{"id":156,"date":"2008-04-15T07:35:33","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T11:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=156"},"modified":"2008-04-15T07:35:33","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T11:35:33","slug":"as-i-am-dream-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=156","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;As I Am&#8221; (Dream Theater)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C7KfPIfhsRA?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=1&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics:<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t<br \/>\nTell me what&#8217;s in<br \/>\nTell me how to write<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t tell me how to win<br \/>\nThis fight<br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t your life<br \/>\nIt isn&#8217;t your right<br \/>\nTo take the only thing that&#8217;s<br \/>\nmine<\/p>\n<p>Proven over time<br \/>\nIt is over your head<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t try to read between the<br \/>\nLines<br \/>\nAre clearly defined<br \/>\n&#8220;Never lose sight of<br \/>\nSomething you believe in&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taking in the view from the outside<br \/>\nFeeling like the underdog<br \/>\nWatching through the window I&#8217;m on the outside<br \/>\nLiving like the underdog<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been trying to justify you<br \/>\nIn the end I will just defy you<\/p>\n<p><strong>To those who understand, I extend my hand<br \/>\nTo the doubtful I demand, take me as I am<br \/>\nNot under your command, I know where I stand<br \/>\nI won&#8217;t change to fit your plan, Take me as I am<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nAs I am<\/p>\n<p>Still<br \/>\nRunning uphill<br \/>\nSwimming against the current<br \/>\nI wish I weren&#8217;t so<br \/>\nFucked<br \/>\nFeels like I&#8217;m stuck<br \/>\nLost in a sea of mediocrity<\/p>\n<p>Slow down,<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re thinking too much<br \/>\nWhere is your soul?<br \/>\nYou cannot touch<br \/>\nThe way I<br \/>\nPlay<br \/>\nOr tell me what to say<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re in the way<br \/>\nOf all that I believe in<\/p>\n<p>Taking in the view from the outside<br \/>\nFeeling like the underdog<br \/>\nWatching through the window I&#8217;m on the outside<br \/>\nLiving like the underdog<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been wasting my breath on you<br \/>\nOpen minds will descend upon you<\/p>\n<p><strong>To those who understand, I extend my hand<br \/>\nTo the doubtful I demand, take me as I am<br \/>\nNot under your command, I know where I stand<br \/>\nI won&#8217;t change to fit your plan, take me as I am<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyrics: Don&#8217;t Tell me what&#8217;s in Tell me how to write Don&#8217;t tell me how to win This fight Isn&#8217;t your life It isn&#8217;t your right To take the only thing that&#8217;s mine Proven over time It is over your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/?p=156\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/oldblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}