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pretender; a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

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You're a charlatan, you get everything you wish

You're a harlot, carry poison in your kiss

forewarning; a feeling of evil to come

Ghost of perdition

A saint's premonition's unclear

damnation; (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil

Twisted face upon the head

Ghost of perdition

Stuck in her chest

disconnected; without logical or meaningful connection

Everything seemed clean that is unstained

The incoherent talk of ordinary days

Why would we really need to live?

firmness of purpose; devoting full strength and concentrated attention to something

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Stark determination

Poisoning the soul

ruling; a nation’s ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

Wielding his instruments

Stealth sovereign reaper

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speak up for; push for something

I am just a spectator

An advocate documenting the loss

Fluttering with conceit

mourning; state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

Still far from the knell

Taunting their bereavement

Mob round the dead

unaware; (followed by `to’ or `of’) lacking conscious awareness of

In a time span of seconds

Oblivious to regret

Pushed into belief

complaint; express grief verbally

All I see is departure

Mourner's lament, but it's me who's the martyr

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drive away; force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

There is no help in the wake of our needs

There is no help to dispel the pain

There is no help still some cling to a phantom

swearing; blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

This poetry

Our blasphemy

Know the sounds

landing place; a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)

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Futile test drowned in the levee of deception

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easily fooled; naive and easily deceived or tricked

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It's September and he covets the gullible

Skeletal wish

attraction; (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

I am beyond death

Midst a dreaming affinity

Saving strength now, faint whispers

having an open attitude; open to arguments, ideas, or change

So you take comfort in him

And you are receptive to stark wishes

No longer struggling to declare your stand

stiff; incapable of or resistant to bending

Your gaze covered in virgin snow

Rigid features

It's the shallow deeds who is to blame

cut; set or keep apart

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Sever the faith from my body

Leave me begging for more

delicate; characterized by lightness and insubstantiality

And disappear

Ethereal light

Showing me what I can do without

unorthodoxy; any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

And I became a ghost in sickness

Willingly guided into heresy

Beneath the surface, stark emptiness

perfection; an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

With a halo of bitter disease

Black paragon in lingering breath

White faced, haggard grin

illusion; (psychology) an incorrect belief that is held in spite of evidence to the contrary

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A delusion made me stronger

Yet I'm draped in pale withering flesh

corruption; moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

Stilted for the beholder

Depravity from the core

Hand carved death in stone laden aisles

lament; a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

I hide the scars from my past

Yet they sense my dirge

This is when it all falls apart

keep up; lengthen or extend in duration or space

In a sea of guilt and shame

Will we sustain

throw away; give, sell, or transfer to another

Look inside - There never was a start

Peel myself - Dispose of severed skin

All subsides - Around me and within

see through; transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

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Decrepit body wearing transparent skin

Inside the smoke of failure

mark of disgrace; the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil

Tangled up in hair

Fresh stigma looks

Shall I take you with me

decrease; wear off or die down

It whispers: "You've seen darkness before"

In time the hurting will subside

And longing is overthrown

dilemma; a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant one

Suddenly, I'm no longer aching

To honor my plights

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removal; oust politically

Break the spell

Purge the darkness

As I bid farewell

dig up; bring to light

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I will here unearth the secrets I've been hiding (hiding, hiding)

And guide my children through my troubles

understanding; clear or deep perception of a situation

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Clear insight

A smoke is rising nearby

ageless; continuing forever or indefinitely

And I would die when my heart was empty

Become a ghost in perpetual void

And neglect all reasons why

filthy; morally degraded

The bane of my existencе

Sordid flesh communion

Gold in mouth, he impregnatеs

madness; state of violent mental agitation

Hand on the hymns (collapsing, expiring)

Ashen eyes in delirium (no)

Soliloquay in suspirium

peaceful; (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

And now in tranquil fortitude

The shifting sands of time

ignore; leave undone or leave out

Become a ghost in perpetual void

And neglect all reasons why

seriousness; the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol

So there I was

Within the sobriety of the immortals

A semblance of supernatural winds passing through

saved item; an antiquity that has survived from the distant past

Lonely resting pools

Relics of the moon-dogged lake

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picture; show in, or as in, a picture

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The writings on the wall depict a truth that no one sees

A government of puppets blinded by another creed

secret; requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

We are dying in the wake of gods and decrees remain arcane

And everything around us is a consequence of pain

slink; lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

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(Shadows) Shadows skulk at my coming

fixed belief; a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

In search for the words to write the missing page

The tainted, the tainted dogma, dogma

Time grows short

introduction; an introduction to a play

Rising and telling everyone

About the beauty of its PROLOGUE

royalty; an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

And while losing ground

Make sure to worship monarchy

Death is but a story

humorous imitation; a composition that imitates somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way

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The parody is real

And we're biding time

Paradise; ideally perfect state, especially in its social and political and moral aspects

Murder lust on affinity

War in utopia

Slay cornucopia for symmetry

conclusion; a short speech addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

Draped within a fate I could not change

And always welcoming winter's epilogue

mystery; something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

Glisten to mark their presence

Set the enigma ablaze

Searching

attempt; enter upon an activity or enterprise

Those eyes, empty like a barren well

It was the only task I would undertake

To reap the harvest that was mine

isolation; the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

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The silence of your seclusion

Brings night into all you say

secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

You have learned that my blood has

Flown to clandestine bournes (My sins)

And I reject pre-destined wealth in the den of iniquity

active at night; belonging to or active during the night

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I'm counting nocturnal hours

Drowned visions in haunted sleep

exact matching of forms; (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation

War in utopia

Slay cornucopia for symmetry

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notice; to become aware of through the senses

There was no time to surrender

And no reason to perceive

The burden of pain

tasteless; lacking taste or flavor or tang

Men om vi ger oss hän

Bland sot och krossad sten

Den tid kan komma sen

impressive; relating or belonging to or serving as a monument

Parched with thirst for the wicked

Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark

The sun sets forever over Blackwater Park

ooze; pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings

You're staring right past me in dismay

A liquid seeps from your chest

And drains me away

scheming; indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading

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Devious movements in your eyes

Moved me from relief

deserted; a person without a home, job, or property

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Like a derelict child

Heart burning for a stranger

hate; find repugnant

A liquid gown that covers all

Your loathe turns endless

Opened mirage soothes your sense

unconsciousness; the state of being disregarded or forgotten

Deafening shrieks pierced the night

A step from oblivion

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trouble; a severe or trying experience

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No ordeal to conquer, this firm slit

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