A Song Of Long Ago
It keeps haunting me at night
a song of long ago
I start to lose my self-control
I become a disaster into the unknown,
Lost in the night puzzle by sight
of the stars shining bright
I move a little faster to the understanding
of my true fears,
When I come down the hill I've walked
I can't replace the feeling of the day
Of falling to my knees asking God to forgive me
I'm sweating' to become my own fiend within
I need to be set free from all my agony,
As I lost my self-control
my self-defeating of what was of long ago
It's left me all alone
And now I know my reason for living
I know that in the end the deep solace of
My own song will play on.
Lilly Emery
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Submitted on October 13, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCD AAEX XXFXF CBDEXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 136 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 6 |
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