Listen to me
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Just hear me out
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If I could have your attention
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Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd
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I get so confused and I don't understand
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I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say
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But you don't get the chance
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Just a voice in the crowd
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I don't know the score anymore
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It's not clear anymore
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I can't tell right from wrong anymore
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I just don't understand
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I was sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
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Like changing the channels on TV
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Or the dirt that we stand in to gold
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When I was young
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My father told me just bad guys die
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At the time just a little white lie
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It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
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And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
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That even the good guys must die
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There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
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Even now it still makes me cry
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If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
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Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
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Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
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If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
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Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
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Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
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I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
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Where nothing here is ever what it seems
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You stand so close but you never understand it
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For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?
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And you sit there and talk revolution
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But can you tell me just who's in command?
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When you tell me the forces we're fighting
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Then I'll join you and gladly make plans
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But for now only our t-shirts cry freedom
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And our voices are gagged by our greed
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Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
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By the hill and the will to succeed
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And if that's not what you believe
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Would you just let me know
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I'm not standing alone
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That I'm not just a voice in the crowd
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If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
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Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
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Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
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If there's somebody up there, just throw me down a line
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Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
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Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
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I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
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Where nothing is exactly how it seems
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You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
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But it all disappears when it's always so near
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But one day we will find that we stand in the light
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Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
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Nothing here is ever what it seems
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I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers
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That preside over our minds and our lives
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When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth
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Day by day it's getting louder
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And day by day it's getting stronger
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But when I can't scream no more and I need reassurance,
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I listen to the crowd
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And the boy stood and stared at the hill
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And the hill - it stared back
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Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors
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