Closer To Believing

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[Verse 1]
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I am closer to believing, Than I ever was before
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On the crest of this elation, Must I crash upon the shore
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And with the driftwood of acquaintance
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Light the fire to love once more
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I am wind blown...I am times
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To be closer to believing,  To be just a breath away
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On the death of inspiration, I would buy back yesterday
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But there's no crueler illusion
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There's no sharper coin to pay
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As I reach out... It slips away

[Verse 2]
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From the opium of custom, To the ledges of extremes
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Don't believe it till you've held it, Life is seldom what it seems
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But lay your heart upon the table
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And in the shuffling of dreams
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Remember who on earth you are
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I need me, You need you, We want us

[Verse 3]
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But of course you know I love you, Or what else am I here for
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Only you not face to face, But side by side for evermore
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And I need to be here with you, For without you what am I
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Just another fool out searching, For some heaven in the sky
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Take me closer to believing, Take me forward lead me on
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Through collision and confusion
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While there's life beneath the sun
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You are the reason I continue, So near for so long
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So close yet so far away

[Chorus 1]

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I need me, You need you, We want us to live forever
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So don't let the curtain fall
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Measure after measure, Of writing on the wall
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That burns so brightly, It blinds us all

[Chorus 2]

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I need me, You need you, We want us to be together
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On Sundays in the rain
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Closer than forever, Against or with the grain
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To ride the storms of love again

[Verse 4]

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So be closer to believing, Though your world is torn apart
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For a moment changes all things, And to end is but to start
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And if your journey's unrewarded
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May your God lift up your heart
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You are windblown
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But you are mine