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When the World Comes Apart

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When the World Comes Apart

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I'm not a hero story

I'm not the [?]

I'm not everything they said

I'm not here to save you

I'm not your confessor

My sins are long to wake the dead

Now do you understand

Nothing can make it better

Nothing can make it go away

And do you understand

That we are lost to ruin

And this won't be your end of days?

And when the sun fell down

And when the moon failed to rise

And when the world came apart

Where were you?

Were you with me?

And when the light burns out

And when the fire is cold

And when my breath is the wind

Where will you be?

Dear God

I have no forgiveness

I have a heart of stone

I am a lesson for the freed

I am cold and twisted

I am a broken bone

I am what you made of me

But do you understand

That none of this will matter?

Nothing can take our pain away

And do you understand

That everything is shattered

And so the whole world is to blame?

And when the sun fell down

And when the moon failed to rise

And when the world came apart

Where were you?

Were you with me?

And when the light burns out

And when the fire is cold

And when my breath is the wind

Where will you be?

Dear God

And when the sun fell down

And when the moon failed to rise

And when the world came apart

Where were you?

Were you with me?

And when the light burns out

And when the fire is cold

And when my breath is the wind

I will find you

Dear God

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