Solitary Shell - Dream Theater
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1.
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E5/C# E5/B He seemed no different from the rest,
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E5/C# E5/B just a healthy normal boy.
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E5/C# E5/B His mama always did her best
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E5/C# E5/B and he was daddy's pride and joy.
2.
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E5/C# E5/B He learned to walk and talk on time
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E5/C# E5/B but never cared much to be held.
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E5/C# E5/B And steadily he would decline
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E5/C# E5/B into his solitary shell.
Pre1
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As a boy, he was considered somewhat odd.
B/EAEadd2
Kept to himself most of the time.
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He would daydream in and out of his own world,
F#mAB
but in every other way, he was fine.
Ref1
EB
He's a Monday morning lunatic disturbed from time to time.
AEB/E
Lost within himself in his solitary shell.
EB/E
Temporary catatonic, madman on occasion,
F#mG#mAEB/EA
when will he break out of his solitary shell?
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3.
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E5/C# E5/B He struggled to get through his day,
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E5/C# E5/B he was helplessly behind.
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E5/C# E5/B He poured himself onto the page
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E5/C# E5/B writing for hours at a time.
Pre2
B/EAEadd2
As a man, he was a danger to himself.
B/EAEadd2
Fearful and sad most of the time.
B/EAEadd2
He was drifting in and out of sanity,
F#mAB
but in every other way, he was fine.
Ref2
EB/E
He's a Monday morning lunatic disturbed from time to time.
AEB
Lost within himself in his solitary shell.
EB/E
A momentary maniac with casual delusions.
F#mG#mAEB/EA
When will he be let out of his solitary shell?
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