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When you reach for what you long for does it quickly slip your fingers Like the days that pass discretely through the shadows of the years? When you find you're just another person Kneeling at the alter of a need that never falters, does it bring you down to tears? When you realize you're running on your own When you find that you've been fighting all alone When the slightest slip can cut you to the bone Then you know that it's time to make a change When the days turn into weeks turn into months turn into years And every time you've tried to be yourself been nothing you could grasp When the past and future haunt you and your passing friends they taunt you All those dreams that never wanted you, can you put them down at last? Losing witnesses before your trial comes Losing face before you tuck your tail and run Blinded by your distant setting sun Then you know that it's time to make a change Your expectations didn't turn out like you'd planned But then you knew that long ago You always thought you'd be a different kind of man But life is what happens when you're making other plans So you reach for what you long for but it quickly slip your fingers And there's nothing you can do but watch it finally fade away Lay the blame just like before on everybody else's door Or take a road less traveled, live to die another day Cause you know you've been running far too long And every fight was yours and yours alone So when you feel that fear deep in your bones Then you know that it's time.
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