Victim

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A man and an alley,

A closed fist, a clenched jaw.

That's not what happened at the valley,

That is not what I saw.

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But again they didn't teach me.

Or should I have learned by myself?

That I wasn't the victim,

It was all my fault and his true self.

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If my skin is changing color,

That's not what they want to hear.

That every day is horror,

And what I feel is fear.

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But then I saw the sunset,

Just a series of red dots.

But look at the whole painting!

Don't lock yourself up.

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It's not one story I'm telling,

It's not the same horror.

'Cause don't you dare be saying,

The whole painting is just one color.


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