The Best Day I Ever Had


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    Everyday for years that old alarm clock bothered me


    But I always respected that it did so dutifully


    That ringing was the only voice I heard at home alone


    I hated it but loved it for the loyalty it’s shown


    So when it woke me up today and I sat up in bed


    And everything felt out of place, I held my cloudy head


    The ringing of the clock and even my bed sheets were wrong


    Everything around me seemed like it didn’t belong


    I wrote it off as nerves, or maybe age was catching me


    A shadow in my eye that I could only sometimes see


    I went to work as always, where I knew I’d feel the same


    The stress it caused me burned like an undying, steady flame


    I walked passed the reception with a greeting as always


    She didn’t greet me back, it must just be one of those days


    Was she wearing black today? Well, it’s not my concern


    I used to ask her things, but I was very quick to learn


    I grabbed a cup of coffee when I saw the pot was freeDid you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.


    I hated drinking while my coworkers all stared at me


    Today they didn’t seem to mind my presence there too much


    I didn’t quite fit in there, and they treated me as such


    The coffee tasted worse than normal but I didn’t mind


    Even the person next to my desk seemed a bit more kind


    I must have missed a meeting though, some new workers were there


    It seemed I hadn’t been let go, but that gave me a scare


    Why was one dressed all in black, I guess it’s just in style


    I tended to lose touch of what was trending for a while


    Despite the rocky start, I felt my day had gone quite well


    Tomorrow might not be as nice as that, but who could tell


    I left the building, but the secretary seemed busy


    I didn’t say hello because I felt a bit dizzy


    I thought I’d take the elevator, though I never did


    That was where you’d mostly likely meet the manager’s kid


    Luckily I had it to myself this time around


    I held my head while waiting it to take me to the ground


    But when the doors did open, something took away my breath


    I hadn’t seen it before, but I knew that it was death


    A shadow-like existence draped in robes as old as time


    Made me want to start confessing every lie and crime


    But it just looked at me in silence while I stood in fear


    How much time had passed, was it a minute or a year?


    “I couldn’t find you at your home, you died but didn’t know


    You wandered through your day like normal, no one saw you though


    I almost didn’t notice you were dead when I saw you


    In life and death, there was no difference in the things you do”


    The fear began to drain from me, with every feeling too


    “The shadows that I saw today, they all must have been you


    Why come to collect me after such a pleasant day


    I wish I could have lived my whole life like this, go away”


    Death stood in the elevator door without a word


    But then a long and solemn, fateful whisper could be heard


    “To love the hell you lived in and desire it once you’ve died


    I couldn’t choose a better hell for someone if I tried”


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