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The Small Years
May 10, 1991

good night, sleep tight
never let your dreams gain hold
the ones you've had of late are grand
but they obscure your real thoughts

the grandiose visions of the dreamer
cross your mind like morning clouds
and within your vision you laugh
at the danger in the world of the night thief

control of dream means control of mind
or so it seemed at the time of rising
only troubles lay in the set of the rising
and the fact that the day remains hidden

once awakened
the danger would slip from your mind for a while
leaving just a tinge-
of fear perhaps that the dreams you dream
are more real than you
the question you faced was this
were you dreaming your dreams or were you dreamed
and should the dreamer awake
would you still be?

don't go
little dreamer of the silver dream
your heart is beating
faster than the caged bird
throwing itself against window and wall
you must hold strong
and never give in to the shadow of a doubt
that you are really there

who took your world, dreamer?
those landscapes true only inside
who would dare interrupt
the musings of a child?

remember dreamer
don't throw yourself on reality's walls too hard
lest you end as a broken bird

dreamer
you are grown now
you have to face the ideal
because if you don not exist
tell me, who's thoughts are these
wake from your life if you must
over terror that fills you
and leave enlightened

dreamer, I know you are not blind dreamer now
though you still dream
I see you use your dreams as tools
without them using you
but you dare not close them out completely
because to forget dreaming
is worse than being dreamed
and eliminates you

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from Scattered Resistance v2 - Inversion Promised, released September 27, 2012

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