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AS MUCH AS ONE MAY FIND THESE WALLS PRETTY
THE CONTENTS INSIDE ARE MUCH MORE GRITTY
YOU GIVE ME YOUR VOICE, I GIVE YOU MY EYES
FIGURES AROUND AS YOU FIGHT FOR YOUR PRIZE.
I AM PATIENT. I’LL WAIT AS LONG AS I NEED TO
READY OR NOT, I’LL TRY TO STICK BY YOU
I DO LIKE THE PAIN, I DO LIKE THE SWEAT
I DO LIKE TO SEE WHEN YOU GIVE ME YOUR BEST
A ONE-MAN EFFORT IS ADMIRABLE, SEE
BRUISES BLENDING INTO THE GREATEST YOU CAN BE
I’LL TAKE EVERY SMACK, EVERY HACK, EVERY HIT
SHOULD IT MEAN YOU’LL IMPROVE THROUGH ALL THAT YOU GET
THE TIRING-OUT LEGS, THE EVER-THUMPING HEART
YOU WERE ALWAYS SO CAPABLE EVEN FROM THE START
NOT ONE CAN CATCH UP AT YOUR COMMENDABLE PACE
YOU SHOULD BE HONORED TO SAY YOU’VE REBUILT YOUR GRACE