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The Butterfly Effect

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The Butterfly Effect

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The Butterfly EffectThe motion of one wingOne little action changesSo many different future thingsWhat if I just slept inTook a sick day with a coughI wouldn't have been drivingWhen the airbags went offThe surgeon said something and thenI felt the pain againMy heart beat stopsBlood pressure dropsThe lights begin to dimI'm outside my biologyWatching my biography playMy life flashed in front of my eyesMy life flashed in front of my eyesMy life flashed in front of myWho I am and who I've been andTime limit: Seven minutesEvery beginning leads to an endingThere's no defending myselfPretending I'm better than anyone else‘Cause ego's a shell game, it's a hell framedBy insecurities, lack of maturityVersions and versions the bestand the worst of mistaken identityI pretend to be somebody other than meThe enemy of what I wanted to beEpiphany: Love will conquer allAnd for the first time in my whole lifeI think I finally seeStrange little hospital roomFor me to end so soonMy empire schemesAggrandized dreamsSoon to be entombedI read when I was a kidThat after your heartbeat stopsYou still have 7 minutesBefore your brainwaves shut offThe irony merits a grinIf I wasn't outside of my skinThat this is the last of the memories pastOf the 7 minutes I'm inMy life flashed in front of my eyes(Staring at the short film of my life)My life flashed in front of my eyes(Never thought today would be my time)My life flashed in front of my eyes(Death never gave no reason why)My life flashed in front of myWake up, Mr. Crow!My life flashed in front of my
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