LOVE LEFT IN REDUX
 
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In those moments that held us cold and sober
 
where the silence crawls, apathy becomes the thrill
 
demanding all our attention, realizing the fight
 
in us was finished, a bitter pill we swallowed, moreover
 
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to have a love you can\'t get back, our paradise lost
 
a love left in redux, now a casualty, the final cost
 
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like a half past moon, no reason to stay
 
we have nothing left to savor or hinder
 
with our tongues silently rendered, why
 
didn\'t love stay, paying the price, no say
 
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love was a conversation in passing, no pat answer
 
we lift the flag of surrender- as love goes down under
 
if it wasn\'t enough, for us both, this love, we shared
 
a love we once devoured, to fight or flight, now a blur
 
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to have a love you can\'t get back, our paradise lost
 
a love left in redux, now a casualty, the final cost
 
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honesty our only option, with hearts laid out on the sleeve
 
while in the morning after, it was the wedge to drive us away
 
truth or consequence, was it you, or was it me, maybe both or
 
a little bit of happenstance, a part of our growing make believe
 
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to have a love you can\'t get back, our paradise lost
 
a love left in redux, now a casualty, the final cost
 
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By Michael Perry