author's notes: my third Buffy filk song. Same basic thing: wrote a song, have no musical talent, so the only thing I can really produce is the lyrics. Stanzas separated by dashes, as I have found no better way to do it. The title as it is supposed to be is below-- apparently you're not allowed to use parenthesis in story titles on here, wtf? Oh well. Anyway. Have really been wanting to write something Dawn-centric, since I was so upset that she didn't get to finish her "Lament" song in the musical. So here it is! Hope you enjoy. Reviews are my life energy!
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Second Death (With Concern for Dawn)
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They smiled until I tried to say what I felt
This room is where I belong now
I'm standing still while everyone else
Is learning to stand strong now
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For every sacrifice that's made
There's an equal and opposite price to pay
For every gift that I've been given
There's a whole lot of guilt that I'm reliving
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Especially now
Sis, especially now
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The hardest thing in this world is to live in it
The hardest thing is to love and to live with it
When that love is taken for granted
Outright rejected
And it shows
On those faces
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Oh sis I don't suppose
You'd rather be alone
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No one seems to dare to hold me close
It's like they're scared of who I might become now
They don't listen when I need them to the most
I sit and stare at all I want to break from now
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Those sincere eyes send out the words
I only wish didn't have to be hers
For every gift that I've been given
There's a whole lot of guilt that I'm reliving
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Can you understand
Sis, can you understand?
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The hardest thing in this world is to live in it
The hardest thing's just to live and to bear with it
When things don't go how you planned them
Intentions abandoned
They don't know
How great the pain is
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Oh sis don't take the leap
I'd rather it be me
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The hardest thing
In this world
Is to live in it...