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Only A Matter Of Time
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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 walls
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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 commonplace
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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 or symptom of happiness?
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Brave, yet afraid, his eyes on horizon
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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 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 dream and day unite
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tonight the only consolation causing him to fight
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in fearless faith in destiny
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Even when plan 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've already reached it
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Only A Matter Of Time
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| DREAM THEATER |
