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5 KK

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Why are those things you ad - mire most in oth - ers the hard -est to find in your self?

What

Pno

simile

etc.

9 KK is it ab - out me that seems to de - ter - mine I‘m des -tined to life on the shelf?

This

Pno

13 KK wait a bit

char - ac - ter,

wait - ing to find

What - ev - er it is

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that I

lack

When -

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17

rall.

KK ev - er they ask the real

me to step for - ward

The

real me

takes a step

back

Wait

a

Pno

21

Steadily to begin with

KK bit

she says

Can‘t

do it,

she says

Wait

a

bit

she says

Pno

26 KK Not real ly know - ing what she‘s

wait-ing for

While he‘s out - go - ing why do

I

with draw?

Pno

30 KK With - out

con - vic - tion,

and

yet

Some - how

sure

A con - tra - dic - tion

that

will

Pno

poco rall.

33 KK Stay

in my mind

till the

Day

that I find

some - thing

Pno

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more.

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KK search - ing for some - thing

they

say is with - in

me, Yet

seems to be hid - den from

sight

mp

Pno

40 KK But

why

should

I

search

when

it‘s

not

in

my

nat

- ure

to

Pno

43 KK come

out

and

stand

in

the

light?

For

Pno

45 KK my ex - pec - ta - tions are not all that great Just one

dream I had hoped to ful - fil

And

Pno

rall.

49 KK yet when it came to

the

mo - ment of truth

I

proved to my self I

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must

still

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a

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A little broader

KK bit,

Pno

Am

I

Just

not

fit

to

fly?

When

I

mf

57 KK came

to

try

I

watched the

oth-

ers

as

they

soared

and

rose

Pno

60 KK It

seemed

so eff - ort - less

but

then,

Who knows?

Ben - eath the sur - face

some - times

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f

KK tor - ment grows

I

plucked

up

cour - age

for I

knew

I

should

f

Pno

poco rall.

66

colla voce

KK So

I

stood

on

the edge

Pno

and I

froze...

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p molto espress.

Pno

poco rall.

74

colla voce

KK

p

A

flight - less

bird

gets

by

with - out

the

flight...

Pno

77 Gaining confidence and tempo

passionately

3

KK But

still

I‘m

hop - ing

that

some - day,

I

might

He made me feel I could

3 3

mf

Pno

80

rall.

3

KK soar

Now

on - ly

one

thing's

for

sure

Pno

83 Lento (colla voce and very slow) p

//

meno mosso

KK I‘ll

Pno

have

to

wait

a

bit

more

p molto espress.

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