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High Hopes by Nightwish

Beyond the horizon of the (1)__________ we lived
When we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The (2)______________ of the (3)________________ bell had begun
Along the (4)________ Road and on down the Causeway
Do they (5)__________ meet there by the Cut
There was a ragged (6)________ (7)________ followed our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures
Trying to tie us to the ground
To a life (8)________________ by slow decay
The (9)__________ was greener
The light was brighter
With (10)______________ surrounded
The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of (11)______________ glowing (12)____________ us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by (13)__________ of some inner tide
At a higher altitude (14)________ flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a (15)____________ (16)__________ unsatisfied
Our (17)__________ eyes still stray to the horizon
The dog is road, we've been so many times
The (18)__________ was greener
The light was brighter
With (19)______________ surrounded
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The (20)________ (21)________ growing
The water flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn (22)________ growing
The (23)__________ flowing
The (24)______________ river
Forever and ever

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