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NOTE: This song was written for the competition at SongFight.org, where each week entrants write a new song using the song title the site gives out. The title for the week I entered was "My Darling Ruin", so that is how the song got its name.
My Darling Ruin
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I walk the streets at night
with a bottle in my hand
this life of pain and misery
is not what I had planned
Tried to climb that ladder
reaching for the golden ring
but a target's on the back
of a man who would be king
Ashes to ashes
flesh to dust
crawl from the wreckage
when it all goes bust
Chorus
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How the mighty
have fallen
there's a gunfight at high noon
hello, my good friend ruin
Say hello to my darling ruin
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I stare into the mirror
and see cloudy skies of grey
the house of cards it tumbles
when they just take one away
You can try to change direction
but you can't erase the past
pray to God for foregiveness
when the final die is cast
Dreams to nightmares
hope to despair
drown in your sorrows
gasping for air
Chorus
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Sometimes it will hit you
like an earthquake
or typhoon
say hello to my darling ruin
How the mighty
they have fallen
just howling at the moon
hello, my friend ruin
Say hello to my darling ruin
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