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Ode to The Shining
Empty hallways have their stories
So do portraits on the wall
We get so caught up in the past, it's hard to remember it all
Every person with the life they carry in a leather trunk
All the memories set free when it's opened up
And suddenly you're surrounded
by the faces you've lost somewhere in your mind
The rich the famous, corruption at its finest
Don't close your eyes, or it will disappear, your vision will die
Then you blink and realize seventy years have gone by
And you're surrounded by social skeletons, frozen in time.
Each hotel has its ghosts
Every person has their demons
When they combine, its a deadly concoction
The vacant Pink and Gold Room is crowded with the dead
And you can't tell if it’s real or if it's all in your head
And suddenly you're surrounded
by the faces you've lost somewhere in your mind
The rich the famous, corruption at its finest
Don't close your eyes, or it will disappear, your vision will die
Then you blink and realize seventy years have gone by
And you're surrounded by social skeletons, frozen in time.
Black and white photographs hang on the wall
A person who looks just like you
The harder you stay here, the further you fall
You try to deny it but you know it's true
And all of the people who you left behind
Your wife and your kid and your friend
Now all alone, your mind starts to unwind
This is it now you've hit a dead end
And suddenly you're surrounded
by the faces you've lost somewhere in your mind
The rich the famous, corruption at its finest
Don't close your eyes, or it will disappear, your vision will die
Then you blink and realize seventy years have gone by
And you're surrounded by social skeletons, frozen in time.
And you frozen in time...
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