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Artist: Burzum
Canonical path: /burzum/what-once-was
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What Once Was
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What Once Was
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Between the bushes we stared
At those who reminded us of another age
And told that hope was away
Forever...
We heard elvensong and
Water that trickled
What once was is now
Away
All the blood...
All the longing and pain that
Ruled
Are away...
Forever...
We are not dead...
We have never lived
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