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Fade To Grey

By alumbloom

Sun, 24 Apr 2005
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The TV lies and city lights are one.
As the children play at shooting games
At the heart of a setting sun.
The fading life of photographs in the hall
Say it's getting late, too late to save us all
As we all just fade to grey.

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