[Verse 1]
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Once carried through the current and being swept away
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The king is in the closet, he's hiding from today
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And though he owns all fortunes, this room is where he'll stay
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And his world is filled with darkness, turning grey
 
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Gazing out the window of the forty second second floor
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He is separate from all others, no one knocks upon his door
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And it might as well be raining cause the sunlight hurts his eyes
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And his ears will never hear the children's cries
 
[Verse 2]
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Once proud and full of passion, he fought the cause of man
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Many people loved his courage, many followed his command
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He changed the old into the new and the course of things to come
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And then one day they noticed he was gone
 
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At first it didn't matter, nobody seemed to care
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They all became too busy to find him anywhere
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So no one knew, not even him, the problems he would find
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On the day he journeyed deep into his mind
 
[Bridge]
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I close my eyes I go far away, away from this battlefield
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In my dreams, well, here I will enjoy it
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Where innocence plays with all the laughing children
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The kind who are crying right now
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A taste of freedom from the pain of everything here I see
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Life is sweet but I took it all for granted
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And now I don't know if I can ever tell you
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Just what we permit, we allow
 
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Allow me to forget the life I've made my own
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I've held this nation in my hand and yet it's not my home
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Allow me just one answer and one reason why
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Why this refugee of the family of man must die, tell me why
 
[Instrumental Break]
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[Verse 3]
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Daydreams filled his nighttimes and night dreams filled his days
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Confusion and uncertainty, a puzzled mind of haze
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You thought he was so powerful and set upon his ways
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Well, he left us all to follow through this maze
 
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I heard the king was dying, I heard the king was dead
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And with him died the chronicles that no one ever read
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The closet's fully empty now, it's occupied by none
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I'll draw the drapes, now destiny is done
 
[Outro]
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