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VERSE 1

I LOOSE MY TONGUE AND TELL ALL WHO WILL LISTEN

AND BEG OF MY FRIENDS TO ASSUME MY POSITION

PRETENDING BELIEF, THEY TRY TO EXPLAIN

BUT CLEARLY THEY REALLY BELIEVE I’M INSANE

VERSE 2

DESPITE THE INTENSITY OF ALL THAT I HAVE SEEN

MY RIGID CONVICTION – IT WAS NOT A DREAM

THEY SOW SEEDS OF UNCERTAINTY DEEP IN MY MIND

THEY PLANT DOUBT AND QUESTIONS, ATTEMPTING TO BLIND ME

BRIDGE

MY TREMBLING ARM IS TAKEN BY A STRANGER’S OUTSTRETCHED HAND

HIS GRIP IS FIRM, HIS VOICE IS STERN, AND I SUCCUMB TO HIS DEMANDS

CONFUSED (AND NOT A LITTLE SCARED), I AM TAKEN TO A ROOM

WHERE BUT ONE SINGLE CANDLE FLAME RELIEVES THE HEAVY GLOOM

THERE DO I RETELL MY TALE, NOT ONCE, BUT MANY TIMES

AT LAST, BELIEVED, I AM RELIEVED, CONTENTMENT NOW IS MINE

VERSE 3

ALL AT ONCE THEIR SYMPATHY AVERTS TO RIDICULE

THEY SCORN ME AS THEY WOULD A CLOWN, A JESTER, OR A FOOL

“WE BELIEVE YOU MY FRIEND”, MY CAPTOR WRYLY SAYS

THOSE THINGS YOU SAW WERE REAL ENOUGH – BUT ONLY IN YOUR HEAD

VERSE 4

SO AM I INSANE? NOW I’M NOT SO SURE

FEAR SURROUNDS ME AS I WALK OUT THE DOOR

TRAPPED IN THIS LABYRINTH OF DOUBT AND CONFUSION

DENIAL OF ALL IS MY ONLY SOLUTION