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Your dark shadow suffocates my living Gasping for the "oxygen of happiness" A long drag of air, followed by a pause Evaporates into dust, still choking A relentless force, no sign of an end The lights are on but no one's answering I know how they operate, they just won't leave But it take...

Never knew what to say, when the question came "I'm fine" i'd lie, like a ray of sun piercing a grey sky Sun shone with a text message, the sight of your name "The Great British Summer", the times I wanted to cry Only now, I've got that glimmer of hope Wipe away the cloud and ga...