(Downes/Payne)
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[Adapted from "The Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam]
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"The dawning of a brand new day
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The waking of the whispers say:
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That sleeping heavens will return
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In deepest night the secret learned
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And from these walls this city lies
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The past will be our future
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The journey will be over,
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Awake!"
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I saw the writing on the wall
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The story of our birth then fall
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Within their tombs of holy stone
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The scrolls of life, one man alone
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So if we try, we can live and learn
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The sands will pull you under
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Don't let them pull you under
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Awake!
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I travelled to a foreign land
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Through stormy seas and burning sand
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Led by the stars the ancient stream
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The call of treasures yet unseen
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So if we climb to the rocks of kings
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Together we'll discover
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The source of all our wonder
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Awake!
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Someday we're going to go back to the stars
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And find the answer, who we really are
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A traveller through the lonely mists of time
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Creation from the sky
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The dawning of a brand new day
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The waking of the whispers say:
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That sleeping heavens will return
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In deepest night the secret learned
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From these walls this city lies
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The past will be our future
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The journey will be over
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Awake!
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Someday we're going to go back to the stars
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And find the answer who we really are
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A traveller through the lonely mists of time
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Creation from the sky
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Someday we're going to back to the stars
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And find the answer who we really are
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If we try, we can live and learn
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Together we'll discover
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The source of all our wonder
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Awake!
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We saw the writing
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We read the story
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Awake!
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Awake
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