\n- I’ve lied to you<\/li>\n
- I’ve taken the road of strength and power<\/li>\n
- And left you swinging and vulnerable<\/li>\n
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- I could have met you there<\/li>\n
- Exposed my own fears and tribulations<\/li>\n
- But I chickened out and left myself<\/li>\n
- Together<\/li>\n
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- It was cowardly<\/li>\n
- I could have pressed myself against you as an equal but<\/li>\n
- That would have left me<\/li>\n
- Equal<\/li>\n
- And that would have been<\/li>\n
- Unusual<\/li>\n
- For both of us<\/li>\n
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- Upset the paradigm<\/li>\n
- And been yet another<\/li>\n
- Glaring reminder of why we were<\/li>\n
- And remain<\/li>\n
- Wrong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve lied to you I’ve taken the road of strength and power And left you swinging and vulnerable I could have met you there Exposed my own fears and tribulations But I chickened out and left myself Together It was cowardly I could have pressed myself against you as an equal but That would … <\/p>\n
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