LIVE A LITTLE, DIE A LITTLE We celebrate a birthday, We observe a death anniversary, Let's flip the coin on its head, Let's observe a birthday and celebrate an anniversary. For every moment that we lived We buried a truth that would not lie. We saw other's pain, we closed our eyes, In insincere words, we heard sincerity, We saw love, in hate-filled eyes, We found our pleasure in sneering lips. For every moment we thought we'd die, We learnt a truth that would not die, We saw the facade behind a loving face, We heard the emptiness of caring words, We saw the lie in smiling eyes, We read the sneer of kissing lips. When we die a little while we live, Then we'll live a little when we die, For truth be told, we've actually lived, When we thought, we would die.
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