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Sixty feet under Buried in the ground Your world is torn asunder But you can't make a sound Sixty feet below No one hears you scream Not even a bellow But you're bursting at the seams Sixty feet beneath You lose thought of life You can't even breathe The bitter cold, a knife Sixty feet of soil Piled up over you Sixty feet of toil Is all you've got to lose Sixty breaths in a minute Is all the earth can offer Soon you'll reach the limit And feel yourself suffer Sixty years left for you Sixty years of false hope Sixty thousand things to do Sixty feet, seen through a telescope...

Is this what it feels like? To be alone, to be in fear? With your possesions held so tight Will you cry a painful tear? Is it meant to feel this way? To be kept in the dark, in the cold? Remembering that fateful day Has the truth been told? Am I really a mile so far From all my hopes and dreams? Or will I forever remember my scar And watch ambitions disappear like steam? Is there no hope for someone like me No way of turning back time? Thinking of all the possibilities That could've, should've been mine? Is there a probability, any slight chance That i'd be normal again? Or will I be held in this trance Lost forever, drowne

Why don't we, you and I Play a game of reversi A game with no draws, no tie Come try, try to daunt me Turn by turn, the peices flip Eight by eight we go Don't let your mind slip; don't lose your grip Black or white; who knows? So many possibilities To earn you the glory Each and every piece Tells a special story I've got all the corners Now, you can't hide I've got all the borders Can you turn the tide? One square remains now The tension; the horror We each raise a brow Like scarecrows on paper With one swift motion The board is finally full But the challenge has just begun ... I merely beat a fool