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lyrics

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

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from You Can't Have Everything, released October 7, 2013

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Flat Back Four Saint Helens, UK

Flat Back Four are a punk band from St Helens in England, formed in 2004. They play fast, aggressive songs that combine punk and metal influences, with plenty of melody and sing-along hooks.
They have played more than 400 shows across 11 countries.
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