Sam Betts

II knew you before I met you.
You're in my mind not in a place, you have no form you have no face, you drift around with feminine grace, I knew you before I met you.

Oh I knew I knew, one day it would all come true, I knew I knew, I knew you before I met you.
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On a hillside in France I heard my heart beat amidst smoke and fire they sounded retreat
My comrades ran past with out even a glance then the enemy approached that hillside in France
I stood and faced them I felt so calm I held no weapon I meant them no harm
To try to resist I wouldn't stand a chance
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Brothers three.
Spontaneous awareness, clarity,
Transform into an essence of energy, speeding through
the cosmos, to ricochet from atom to atom leaving a legacy of phosphorous molecules
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Minutes hours and
days of endless pain, then release impossible to withstand anymore, just peace at last, Just 4 minutes now to look at everyone around 4 minutes to look from your vessel, torn beyond all repair, then to launch out into the universe, no more pain, just atoms, particles, that formed and will reform don't hang to reflect, it's time to start again,
, but just before you leave you hear the voice of your second born, we're all here mum love is all around, then stardust, golden.
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Captured in a plasma screen Is where I saw her face
Stoic stance in flowing dress
yesteryears grace
I reached for a global link and searched for her name
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Keil
A backbone of a boat, even keel is perfectly afloat
Off keel is a difficult situation, but oft risked to discover a nation.
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When I fly across the pond
There's a gal lives there of whom I'm fond
She's a ball of life rolls night and day
That Philly girl called Special K.
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Nightmare
Has I plot my course through my rancid dream things here are never quite what they seem
I tread putrid water where dead things live their rotting flesh they freely they give
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From the early days we mixed it wrong with people that we meet

It's easy to survive they're not too smart we're cool running in the street
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It's 6 am when my mind kicks in
I see where I'm at I don't know where I've been

I know what comes next it's happened before
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Before the gate.
What right you stand before this gate
You wretched things maligned with hate
Your sins are many you never gave a toss
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So you say old man what you doing outside,
I've been here a while is what I replied
The years treat you well is what you lied,
Cause I've been here since the day we never died.
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In the hills above St Tropez, nestles a little gem call La Garde Frienet.
Across from the church you ought to know is another little jewel called La Abrichoo.
There's a room of dancing shadows you'll see from the street, where gentle folk go to mingle and meet.
Please call in share a wine say hello and rest a short while before you go.
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I'm walking around this this lizard room it's not quite right at all.
It's spins a blizzard shrieking post it's and I can't ignore there call.
There's nothing nice to see here they're piled deep on the floor I tear and shred them from the walls as I'm searching for the door.
So many dwell in here with me we sink but never drown they only shared their thoughts it was me that wrote them down.
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Don't leave us all behind we need to know don't leave us blind, what didn't we do or could have done just believe in everyone.
You may be low in the depths of despair but just reach out we're all there, if you don't know this before you go then there's just one thing that you should to know.
However much you think you've failed or let us down your life derailed, once you're gone there's nothing we can do except worry and wonder what we could have done for you.
Please give us a chance before you go because there's one more thing you ought know, you're loved and will be missed there's nothing to fear, we'll give our all to keep you here.
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Land up here your final awake
Don't pray a god your soul to take
Your dream starts here dream awake.
Breath a dream that you can make
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Mid Millennial dream.
I wake up in 1990 in a strange kind of way because I was in the year 2000 just yesterday.
Has I make my way out to the street I tell my story to a guy I meet.
Spread the word I shout about where I've been because 1990 to 2000 I've already seen.
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A face in the small screen coaxing right swipes from the air.
It had taken a while to pluck up and dare.
Dating is easy when you're not facing the stare of a cat fish sat in the opposing chair.
It's his longest coffee but the shortest for her sometimes the roles are reversed and it's him in that chair.
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He's lost in his solitude it's not too hard to bear he gets his feelings from stories pluck's thoughts from the air.
It's dark in the wrong drawer but bright on the shelf where you can evolve and expand right into yourself.
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The Specialist.
I deliver the news every day, I look into their eyes they don't know what to say.
With their blank stare they don't see me, just a looming death that's soon to be.
This smile is painted for this place above a rictus grin that is my face.
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