(Lake, Sinfield)
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I am closer to believing
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Than I ever was before
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On the crest of this elation
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Must I crash upon the shore
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And with the driftwood of acquaintance
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Light the fire to love once more
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I am wind blown... I am times.
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To be closer to believing
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To be just a breath away
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On the death of inspiration
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I would buy back yesterday
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But there's no crueller illusion
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There's no sharper coin to pay
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As I reach out... it slips away.
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From the opium of custom
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To the ledges of extremes
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Don't believe it till you've held it
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Life is seldom what it seems
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But lay your head upon the table
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And in the shuffling of dreams
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Remember who on earth you are.
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I need me
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You need you
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We want us.
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But of course you know I live you
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Or what else I am here for
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Only you not face to face
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But side by side for evermore
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And I need to be here with you
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For without you what am I
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Just another fool out searching
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For some heaven in the sky
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Take me closer to believing
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Take me forward lead me on
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Through collision and confusion
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While there's life beneath the sun
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You are the reason I continue
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So near for so long
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So close yet so far awy
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I need me
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You need you
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We want us to live forever
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Don't let the curtain fall
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Measure after measure
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Of writing on the wall
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That burns so brightly
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It blinds us all
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I need me
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You need you
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We want us to be together
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On Sundays in the rain
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Closer than forever
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Against or with the grain
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To ride the storms of love again.
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So be closer to believing
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Though your world is torn apart
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For a moment changes all things
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And to end is but to start
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And if your journey's unrewarded
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May your God lift up your heart
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You are wind blown
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Bur you are mine.
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Closer To Believing
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| Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
