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The Separated Man

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The Separated Man

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I- I'm in a Cage

As the dream floats by ('neath the towering sky)

There's a move to move me forward

But it only lasts 'til I fall on yesterday

With opinions thrown (like the crowd's first stone)

And the world of men is nowhere

I have a sense of freedom but it feels so far away

'Cause I'm in a cage (of my own making)

I never wanted to be this way

I'm in a cage (my heart is breaking)

But I'll tough it out today

I could move way in (I could move way out)

I could move all the way to Cairo

"But someone would be there; someone that I know too well"

I wanna change my mind (wanna change my heart)

I just need some relief but I know

That it just won't come, that is as long as I'm myself

'Cause I'm in a cage (of my own making)

I never wanted to be this way

I'm in a cage (my heart is breaking)

But I'll tough it out today

I'm in a cage (of my own making)

And now I forgot what the reason is

I'm in a cage (the toll's been taking)

But I guess that's all there is....

There's a reason why the storm is raging

There's a reason why you feel alone (the man's gone to make his way alone)

There's a reason why your soul's been caged in

Can't you feel your need to come back home? (the man's gone)

Feel your need to come back home (the man's gone)

Feel your need to come back home

II- I am the Man

I can't see your throne

So I will build my own

I'll build it high and tall

The world will see I don't need YOU

At all

Look how far I've come

The poor abandoned son

My cities scrape to the sky

I believe in myself

I believe that I can fly....fly...

FLY HIGH!

I am what I say I am

I am the man

If I don't like the deal

I'll invent what's real

If this creates some confusion

I just need a bigger and better illusion

I am what I say I am

I am the man

One hope

One life

One eternal fact

You're a

Part of me

And I want you back

One hope

One life

One eternal soul

One hand

Reaching

All is ever whole

And you won't find me

By living

For the flesh

'Til you come home

I won't let you rest

III- The Man's Gone (Reprise)

The man's gone he doesn't need a thing

The man's gone to crown himself as king

The man's gone to make is way alone

The man's gone to make is way alone

The man's gone to turn his heart to stone

The man's gone to make is way alone

IV- Something Within Me Remembers

But something within me remembers

But something within me remembers

But something within me remembers

Deep within my heart

I remember the feeling together

When everything was part of my world

And I was part of everything

I felt a child of the King

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