[ti:Only a Matter of Time]
[ar:Dream Theater]
[al:When Dream and Day Unite]

[00:01.85]Only a Matter of Time
[00:03.37]Dream Theater
[00:06.30]When Dream and Day Unite
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[00:12.29]Music: Dream Theater
[00:15.42]Lyrics: Kevin Moore
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[01:02.59]A suited man smiled said:
[01:04.28]"It's just a matter of time
[01:08.48]You can have the world at your feet by tomorrow
[01:11.81]Just sign on this line."
[01:16.34]Hold tight... limelight!
[01:18.14]Approaching the paramount
[01:19.93]With the sun in our eyes
[01:21.67]Fearing family ties, legalies, compromise
[01:24.41]
[01:25.56]In a dimly lit room with a stool as his stage
[01:28.70]A dream-stricken prince of a pauper's descent
[01:31.82]Haunts the eavesdropping silence
[01:33.85]That presses his window
[01:35.40]As he sweats a performance
[01:37.26]To an audience that ticks on the wall
[01:39.78]
[01:41.02]To the practical observer
[01:42.50]It's just a matter of time
[01:46.91]"You can deviate from the com-monplace
[01:50.29]Only to fall back in line."
[01:54.67]I understand mine's a risky plan
[01:56.58]And your system can't miss
[01:58.14]But is security after all a cause
[02:00.13]Or symptom of happiness?
[02:01.77]
[02:19.48]Brave, yet afraid, his eyes on horizon in a steady-set gaze
[02:24.80]A mariner soon from an open cocoon
[02:27.97]Takes a moment to summon his courage
[02:31.01]To stifle his grave apprehension and
[02:33.12]Trembling, approaches the surf
[02:35.81]
[03:11.00]A father's benediction as his hopeful son departs
[03:14.43]To brave the sea of rage and conquer at all costs
[03:17.08]
[03:17.46]Lingers in his memory
[03:18.68]And visions still surviving in a logic-proof shell
[03:22.12]That should have been held sacred, safe
[03:24.06]And hidden well
[03:24.98]Are compromised in usury
[03:26.21]With every rising sun that yields no sight of land
[03:29.54]The hesitation cultivates within the tired man
[03:32.44]And rumors spread of mutiny
[03:34.71]And though the time will come when
[03:36.08]Dream and day unite
[03:37.68]Tonight the only consolation causing
[03:39.79]Him to fight
[03:40.49]In fearless faith in destiny
[03:41.86]
[04:12.17]Even when plans fall to pieces
[04:16.08]I can still find the courage
[04:17.76]With promise I've found in my faith
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[04:36.20]Likely or not, it's a dream that we keep
[04:39.25]And at odds with our senses we'll climb
[04:42.69]But if faith is the answer, we're already reached it
[04:45.90]And if spirit's a sign
[04:47.75]Then it's only a matter of time
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[04:54.73]Only a matter of time
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