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 And so begins the task I have dreaded the coming of for so long

 I wait for the sun to remind my body it needs resting

CHORUS #1:

 And I must learn to live without you now

 I must learn to give only part somehow

 Camping on the edge of your city, I wait

 Hoping someday you might see beyond yourself

 The shadows on the ceiling; hard, but not real

 Like the bars that cage you within yourself ...CHORUS #1

Solo

CHORUS #2:

And I must learn to live without you now

As I can not learn to give only part somehow

All of these cages must and shall be set aside

They will only keep us from knowing

Actors and stages now bow before the truth

And the love shared between remains strong ...CHORUS #2