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[Silence]
\n[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ Swells, Tribal Percussion, Electric Guitar]<\/p>\n

[Intro]
\nSomething’s changing
\n(What could it be?)
\nA little light
\n(Is dawning on me)<\/p>\n

I looked away
\n(But couldn’t flee)
\nThe thing I sought
\n(Was looking at me)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nWoke up this morning
\nWith a thought in my head
\nSomething I’d heard
\n(Something somebody said)
\nCould be coincidence
\nCould be a sign
\nCould be the future
\n(Catching up with time)<\/p>\n

I took a step
\nThen another one
\nDidn’t know exactly
\nWhere I was going
\nBut looking back
\nI can finally see
\nThe road I traveled
\nWas becoming me<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nReality…
\n(It’s dawning on me)
\nI’m starting to see
\n(Self-fulfilling destiny)
\n… or…
\n(A knew trajectory)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nI thought the future
\nWas waiting somewhere
\nHidden in the distance
\n(Floating in the air)
\nTurns out the future
\nIsn’t somewhere to find
\nHere it is forming
\n(One choice at a time)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nReality…
\n(It’s dawning on me)
\nI’m starting to see
\n(Self-fulfilling destiny)
\n… or…
\n(A knew trajectory)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\n… if the question
\nIs part of the clue…
\nLook at the answer
\nStaring at you<\/p>\n

See!
\n(See more clearly)<\/p>\n

Think!
\n(Think differently!)<\/p>\n

Choose!
\n(Choose carefully!)<\/p>\n

[Break]
\nFor sure?
\n(Not quite!)
\nCertain?
\n(Nope!)<\/p>\n

Written in stone?
\n(Not likely!)
\nOpen for suggestion?
\n(Absolutely!)<\/p>\n

Reality!
\n(Reality!)<\/p>\n

What’s dawning on me?
\n(The way that we see “we”…)<\/p>\n

Can change what it will be!<\/p>\n

[Instrumental, Psychedelic Jam, Saxophone Solo, Percussion Break]
\nDawn…
\n(Dawn…)
\nDawn…
\n(Dawning on me…)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nDawning on me
\n(Dawning on me)
\nI’m starting to see
\n(Self-fulfilling destiny)
\n… the future
\nIsn’t destiny
\n… our choices
\nBecome reality<\/p>\n

Dawning on me
\n(What will it be?)
\nSomething is changing
\nInside of me<\/p>\n

… getting a clue
\n… about “we”
\nStarts with what we do<\/p>\n

[Final Refrain]
\nReality…
\n(It’s dawning on me)
\nI’m starting to see
\n(Self-fulfilling destiny)
\n… or…
\n(A knew trajectory)<\/p>\n

Reality…
\n(It’s dawning on me)
\nNow I’m beginning to see
\nWhat I thought was destiny
\n(Is becoming “we”)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nDawning…
\n(Dawning…)<\/p>\n

On me…
\n(On me…)<\/p>\n

I can see…
\n(I can see…)<\/p>\n

Win or lose…
\nWhat we choose
\n(… what we choose “to be.”)<\/p>\n

Dawning on me…<\/p>\n

From the album “I Dunno<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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