Lyrics to Mario Kart DS - Charade

These days I recall how you used to roll on by me
And you'd say nothing at all, cuz you had your victory

Now I can remain calm and pass on my reluctance
And I'd say nothing at all, cuz you can't win everything

Time is but a fading memory
With all the luck I thought I'd need

And although wonders never cease
There is a first time for everything

This time I find
That I have been burned for the last time.
This time I'll try
Not to get left behind

Now I take it slow and relinquish my devotion
And remain hopeful that all things are how they ought to be

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Lyrics to Red Alert - Borne of Something Dying

An unworthy soliloquy for a soul embattled and scarred
I hear the timeless prattling of prophets

He speaks of souls interred in fire for eternity
Whispering curses upon those lacking in penitance
Shaping the feeble minds of the sheep afforded him
Beneath an uncaring sun a discarded voice is silenced

In idle servitude, the fools drink in the sickness
Beholden to the whims of man

Absconding the funeral I prefer the company of silence
I hold little patience for fearmongers hawking their wares

The paltry dissonance of the mind is easily contorted
Opinion waxes and wanes as the maggots crawl through the flock
Festering in the shallow grave of reasonable doubt
These dead, unknowing minds are a feast for the liars

In idle servitude, the fools drink in the sickness
Beholden to the whims of man

If these words taste bitter, acrid and vile
It's because they are borne of something dying