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Artist: Awaken The Empire
Canonical path: /awaken-the-empire/cruel-world
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Cruel World
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Cruel World
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This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
We better not try to save
This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
We better not try to save it
Come one, come all
We are, we've all been
Dreams that never were unknown
We'll pick you up to throw you down
We'll let you in to cast you out
'Cause if there's a light
Then they'll burn it out
They'll burn it out
And if it's alive
Then they'll choke it out
They'll choke it out
This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
Better not try to save it
We argue more
They know I won't believe in fairy tales of hope
They'll lift you up to drop you down
They'll let you in to shut your mouth
'Cause if there's a light
Then they'll burn it out
They'll burn it out
And if it's alive
Then they'll choke it out
They'll choke it out
This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
We better not try to save it
You are the prey
You are the prey
You are the hunted
Now you're the taken
This is a cruel world
We better not try to save it
Sorry, you have reached a number that has just been disconnected
Weep no longer for me
This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
We better not try to save
This is a cruel world
Better not try to fake it
This is a cruel world
We better not try to save it
You are the prey
You are the prey
You are the hunted
Now you're the taken
This is a cruel world
This is a cruel world
This is a cruel world
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