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Crimson flames tied through my ears, rollin' high and mighty traps                             O
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Pounced with fire on flaming roads, using ideas as my maps                                     P
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We'll meet on edges, soon said I, proud 'neath heated brow                                     E
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Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth, rip down all hate I scream                                O
Lies that life is black and white, spoke from my skull I dreamed                               N
Romantic flanks of musketeers, foundation deep somehow                                         E
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In a soldier's stance I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach                            U
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy in the instant that I preach                              I
My pathway led to confusion boats, mutiny from stern to bow                                    T
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Yes my guards stood hard when abstract threats too nobel to neglect                            I
Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect                                           L
Good and bad, I define these terms quite clear, no doubt, somehow                              A
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