THE SECOND-BEST
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Remember the dead.
Grieve for the one you loved and lost.
But don't forget the living,
Don't forget to live
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I watch in sorrow
As you fade away.
What happened to the man I knew?
My father, the wise steward I looked up to?
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How I wish I could live up to my brother,
But we are not the same and cannot be.
I act in a way I believe to be right
But whatever I do I can't get it right
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For us life must go on
Though for him it has ended.
My heart aches for the love you withhold
How swiftly you turned cold.
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Remember the dead.
Grieve for the one you loved and lost.
But don't forget the living,
Don't forget to live.