122 - Questions

What's wetter than water?

What's colder than ice?

What's heavier than gravity?

I need your advice

What's hotter than the sun?

What's drier than sand?

What's smellier than socks?

I need to understand

What's harder than diamond?

What's softer than ice cream?

What's older than time?

Is this all a dream?

What's faster than light?

What's slower than the mail?

What's sadder than grief?

Please don't let me fail

What's more powerful than nuclear?

What's more see-through than glass?

And are all these questions

A pain in the ass?

So many unknowns

So many half-truths

All I'm looking for

Is some kind of proof

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