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If you can hold the fires without getting burned,
Your stinging sins will illuminate distraught skill
And sparks and lighters will bring you all you’ve earned
Set the earth on fire with the rings you’ve turned,
Love her not with your hands if only for the thrill
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Light her up piece by piece hence my happiness adjourned
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Matchless efforts on my behalf, if anything you’ve learned,
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Reset the ticking clock. My heart’s beats have turned
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If you can hold the fires without getting burned,
Sparks and lighters will bring you all you’ve earned.
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