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Time is the most powerful weapon, it waits for none, it spares none. It just changes; everything you like, everything you do not like.
When the night has come
And the land is darkAnd the moon is the only light we'll seeNo I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraidJust as long as you stand, stand by meI couldn't help but admire my baby in my lap, twinkling its tiny eyes in sleep, opening its small mouth big to yawn so full.
He scrunched his face in desperation to tell me he had enough, with tears ready to spill out of his eyes
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