Lest We Forget

I tried to take the time to pen a few verses that might best sum up the last few years. But the ink ran lazy. Instead I looked to the past masters for a contribution. Keats, Wordsworth, Wilde, Shakespeare. Then I stumbled across this:

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Wig-wam bam, gonna make you my man.

Wam bam bam, gonna get you if I can.

Wig-wam bam, wanna make you understand.

Try a little touch, try a little too much,

Just try a little wig-wam bam.

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It didn't make much sense to me so I carried on looking. And then I stumbled across this. Could it be summed up in a more appropriate way? Me thinks not.

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We've come a long way, but we're not too sure where we've been.

We've had success, we've had good times, but remember this:

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Been on this path of life for so long,

Feel I've walked a thousand miles.

Sometimes strolled hand in hand with love,

Everybody's been there.

With danger on my mind I would stand on the line of hope,

And I knew I could make it.

Once I knew the boundaries I looked into the clouds and saw,

My face in the moonlight.

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Just then I realised what a fool I could be,

Just 'cause I look so high I don't have to see me.

Finding a paradise wasn't easy but still,

There's a road going down the other side of this hill.

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Never forget where you've come here from.

Never pretend that it's all real.

Someday soon this will all be someone elses dream,

This will be someone elses dream.

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Been safe from the arms of disappointment for so long.

Feel each day we've come too far.

Yet each day seems to make much more.

Sure is good to be here.

I understand the meaning of "I can't explain this feeling" now,

And it feels so unreal.

At night I see the hand that reminds me of the stand I make,

The fact of reality.

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Never forget where you've come here from.

Never pretend that it's all real.

Someday soon this will all be someone elses dream,

This will be someone elses dream.

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We've come so far and we've reached so high,

And we've looked each day and night in the eye.

And we're still so young and we hope for more,

But remember this:

We're not invincible, we're not invincible no,

We're only people, we're only people.

Hey we're not invincible, we're not invincible,

So again I'll tell you:

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Never forget where you've come here from.

Never pretend that it's all real.

Someday soon this will all be someone elses dream,

This will be someone elses dream.

- Gary Barlow.