when you're at the bottom of the well, when you're crushed beneath tires, when you're suffocating with a bag on your head, when you're electrocuted by live wires, when your feet are stepping on a razor blade floor, when your hands are caught in the gears, don't fear. only way to go is up from here.
when you spend every day fantasizing about the end, when you're drained and defeated and fucked, when you're locked in a cage with your illness, when you know that you're out of luck, when you're looking for release and find it, when your blood drips down to outweigh the tears, don't fear. only way to go is up from here.
when you're curled up on the ground 'cause you just couldn't do it, when you know you've gotta live through the year, don't fear. only way to go is up from here.
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the joke of the century has got no punchline. it's putting your faith in tangible things. hope gets you nowhere, but i'm getting somewhere. upward! onward! skyward! wait and see!
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