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Twelve Years Lyrics by Deranged Youth

Bruised

2014

[Verse 1]
I could tell by the tone of his voice
As he choked out the words and we scrambled outside
We knew what would happen but we weren't prepared
As I thought about how fast 12 years goes by
[Verse 2]
Felt like shit cause I didn't want to see
Death's never as noble as it's made out to be
And I can't help but think that I'm at fault
Emotions replacing my rational thought
[Verse 3]
But I push the feeling from my mind
It's all too easy to bottle it up inside
Cause I never learned how to cope
Just ignore how I feel and try to stay afloat
[Verse 4]
But the fact I feel nothing just makes me feel worse
It's hard to honor the dead while you're staring at a corpse
And I acknowledge that life moves so fucking fast
Mere minutes from goodbye til we've watched him pass
[Verse 5]
But I know it'll be years before I forget
What it's like to watch a friend be taken by death
But I take comfort in knowing his life wasn't a waste
If it hit me this hard when he passed away
[Verse 6]
Three grown men stood in the snow and cried
Watching helpless while their best friend died
His breath coming in sputtering gasps
And you wonder which one would be his last
[Verse 7]
And when his eyes finally closed
You took him to his least favorite place in the world
And you said goodbye with a hand on his head
And it finally hit you he's actually dead
[Outro]
And you realize the only person who's death made you cry wasn't even fucking human
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Deranged Youth

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"Twelve Years" appears on "Bruised" in 2014.

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