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Dear Self Lyrics by Flat Back Four

You Can’t Have Everything

2013

Dear self
I’m ghost of yet to come
When all the things you’ve said and done
Return to haunt your every waking move

And convince you I was right
With the benefit of hindsight
I warn you must repent
Or die a thousand deaths

I’m a slice of Dante’s hell
This is real, I tell myself
You’ve had your second chance
It’s the final warning

I could take you with me now
I don’t have to warn you anyhow
I’ve paid for your mistakes
What I am, you will become

I enjoyed forbidden fruit
Stretched my youth until it broke
The ties that bound
My time misspent
I died, my parents cried
My end has come, my task: to make you mend your ways

Now you are my only hope
Lost again, you’re in control
Now I live again through you
Listen to me now, dear self

This talk of hell means nought
I tell myself, I’ll live again, in a better place
Laugh all you like. I know your type
Please heed this haunted smile, I beg
My future is in your own hands now
Paradise, now lost, awaits my own dear self

About “Dear Self” by Flat Back Four

Read the complete lyrics to "Dear Self" by Flat Back Four from the album "You Can’t Have Everything" in 2013. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Rock.

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"Dear Self" is credited to Flat Back Four. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Dear Self" appears on "You Can’t Have Everything" in 2013.

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