In the dark

And I'm right on the middle mark

I'm just in the tier of everything that rides below the surface

"In the Fog of War, it's hard to see beyond the next leg of the mission, or the next punch in the fight..."

And I watch from a distance seventeen

And I'm short of the others' dreams of being golden and on top

"Some great warrior I'm turning out to be."

It's not what you painted in my head

There's so much there instead of all the colors that I saw

"All I ever wanted was to be a soldier. Serve the Autobot cause."

We all are living in a dream,

But life ain't what it seems

Oh everything's a mess

"We've also lost friends. We've even lost a world."

And all these sorrows I have seen

They lead me to believe

That everything's a mess

"...We did everything to save Cybertron...

But when the Fog finally lifted...there wasn't much left to save."

But I wanna dream

I wanna dream

Leave me to dream

"This isn't how I wanted you to see my home."

In the eyes

Of a teenage crystallized

Oh the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways of the home

"Arcee...this...this is amazing!"

And the cries from the strangers out at night

They don't keep us up at night

We have the curtains drawn and closed

"And you didn't think to tell us?"

We all are living in a dream,

But life ain't what it seems

Oh everything's a mess

"Megatron, what have you done?"

And all these sorrows I have seen

They lead me to believe

That everything's a mess

"But as he learned more about Cybertron's past, he grew increasingly concerned about the corruption in high places, and inequality among the masses."

But I wanna dream

I wanna dream

Leave me to dream

"But this is one time we get a do-over. We have a chance to bring back Cybertron, and everyone in this room needs to be in sync."

I know all your reasons

To keep me from seeing

Everything is actually a mess

"Miko, look away!"

"But-"

"Turn your head away!"

But now I am leaving

All of us were only dreaming

Everything is actually a mess

"In time, warfare consumed Cybertron, poisoning the planet to its very core."

We all are living in a dream

But life ain't what it seems

Oh everything's a mess

"His ambitions thwarted, Megatron spitefully severed all ties with Orion and the Council, and came to wage war on all who opposed him."

And all these sorrows I have seen

They lead me to believe

That everything's a mess

"The war for Cybertron reached a tipping point, and the Decepticon army appeared to be unstoppable."

But I wanna dream

I wanna dream

Leave me to dream...

I wanna dream

I wanna dream

Leave me to dream

"Cybertron..."

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Thanks to sydneykaija for her help for a few of the quotes :D

I know this is a weird style of writing, but it was kicking me in the feels and I had to continue. It's just a bunch of quotes to match the lyrics and it worked pretty well. This song just makes me thing of Transformers Prime whenever I think about it so I had to include it.

Kudos and an invisible cookie to anyone who can guess where all the quotes come from