[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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As I travel down this lonely road,
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so many signs I should have seen.
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Paths I've chosen never rise to meet,
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the man I should have been.
[Verse 2]
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As I sit here huddled in the dark,
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a sullen face tattered clothes.
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Thoughts of you struggle to keep me warm,
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in this night so bitter cold.
[Verse 3]
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Devastated, all alone,
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of my sins I can't atone.
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Self-imposed,
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this is my hell (I want you to release me).
[Verse 4]
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Forgotten soul some twenty years,
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a vivid memory of your tears.
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Let me go,
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this is my hell (I want you to release me).
[Bridge]
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[Verse 5]
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Can't control my inner rage,
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now I'm damned to live that day.
For all time
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this is my hell (I want you to release me)
[Verse 6]
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I'd trade my soul for what I've done,
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I swear to Father and to Son.
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You were my world,
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this is my hell (I want you to release me)
[Chorus]
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I can see the tears,
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falling from your eyes.
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I can see the light.
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Growing dimmer as I die.
[Solo]
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[Verse 7]
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Over and over in my mind,
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I've come to you so many times.
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And asked forgiveness,
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for your hell (I want you to release me)
[Verse 8]
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Please forgive this awful thing,
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so I can hear death's angels sing.
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You were my world,
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this is my hell (I want you to release me)
[Chorus]
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I can see the tears,
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falling from your eyes.
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I can see the light.
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Growing dimmer as I die.
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I can see the tears (I can see your pain)
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falling from your eyes.
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I can see the light.
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Growing dimmer as I die.
[Outro]
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