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Day by day and hour by hour

Usurper of past glories spent

Forgotten gains now long since travelled

By the point now left behind

Inch by inch and yard by yard

A dream within a dream

I feel a touch within the cry

I die in pain

Each moment spent by this obscured light

I fall beneath your gaze

I crumble at your feet

As you tread without a thought

As you tread without a thought

The life I held so dear

I crumble at your feet

I fall beside your eyes

In faith I grasp your voice

A word that is softly spoken

The final piercing cry

The end remains unbroken

In pain I grasp your light

Eternal light that seems

The final deafening cry

The end remains unbroken

Day by day and hour by hour

A dream within the dream

I crumble at your feet

In faith I hold your smile

Inch by inch and yard by yard

I fall beneath your gaze

I feel a touch within the cry

I fall beside your eyes