There is a dragon in my tree
I found it just today
It’s been lingering there for generations
Subliminally, controlling my life, I’d say.
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It danced within my dreams
And haunted my ancestors of old
It created some battlefields
Thriving when we were brazenly bold
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It dined on our fruits of discord
It devoured the meat off the bone
It smoked an elegant cigarette
While sitting on my father’s thrown
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The dragon stole our family love
It burned away bonding ties
Gulping down any charity
Our humanity left in lies
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The dragon wears a mask
Pretending to be a friend
Dressed in a cloak of disguise
Smirking behind all chagrin
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The day you discover the dragon
because it’s already found you
A sword you will need to don
All fondness dies when it’s slew
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There’s a dragon over your bed
It came while innocent slept
It played in your fairy tales
It departs when you’ve finally met
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Bravely casting the beast down
Tis’ the hardest task to do
But, playing with wild demon dragons
Costs, perhaps, the bonnie, likes of you
