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THE SHEER WEIGHT OF NUMBERS...

THEY GOT HIM IN THE END, BY THE SHEER WEIGHT OF NUMBERS
THE DOCTORS AGREED THAT THE DIE HAD BEEN CAST
FROM HIS VERY FIRST BREATH TO HIS FINAL REJECTION
HE WAS FIGHTING TOO MANY AND OUT OF HIS CLASS

THEY SAY WHEN THEY FOUND HIM HIS EYES WERE WIDE OPEN
THAT'S ONE THING THEY TAUGHT HIM,TO WATCH FOR THE FALL
BUT THE SHEER WEIGHT OF NUMBERS MADE IT EASY TO CREEP IN
AND FINISH A MAN WITH HIS BACK TO THE WALL

HE'D TOYED FOR A WHILE WITH THE IDEA OF ANARCHY
BUT THE RULES WERE UNCLEAR SO HE PUT THAT ASIDE
AND THE WISE MEN AGREED HE WAS DOOMED FROM THE OUTSET
FROM HIS OPENING GAMBIT, 'TIL THE MOMENT HE DIED

HE'D WATCHED AS THEY'D MURDERED HIS NOTION OF FAIRNESS
AND STOLE THE SWEET BREATH OF HIS FINEST INTENTIONS
AND TIGHTLY BOUND UP WITH THE CORDS HE CALLED DUTY
HE FOUGHT WITH THE FAINT HOPE OF MEN OF CONVENTION

WHEN THEY FOUND HIM THEY TOLD ME HIS SHADOW WAS WITH HIM
IT LAY BY HIS SIDE AS IT ALWAYS HAD DONE
BUT IT LAY ON IT'S FACE WITH IT'S HANDS TIED BEHIND IT
IT LAY ON IT'S FACE, BETWEEN HIM AND THE SUN