Have I thanked you for your time?
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Or will your life go unrewarded
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Again?
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Never asking for a dime
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You just gave all of yourself
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Until I turned my back on you
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My friend
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The powers that be made you a martyr
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Conspiracy led you to slaughter
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I tried to control it but as soon as I showed it
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I was shot down again
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Once again outnumbered
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Appreciation slumbered
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You can ask yourself why
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But that look in your eye
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Doesn't pass the test
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You've been laid to rest my friend
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Again
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Tortured artist bears his soul
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Seems the pressure took its toll
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Lived a life so punishing
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Now he keeps the publishing
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Spilling your guts out to a pad and pen
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Communication to your silent friend
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Raising the knife
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To a picture of a life
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(I once knew)
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There comes a time
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Compromising my life
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(Just won't do)
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I cannot lie
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I can't try anymore
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(To reach you)
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I just can't fight
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Raise the knife
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Raise the knife
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Cut through
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I remember when you were the quiet type
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Content to sit and watch the motions of your life
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With false sensitivity
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You cut yourself open so people would adore you
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They all bought into your contrived sincerity
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And how you wore your heart and soul right on your sleeve
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Laughing sarcastically
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You turned your back on the people who adored you
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Self-absorbed exhaustion
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Self-esteem distortion
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Self-infused extortion
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Self-serving abortion
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I'll take the blame for these things that I say
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'Cause I had the heart and the will and the courage to stay
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Every day
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I won't walk away
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Reading through all the digests you show me
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I notice the way that you that think you control me
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Doubting my future you don't even know me
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But I never walked out on you
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Raising the knife
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To a picture of a life
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(I once knew)
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There comes a time
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Compromising my life
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(Just won't do)
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I cannot lie
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I can't try anymore
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(To reach you)
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I just can't fight
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Raise the knife
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Raise the knife
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Cut through
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Raise The Knif
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Dream Theater |