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Only a Matter of Time |
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Dream Theater |
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When Dream and Day Unite |
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Music: Dream Theater |
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A suited man smiled said: |
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"It's just a matter of time |
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You can have the world at your feet by tomorrow |
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Just sign on this line." |
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Hold tight... limelight! |
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Approaching the paramount |
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With the sun in our eyes |
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Fearing family ties, legalies, compromise |
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In a dimly lit room with a stool as his stage |
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A dream-stricken prince of a pauper's descent |
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Haunts the eavesdropping silence |
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That presses his window |
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As he sweats a performance |
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To an audience that ticks on the wall |
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To the practical observer |
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It's just a matter of time |
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"You can deviate from the com-monplace |
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Only to fall back in line." |
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I understand mine's a risky plan |
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And your system can't miss |
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But is security after all a cause |
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Or symptom of happiness? |
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Brave, yet afraid, his eyes on horizon in a steady-set gaze |
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A mariner soon from an open cocoon |
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Takes a moment to summon his courage |
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To stifle his grave apprehension and |
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Trembling, approaches the surf |
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A father's benediction as his hopeful son departs |
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To brave the sea of rage and conquer at all costs |
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Lingers in his memory |
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And visions still surviving in a logic-proof shell |
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That should have been held sacred, safe |
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And hidden well |
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Are compromised in usury |
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With every rising sun that yields no sight of land |
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The hesitation cultivates within the tired man |
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And rumors spread of mutiny |
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And though the time will come when |
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Dream and day unite |
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Tonight the only consolation causing |
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Him to fight |
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In fearless faith in destiny |
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Even when plans fall to pieces |
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I can still find the courage |
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With promise I've found in my faith |
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Likely or not, it's a dream that we keep |
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And at odds with our senses we'll climb |
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But if faith is the answer, we're already reached it |
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And if spirit's a sign |
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Then it's only a matter of time |
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Only a matter of time |
