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  All That Remains

there's no room in the infinite gloom
for a girl with a conscience
she looks out beyond rigid wings
and the view is astonishing
she opens the cargo door carefully
and then she is gone, to the wind

they bought their young son a new car
and a Yale education
I caught a strange gray in his eye
but I missed desperation
he couldn't focus on a future that was darkening
just saw the flash, in his hand

all that remains are the memories
'cause you've robbed them of your warm embrace
the loneliest play of a soul gone astray
leaves them behind in disgrace
suicide, death in hypnotic disguise
there falls another, and another
of the greenest leaves
torn from this tree in defeat

he suffered the love of his wife
kissed goodnight to the children
then traded them in in pursuit
of the pleasures that thrilled him
deep feelings of peace and release
as he pushed liquid clouds, through his veins

all that remains are the memories
'cause you've robbed them of your warm embrace
the loneliest play of a soul gone astray
leaves them behind in disgrace
suicide, death in hypnotic disguise
there falls another, and another
of the greenest leaves
torn from this tree in defeat