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Artist: Dream Theater
Canonical path: /dream-theater/this-is-the-life
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This Is The Life
Read This Is The Life lyrics by Dream Theater on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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This Is The Life
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In the heart of your most solemn barren night
When your soul's turned inside out
Have you questioned all the madness you invite
What your life is all about
Some of us choose to live gracefully
Some can get caught in the maze
And lose their way home
This is the life we belong to
Our gift divine
Have you ever wished that you were someone else
Traded places in your mind
It's only a waster of your time
Some of us choose to live gracefully
Some can get caught in the maze
And lose their way home
This is the life we belong to
Our gift divine
Feed the illusion you dream about
Cast out the monsters inside
Life begins with an empty slate
Fragile left in the hands of fate
Driven by love and crushed by hate
Until the day
The gift is gone
And shadows remain
Some of us choose to live gracefully
Some can get caught in the maze
And lose their way home
Memories will fade
Time races on
What will they say
After you're gone
This is the life we belong to
Our gift divine
Our gift divine
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Dream Theater performs "This Is The Life", and this lyric page sits inside the Dream Theater catalog on LyroVerse.
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