Chalie's Lament

by Christof Rochel

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I knew Xanadu would kill me
If that crook took me away
Still I never saw a starring role
I didn't want to play
I stared in your nightmares
And I stared in your dreams
Now you stare in my broken-open
Snow globe memories

I'm a sadly sober Citizen
Dunk on the absinthe of abstinence
I'm a sunlit shadow in black and white
I did everything wrong and everything right

I had all I ever wanted
And all I'll ever need
My mother, lover, and Rosebud sled
I lost to love and greed
My ideals are punchline
My hope is just a joke
Burned on the pyre of my frozen desire
My kindness went up in smoke

I'm a sadly sober Citizen
Drowning in my innocence
I'm a rebel soldier in a suite and tie
I'm the king of the truth in the kingdom of lies

I wish there were forgiveness
I wish that there could be
I'd trade in all my headless wives
To see the I I once did see
But now my Valkyrie has left me
The war is on its way
The world I've made will die with me
The world I tried to save

I'm a sadly sober Citizen
Dunk on the absinthe of abstinence
I robbed from the rich but I gave to the right
I mastered the day and I mistressed the night

I'm a sadly sober Citizen
Drowning in my inner sins
I'm a sunlit shadow in black and white
I did everything wrong and everything right

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Writing songs about nothing, nothingness, politics, love, and imaginary friends.

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