OVERTURE

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CHAPTER 1

A:
Why does it feel like
there's always something amiss
Life plays tricks how did
everything end up like this

B:
Why am I here if I don't belong
Tell me, what is this
joy that you have
Why can’t I know
the same happiness others do
But I’ll keep trying
to feel what you feel
Tell me, what's this beauty you see
I want to find out
will everything fall into place
Time, will you tell

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A:
There's battle raging inside
though hidden from view
Must this burden be shared
or should I hide what's true

B:
Misery, you're no stranger to me
So you strive to shape me, break me,
make me, ruin me

C:
This damnation has me shaken
Hope and passion, all forsaken
Self-assurance is eroding
My endurance, quickly fading
Away...


CHAPTER 2

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D:
Trying to regain perspective now
I can't fall into desperation
I have to wait, be patient
They must know that it's not transient
Sufficient time 'til separation

E:
The flame goes out and memory is lost
Time is always on my side

D:
Streets after streets, I have walked on
Deep in silent contemplation
The hours melt together
All these days are like each other
But wait, not long 'til liberation

E:
The flame goes out and memory is lost
But time is always on my side

D:
Running through the forest to kill time
There's no wrong or right direction
Only fog and misty vision
There's no need for bold ambition
Having no feeling nor affection

E:
The flame goes out and memory is lost
But time is always on my side


CHAPTER 3

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A:
Then it came to me and I thought
Life could be a charm
Love seemed so sweet and mesmerizing
Didn't believe it could harm

E:
I'll take a chance with escapism
And time is always on my side

A:
Emptied soul and still fatalistic
would life still enchant

E:
I took my chance with escapism
And time is always on my side

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CHAPTER 4

F:
Existing, not living
Then who cares if I am
Cavalier
All the signs so telling
They are only pointing
To what’s near

G:
Now I am on the
brink of liberation

F:
Looking out the window
Now the leaves have fallen
What’s my fate
Feel like I’m in limbo
Would this be my callin’
No escape

G:
Now I am on the
brink of liberation
Falling down in pieces
No way out
It's the end, I'm leaving
Without doubt

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FINAL CHAPTER

C:
Left them all my prized possessions
Bid them farewell, sealed confessions
Heart congesting, non-withstanding
But in the darkness a ray of hope
shining through

B:
Tell me, what's this beauty I see
Did I do it right, does life agree
that maybe I could give and
that's a reason good enough to live

H:
Time's secrets so tightly held
But now you finally tell
that life's mysteries
could lead to victories
A stranger's love could save
one who's been made a slave
and overcome life's trials
with hope