1. |
Lost In My Thoughts
03:46
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[Verse 1]
People rush to keep from thinking
But I never rush at all
Never lose myself in drinking
I sit alone with my thoughts
[Chorus]
Closed my eyes but I'm not sleeping
I'm only lost in my thoughts
[Verse 2]
Ideas are crowding in my mind
And I think I've seen it all
I know I've seen through many lies
And I find solace in deep thought
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2. |
Dangerous Mood
03:27
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Sometimes it seems
I chase other people's dreams
But not my own
And I spend my whole life
Diverted from my path
My ambitions unfulfilled
Till I no longer dream
Just think what might have been
I'm in a dangerous mood, and I don't care
If the whole world burns down
Cos at least then I'd have peace, and I'd be left alone
To do whatever I please
Sometimes it seems
I spend every waking moment
Dousing other people's fires
And other people's problems
Take up all my time
I work on them instead of mine
And maybe I won't care
To let them all just burn
And maybe then I'll have my turn
I'm in a dangerous mood, and I don't care
If the whole world burns down
Cos at least then I'd have peace, and I'd be left alone
To do whatever I please
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3. |
It Had To Happen
02:56
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[Verse 1]
It went on for so long
Like it had to be that way
And no one ever questioned
The wisdom of the day
And now all those assumptions
Left unquestioned in the past
Seem suddenly unwise
Now we question them at last
[Chorus]
We knew it had to happen
We knew it in our bones
Those monuments to hubris
Now reduced to sticks and stones
In truth, it had to happen
It went on much too long
And all the truths they told us
Were lies we've proven wrong
[Verse 2]
But still they stand their ground
And repeat self-serving lies
Resisting till their dying breath
The changes they despise
But change will come no matter how
They fight and they resist
For now the lie is known to us
We know that truth exists
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They've polished all the brass-work
And they've scrubbed down all the decks
The navigator spreads his charts
Coordinates are set
The captain sails this ship of life
Into the land of dreams
And soon they'll come to foreign ports
Where nothing's as it seems
And all the while the pilot
With his hand upon the wheel
Guides them through these traitorous seas
Where nothing is quite real
For sailing the sub-consciousness
Requires a skilled hand
And all upon that fateful trip
Will learn what it demands
Three days in, a storm appears
Upon those choppy seas
They sail into a nightmare
That will bring them to their knees
But the captain knows his vessel
And he reassures the crew
He's sailed through many storms before
And he will guide them true
And as the crew grow weary
Of their voyage through the mind
They share their wistful stories
Of the thoughts they left behind
And after many weeks at sea
As hope becomes despair
The captain finds his foreign port
And lands his vessel there
And in the land of rummy dreams
The sailors take their leave
They find more wealth and wisdom
Than a sane man could believe
And when they've had their fill
Of all their sub-consciousness owns
They climb once more upon the ship
And sail their vessel home
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5. |
Daydreamer
03:27
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[Verse 1]
Don't need to sleep to dream
I dream what might have been
I dream what might yet be
And in my mind I see
The world laid bare
The truth that's there
And whatever I might dare
[Verse 2]
Every day I dream
And every time I see
All that I could do
The bring to life my dreams
To take that chance
To dance that dance
And embrace that circumstance
[Chorus]
Cos I dare to dream
And I won't be ashamed
And my daydreaming mind
Sets the world all aflame
[Verse 3]
Some people fear to dream
And others would suppress
The visions in my head
That cause them such distress
But I am free
And I will dream
And what I dream will be
[Coda]
I will believe in
And follow my dreams
And no one can stop
What my mind's eye can see
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