The path you tread is narrow
And the drop is shear and very high
The ravens all are watching
From a vantage point nearby
Apprehension creeping
Like a tube-train up your spine
Will the tightrope reach the end
Will the final couplet rhyme

And it's high time
Cymbaline
It's high time
Cymbaline
Please wake me

The lines converging where you stand
They must have moved the picture plane
The leaves are heavy around your feet
You feel the thunder of the train
Suddenly it strikes you
That they're moving into range
Doctor Strange is always changing size

And it's high time
Cymbaline
It's high time
Cymbaline
Please wake me


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Cymbaline Lyrics as written by Nick Turner Dave Brock

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    Yes a nightmare but a nightmare on drugs... Or maybe, the person takes drug after awaking from the nightmare. "and it's high time, cymbaline" is an obvious reference to drug effects. As for "Cymbaline", I've always thought it was about feeling the noise of cymbals very loud but very clear in your head...

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