By Vandalarius
Submitted by Vandalarius
Date: 2001 Sep 15
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Unremembered

No one lasts forever
bones will turn to dust
Coal and oil burned up
steel begins to rust


We run around in freedom
We treasure precious life
We crumble 'neath our bullets
We bleed beneath the knife


We open up our hearts
We wish upon our star
We hope that we can walk away
We never get too far


We fling our arms wide open
We cry and scream in vain
We hide beneath the raindrops
So none will see our pain


We wish to live together
We struggle with our dreams
But getting what we want is not
As simple as it seems


We try to be remembered
for our work and music, talk
We want to be remembered
But we paint our lives in chalk