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Matters of Perspective
One man's truth is another man's lie / One man's fantasy is another man's life / One man's blessing is another man's curse
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Time's Heavy Burden
Don’t forget the burden, time weighing down your shoulders / Every wasted moment, every breath that’s getting shorter / Grasping on to memories, as your hands are getting colder
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Impressionable Youth
Lock the children away / From a world that they can't understand / We must keep them in their innocence
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Embers
The final embers of the fire have died / And I should go before I start freezing / You ask me to stay just a little while
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Prelude to Solipsism
Am I paranoid / Or is it only that I think I am? / And if I only think I am
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The Game
Broken body / Broken mind, and broken soul / My heart's still beating
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The Search for The Grail
If I fell from grace would you be there / To help get me on my feet? / Or would you just smile and laugh?
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Darker Shade of Black
I'm beginning to think that I understand / How this all works / And I'm beginning to think that I know I can
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Soldier of Misfortune
The world’s moved on / But I’m still here / The same place I’ve always been
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American Funhouse
Traveling through space and time / Puzzle pieces going through your mind / And you don’t have a box to go by
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