Flashy

I’m a dinosaur from a land before time

Never thinking beyond the gilded frame

I walked this planet thinking all was fine

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Quietly avoiding planted land mines

Now here I sink, mired in black pits of shame

I’m a dinosaur from a land before time

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In the shattered Earth, I draw a deep line

Sink or swim, this life will not be the same

I walked this planet thinking all was fine

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But now I see, this world was never mine

Watching the sun, my eyes burst into flame

I’m a dinosaur from a land before time

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My life, part of yours, by simple design

With no more rose tinting, I can see who came

I walked this planet thinking all was fine

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No longer a part of your misguided fame,

I revert to the creature that can’t be tamed

I’m a dinosaur from a land before time

I once walked this planet thinking all was fine.

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