Five hundred years have come and gone,
But I’m still standing here.
I’ve played the beggar, sat on the throne,
But lost all I hold dear.
Where are the dreams I held so close
And prayed they be fulfilled?
I’ve fed them each an overdose
And now they’ve lost their thrill.
I’ve lived long enough to understand
That time brings any prize.
You can hold out both your open hands
But all you’ll catch is lies.
Lies to your friends, lies to yourself
But it’s really all the same.
It’s all about money, and all about wealth
And it’s really just a shame.
Because your reflection’s foreign to you.
You don’t know who you are.
With all the shit that you’ve been through,
You’ve never lost the scars.
You’re still hung up on all your past
And all you still can’t change
You’re life’s going by way too fast
But the timeline still feels strange.
I don’t know what tomorrow brings
But I know I’ll still be here.
Some poor fool will feel my sting
But tonight is still unclear.
Tonight I’m just the man I’ve been
A ghost with all my lies.
A Vampire who still lives in sin
A Vampire who’s stopped trying.

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