world, I'm not runnin'
I'm gunnin' for you

[VERSE 2]
You're always upping all the antes
To prove you're not afraid to lose-
This world's a ruthless vigilante
It knows your living's just a ruse.

Oh, world, you set a man to dreamin',
And help his dreams up off the page-
Unprovoked, you start to draw the curtain
Before the actors leave the stage.

You try to guarantee your safety
You only make your sharpness dull
The world is waiting
To drink from the goblet of your skull

[CHORUS]

[VERSE 3]
The world is waiting on the sunset
To wake you up from all your dreams;
Leaves you to your feeble devices,
To write a hymn from panicked screams

Oh, world, you build a man a mountain
And you compel him toward the top
But he is only mortal,
You know, he's only got one shot
And if the climbin' don't destroy him,
It just deludes him that he's not

[CHORUS]

[VERSE 4]
It takes your love, and tries to break it
As if to only prove you wrong
It's all but certain
You won't make it till the dawn-
It draws the curtain,
But I'm still on stage, and stayin' on

Hello, Cruel World, I'm not runnin.'

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from INFP [RPM Challenge 2020], released March 1, 2020

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