Such a thing, such a thing
that we humans are
we live and die, we laugh and cry
and imagine ourselves far...

...far away, from one another
apart : alone : outside
And when our chance to join is giv'n
which of us doesn't hide?

We dream, and think and we run
build empires that rise to fall
we sit and watch commercials
that hypnotize us all

we long for comfort, and want to know
but ignorance is bliss
many times it's the most painful lessons
that teaches us, all this

And when we find that what we want
is easily attained
we pull back, quite afraid
that the knowledge might be gained

We stand up tall, great, and high
on the shoulders of giants we never knew
doing what you think's unique
has been done a thousand times before you

Some fear to dream
and in dreaming, what might be found.
They enjoy their drab existence
silence, their favorite sound

And seeing others dream
fear and jealousy, they rise
Driv'n by these base emotions
they try and steal the prize

But in the theft all goes wrong
and everything's destroyed
their lives, others, yours and mine
and the dreams with which they toyed

To the dream destroyers sword
so many dreams, must fall
but others rise to take their place
none resist the call

But every once, in the greatest while
One escapes, just now and then
and that not killed by the sword
flourishes in the pen

Hope, hope, we'll always hope.
For without hope we die
we die, we die, inside we die
we cease to hope, we cease to try.

And by dying inside, we forsake ourselves
and the dreams that we might dream
if we die inside, where dreams are born
our eyes will cease to gleam.

And then our bodies will rot away
We'll be living without living, and living without dreams
it seems to me, our lives would be
Quite alot like sunbeams

Happy bright and shiny
from the outside staring in
But quite insubstantial to the touch
Just a pretty face to grin.

Empty lives and hollow bodies
is a world without dreams and hope
and without hope we push our rock
up that never-ending slope.

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