Dream Theater

"...i need some pencils... [various samples, seemingly from ]
Will you be using 'em for company [flipping through news broadcasts.]
Business?...one eight hundred nine
Nine two...for cash back, see store for details...
Meeting rebel leaders, he says he also plans to thank
Russian soldiers for their work in chechnya...work better..."

People around here are driving me crazy
Watching them run is making me lazy
Trying to buy a place in my head
Selling me lines i've already read
Speaking my name to try to confuse me
Say it again you're starting to lose me

That's alright i'm okay
It happens every single day
It's all the same
But i'm not blind

Nevermind
It's either you or me
And i can't see the difference
You or me
I find that i can't see the difference

When are these changes going to stick
Eating my words is making me sick
Some of the time
I'm practically sacred
Reading my mind
Is leaving you naked
You'd rather give it away than receive it
One of these days i'm gonna believe it.

That's alright i'm okay
It happens every single day
It's all the same
But i'm not blind

Nevermind
It's either you or me
And i can't see the difference
You or me
I find that i can't see the difference

You or me
And i can't see the difference
You or me
I find that i can't see the difference

You or me
That's alright i'm okay
It happens every single day
And i can't see the difference
It's all the same
But i'm not blind
Nevermind
It's either
You or me
That's alright i'm okay
It happens every single day
I find that i can't see the difference
It's all the same
But i'm not blind

"...my position was that if anybody [right-channel samples from ???]
Who's a christian would go there,
They're not only aligning themselves to the demagogue,
They're aligning themselves to the antichrist! which
By the way, this man is an antichrist..."
"did you see the video?"
"i didn't need to see the video to call the guy an antichrist..."

"...if you can truly appreciate..." [left-channel samples from ???]

"...sins, so that we'll go to heaven [center-channel sample from ???]
Anyway. he came to save his people
From their sins."

Being round you is driving me crazy
Watching you run is making me lazy
You're trying to buy a place in my head
Telling me lines I've already read
Speaking my name to try to confuse me
Say it again you're starting to lose me

That's alright I'm okay
It happens every single day
It's all the same
But I'm not blind

It's all about you not me
It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give

It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me

You're building my prison brick by brick
Eating your words is making me sick
You get what you want
Cause nothing is sacred
You're reading my mind
And leaving me naked
You say I gotta give before I receive it
One of these days I'll believe it.

It's all about you not me
It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give

It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me

That's alright I'm okay
It happens every single day
It's all the same
But I'm not blind

It's all about you not me
It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give

It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me

Being round you is driving me crazy
Watching you run is making me lazy
You're trying to buy a place in my head
Telling me lines I've already read
Speaking my name to try to confuse me
Say it again you're starting to lose me

That's alright I'm okay
It happens every single day
It's all the same
But I'm not blind

It's all about you not me
It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give

It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me

You're building my prison brick by brick
Eating your words is making me sick
You get what you want
Cause nothing is sacred
You're reading my mind
And leaving me naked
You say I gotta give before I receive it
One of these days I'll believe it.

It's all about you not me
It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give

It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me

That's alright I'm okay
It happens every single day
It's all the same
But I'm not blind

It's all about you not me
It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give

It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me

Being round you is driving me crazy
Watching you run is making me lazy
Youre trying to buy a place in my head
Telling me lines Ive already read
Speaking my name to try to confuse me
Say it again youre starting to lose me

Thats alright Im okay
It happens every single day
Its all the same
But Im not blind

Its all about you not me
Its all about the things
That youre expecting me to be
Theres not enough time to live
And all that youre expecting me to give

Its all about you not me
Its all about you not me

Youre building my prison brick by brick
Eating your words is making me sick
You get what you want
Cause nothing is sacred
Youre reading my mind
And leaving me naked
You say I gotta give before I receive it
One of these days Ill believe it.

Its all about you not me
Its all about the things
That youre expecting me to be
Theres not enough time to live
And all that youre expecting me to give

Its all about you not me
Its all about you not me

Thats alright Im okay
It happens every single day
Its all the same
But Im not blind

Its all about you not me
Its all about the things
That youre expecting me to be
Theres not enough time to live
And all that youre expecting me to give

Its all about you not me
Its all about you not me
Its all about you not me

Let it out, let it out
내보내봐, 내보내봐
Fill the empty space
그 빈 공간을 채워봐
So insecure
너무나도 불안스러워
find the words
단어를 찾고
and let it out
그것을 내보내봐



Staring down, staring down
아래를 노려봐, 밑을 내려다봐
Nothing comes to mind
아무 것도 느껴지지가 않아
Find the place
자리를 찾아봐
turn the water into wine
물을 포도주로 바꾸어봐



But I feel I'm getting nowhere
하지만 난 아무것도 얻지 못하고 있음을 느껴
And I'll never see the end
아마 난 절대 끝을 볼 수 없을 것 같아



So I wither
그렇게 난 시들어버렸어
And render myself helpless
그리고 내 자신을 무기력하게 만들어버렸어
I give in
난 포기해버렸어
and everything is clear
그러자 모든 것이 선명해졌어
I breakdown
난 고장나버렸어
And let the story guide me
결국엔 이야기가 날 이끌어가게 했어



Turn it on
불을 켜봐
Turn it on
다시 켜봐
Let the feelings flow
감정이 흐르게 해보는 거야
Close your eyes
눈을 감아봐
See the ones you used to know
그리고 네가 알았던 사람들을 기억해봐



Open up
열어봐
Open up
한 번 열어봐
Don't struggle to relate
억지로 관계지으려고 하지 마
Lure it out
미끼로 낚아봐
Help the memory escape
기억이 탈출할 수 있게 도와줘봐



Still this barrenness consumes me
여전히 이 황폐함은 나를 갉아먹고 있어
And I feel like giving up
이제 난 포기할 것만 같은 기분을 느껴



So I wither
그렇게 난 시들어버렸어
And render myself helpless
그리고 내 자신을 무기력하게 만들어버렸어
I give in
난 포기해버렸어

and everything is clear
그러자 모든 것이 선명해졌어
I breakdown
난 고장나버렸어
And let the story guide me
결국엔 이야기가 날 이끌어가게 했어

I wither
난 시들어버렸어
And give myself away
그리고 내 모든 것을 드러내버렸어



Like reflections on the page
책장 위에 그려진 모습들과 마찬가지로
The world's what you create
이 세상도 네가 창조해간 거야



I drown in hesitation
망설임 속에 난 가라앉아 죽어가고
My words come crashing down
나의 단어들은 서로 충돌해 무너지고 있어
And all my best creations
나의 모든 최고의 창조물들이
Burning to the ground
불타올라 땅으로 돌아가고 있어
The thought of starting over
다시 시작해야 한다는 생각이
Leaves me paralyzed
날 완전히 정지시켜버렸지



Tear it out again
다시 한 번 찢어내자
Another one that got away
잘못된 또 다른 부분을..



So I wither
그렇게 난 시들어버렸어
And render myself helpless
그리고 내 자신을 무기력하게 만들어버렸어
I give in
난 포기해버렸어
and everything is clear
그러자 모든 것이 선명해졌어



So I wither
그렇게 난 시들어버렸어
And render myself helpless
그리고 내 자신을 무기력하게 만들어버렸어
I give in
난 포기해버렸어
and everything is clear
그러자 모든 것이 선명해졌어
I breakdown
난 고장나버렸어
And let the story guide me
결국엔 이야기가 날 이끌어가게 했어
I wither
난 시들어버렸어
And give myself away
그리고 내 모든 것을 드러내버렸어



Like reflections on the page
책장 위에 그려진 모습들과 마찬가지로
The world's what you create
이 세상 역시 네가 창조해간 거야

Standing by the window
Eyes upon the moon
Hoping that the memory will leave her spirit soon

She shuts the doors and lights
And lays her body on the bed
Where images and words are running deep
SHe has too much pride to pull the sheets above her head
So quietly she lays and waits for sleep

She stares at the ceiling
ANd tries not to think
ANd pictures the chain
SHe's been trying to link again
But the feeling is gone

And water can't cover her memory
And ashes can't answer her pain
God give me the power to take breath from a breeze
And call life from a cold metal frame

In with the ashes
Or up with the smoke from the fire
With wings up in heaven
Or here, lying in bed
Palm of her hand to my head
Now and forever curled in my heart
And the heart of the world

Standing by the window
Eyes upon the moon
Hoping that the memory
will leave her spirit soon
She shuts the doors and lights
And lays her body on the bed
Where images and words are
running deep
She has too much pride to pull
the sheets above her head
So quietly she lays and waits
for sleep

She stares at the ceiling
And tries not to think
And pictures the chain
She's been trying to link again
But the feeling is gone

And water can't cover her
memory
And ashes can't answer her
pain
God give me the power to take
breath from a breeze
And call life from a cold metal
frame

In with the ashes
Or up with the smoke from the
fire
With wings up in heaven
Or here, lying in bed
Palm of her hand to my head
Now and forever curled in my
heart
And the heart of the world

'Love, just don't stare'
He used to say to me
every Sunday morning
The spider in the window
The angel in the pool
The old man takes the poison
Now the widow makes the rules

'So speak, I'm right here'
She used to say to me
not a word, not a word
Judas on the ceiling
the Devil in my bed
I guess Easter's never coming
So I'll just wait inside my head

Like a scream but sort of silent
living off my nightmares

Voices repeating me
'Feeling threatened?
We reflect your hopes and fears.'
Voices discussing me
'Others steal your thoughts
they're not confined
within your mind.'

Thought disorder
Dream control
Now they read my mind on the radio
But where was the Garden of Eden?

I feel elated
I feel depressed
Sex is death, Death is sex
Says it right here on my Crucifix

Like a scream but sort of silent
living off my nightmares

Voices protecting me
'Good behavior
brings the Savior
to his knees.'
Voices rejecting me
'Others steal your thoughts
they're not confined
to your own mind.'

'I don't wanna be here, 'cause of my [Dialogue by rap artist Prix-mo ]
suffering, 'cause of my illness. [reading from the book 'Cultural ]
Only love is worth having, only [Revolution'. ]
love is what matters, loving every
people on equal terms. '
'You've got to know who you're
dealin' with because, like a stranger,
a-heh, just might come in through
here with a gun... and then, what
would you do? (Heh.)'
'Everything is immaterial...'
''n' you know that reality is immaterial.'
'This is not reality...'

I'm kneeling on the floor
staring at the wall
like the spider in the window
I wish that I could speak
Is there fantasy in refuge?
God in politicians?
Should I turn on my religion?
These demons in my head tell me to

I'm lying here in bed
Swear my skin is inside out
Just another Sunday morning

Seen my diary on the newsstand
Seems we've lost the truth to quicksand
It's a shame no one is praying
'Cause these voices in my head
keep saying...

'Love, just don't stare.'
'Reveal the Word when you're
supposed to'
Withdrawn and introverted
Infectiously perverted
'Being laughed at and confused
keeps us pleasantly amused
enough to stay.'

Maybe I'm just Cassandra fleeting
Twentieth century Icon bleeding
Willing to risk Salvation
to escape from isolation

I'm witness to redemption
heard you speak but never listened
Can you rid me of my secrets?
Deliver us from Darkness?

Voices repeating me
'Feeling threatened?
We reflect your hopes and fears.'
Voices discussing me
Don't expect your own Messiah
This neverworld which you desire
is only in your mind.

Love just don't stare
He used to say to me
every Sunday morning
The spider in the window
The angel in the pool
The old man takes the poison
Now the widow makes the rules

So speak I'm right here
She used to say to me
not a word not a word
Judas on the ceiling
the Devil in my bed
I guess Easter's never coming
So I'll just wait
inside my head

Like a scream
but sort of silent
living off my nightmares
Voices repeating me
Feeling threatened
We reflect your
hopes and fears
Voices discussing me
Others steal your thoughts
they're not confined
within your mind

Thought disorder
Dream control
Now they read
my mind on the radio
But where was
the Garden of Eden
I feel elated
I feel depressed
Sex is death Death is sex
Says it right
here on my Crucifix
Like a scream
but sort of silent
living off my nightmares
Voices protecting me
Good behavior
brings the Savior
to his knees
Voices rejecting me
Others steal your thoughts
they're not confined
to your own mind
I don't wanna be here
'cause of my
suffering
'cause of my illness
Only love is worth having
only love is what matters
loving every
people on equal terms
You've got to know who you're
dealin' with because
like a stranger
a heh just might come in through
here with a gun and then what
would you do
Everything is immaterial
n' you know that reality
is immaterial
This is not reality

I'm kneeling on the floor
staring at the wall
like the spider in the window
I wish that I could speak
Is there fantasy in refuge
God in politicians
Should I turn on my religion
These demons
in my head tell me to

I'm lying here in bed
Swear my skin is inside out
Just another Sunday morning
Seen my diary on the newsstand
Seems we've lost the
truth to quicksand
It's a shame no one is praying
'Cause these voices in my head
keep saying
Love just don't stare
Reveal the Word when you're
supposed to
Withdrawn and introverted
Infectiously perverted
'Being laughed at and confused
keeps us pleasantly amused
enough to stay

Maybe I'm
just Cassandra fleeting
Twentieth century
Icon bleeding
Willing to risk Salvation
to escape from isolation
I'm witness to redemption
heard you speak
but never listened
Can you rid me of my secrets
Deliver us from Darkness

Voices repeating me
Feeling threatened
We reflect your hopes and fears
Voices discussing me
Don't expect your own Messiah
This neverworld which you desire
is only in your mind

tell me
remind me
chase the waterracing from the sky
always beside me
taste the memories running form my eyes
nervous flashlights scan my dreams
liquid shadows silence their screams
i smile at the moon
chasing water from the sky
i argue with the clouds
stealing beaury from my eyes
outside the soundness of your mind
bathing your soul in silver tears
beneath a blackened summer sky
praying for time to disappear
beneath a summmer sky
under glass moonlight
night awaits the lamb's arrival
liquid shadows crawl
silver readrops fall
the bride subsides to her survival

It's Raining
Under the sun, there is nothing to hide
Under the moon, a stranger waits inside
People disappear
The music fades away
Splashing through the rain
I'll dream with them one day

It's raining, raining,
On the streets of New York City
It's raining, raining, raining, deep in heaven

I may have wasted all those years
They're not worth their time in tears
I may have spent too long in darkness
In the warmth of my fears

Take a look at yourself
Not at anyone else
And tell me what you see
I know the air is cold
I know the streets are cruel
But I'll enjoy the ride today

It's raining, raining,
On the streets of New York City
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
Raining deep in heaven

I may have wasted all those years
They're not worth their time in tears
I may have spent too long in darkness
In the warmth of my fears

As I walk through all my myths
Rising and sinking like the waves
With my thoughts wrapped around me
Through a trial of tears

Hidden by disguise, stumbling in a world
Feeling uninspired, he gets into his car
Not within his eyes to see, open up, open up
Not much better than the man you hate

Deep In Heaven (instrumental)

The Wasteland
Still awake
I continue to move along
Cultivating my own nonsense
Welcome to the wasteland
Where you'll find ashes, nothing but ashes
Still awake
Bringing change, bringing movement, bringing life
A silent prayer thrown away,
Disappearing in the air
Rising, sinking, raining deep inside me
Nowhere to turn,
I look for a way back home

It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven

It's Raining
Under the sun, there is nothing to hide
Under the moon, a stranger waits inside
People disappear
The music fades away
Splashing through the rain
I'll dream with them one day

It's raining, raining,
On the streets of New York City
It's raining, raining, raining, deep in heaven

I may have wasted all those years
They're not worth their time in tears
I may have spent too long in darkness
In the warmth of my fears

Take a look at yourself
Not at anyone else
And tell me what you see
I know the air is cold
I know the streets are cruel
But I'll enjoy the ride today

It's raining, raining,
On the streets of New York City
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
Raining deep in heaven

I may have wasted all those years
They're not worth their time in tears
I may have spent too long in darkness
In the warmth of my fears

As I walk through all my myths
Rising and sinking like the waves
With my thoughts wrapped around me
Through a trial of tears

Hidden by disguise, stumbling in a world
Feeling uninspired, he gets into his car
Not within his eyes to see, open up, open up
Not much better than the man you hate

Deep In Heaven (instrumental)

The Wasteland
Still awake
I continue to move along
Cultivating my own nonsense
Welcome to the wasteland
Where you'll find ashes, nothing but ashes
Still awake
Bringing change, bringing movement, bringing life
A silent prayer thrown away,
Disappearing in the air
Rising, sinking, raining deep inside me
Nowhere to turn,
I look for a way back home

It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven

He is the king of all the land
In the Kingdom of the sands
Of a time tomorrow.

He rules the sandworms and the Fremen
In a land amongst the stars
Of an age tomorrow.

He is destined to be a King
He rules over everything
On the land called planet Dune.

Bodywater is your life
And without it you would die
On the desert the planet Dune.

Without a stillsuit you would fry
On the sands so hot and dry
In a world called Arrakis.

It is a land that's rich in spice
The sandriders and the "mice"
That they call the "Muad'Dib".

He is the Kwizatz Haderach.
He is born of Caladan
And will take the Gom Jabbar.

He has the power to foresee
Or to look into the past
He is the ruler of the stars

The time will come for him
to lay claim his crown,
And then the foe yes
they'll be cut down,
You'll see he'll be the
best that there's been,
Messiah supreme
true leader of men,
And when the time
for judgement's at hand
Don't fret he's strong
and he'll make a stand,
Against evil and fire
That spreads through the land,
He has the power
to make it all end.

MUSIC % LYRICS BY JOHN PETRUCCI

Nicholas:

All your eyes have ever seen
All you've ever heard
Is etched upon my memory
Is spoken through my words

All that I take with me
Is all you've left behind
We're sharing one eternity
Living in two minds
Linked by an endless thread
Impossible to break

Nicholas:
She never really had a chance
On that fateful moonlit night
Sacrificed without a fight
A victim of her circumstance
Now that I've become aware
AND I've exposed this tragedy
A sadness grows inside of me
It all seems so unfair
I'm learning all about my life
By looking through her eyes
Just beyond the churchyard gates
Where the grass is overgrown
I saw the writing on her stone
I felt like I would suffocate
Inloving memory of our child
So innocent, eyes open wide
I felt so empty as I cried
Like part of me had died
I'm learning all about my life
By looking through her eyes
And as her image
Wandered through my head
I wept just like a baby
As I lay awake in bed
And I know what it's LIKE
TO lose someone you love
AND this felt just the same
She wasn't given any choice
Desperation stole her voice
I've been given so much more in life
I've got a son, I've got a wife
I had TO suffer ONE LAST TIME
TO grieve FOR her AND say goodbye
Relive the anguish of my past
TO find OUT who I was AT LAST
The door has opened wide
I'm turning with the tide
Looking through her eyes

[Music by John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess, Lyrics by John Petrucci]



In the heart of your most solemn barren night

When your soul's turned inside out

Have you questioned all the madness you invite?

What your life is all about



Some of us choose to live gracefully

Some can get caught in the maze

And lose their way home

This is the life we belong to

Our gift divine



Have you ever wished that you were someone else?

Traded places in your mind

It's only a waste of your time



Some of us choose to live gracefully

Some can get caught in the maze

And lose their way home

This is the life we belong to

Our gift divine



Feed the illusion you dream about

Cast out the monsters inside

Life begins with an empty slate

Fragile left in the hands of fate

Driven by love and crushed by hate

Until the day the gift is gone

And shadows remain



Some of us choose to live gracefully

Some can get caught in the maze

And lose their way home

Memories will fade

Time races on

What will they say after you're gone?

This is the life we belong to

Our gift divine

Our gift divine


secretys님께서 등록해주신 가사입니다.

Hello, Mirror -
so glad to see you my friend,
it's been a while
Searching, Fearless -
where do I begin to heal this wound of self-
denial

Face yourself man!
Brace yourself and trace your hell back

You've been blinded,
living lie a one way cold existence all the while
Now it's time to stare the problem right
between the eyes you long lost child

I wanna feel your body breaking
Wanna feel your body breaking
and shaking and left in the cold
I want to heal your conscience making
a change o fix this dying soul

Born into this world a broken home
Surrounded by love yet all alone
Forced into a life that's split in two
A mother and a father both pulling you

Then you had to deal with loss and death
Everybody thinking they know best
Coping with this shit at such an age
Can only fill a kid with pain and rage

Family disease pumped through your blood
Never had the chance you thought you could
Running all the while with no escape
Turning all that pain in to blame and hate

Living on your own by twenty one
Not a single care and having fun
Consuming all the life in front of you
Burning out the fuse and smoking the residue

Possessive obsessions selfish childish games
Vengeful resentments
Passing all the blame
Living out a life of decadence
Acing without thought of consequence
Spreading all your lies from coast to coast
While spitting on the ones that matter most

Running power mad with no control
Fighting for the credit they once stole
No one can ever tell you what to do
Ruling other's lives while the can't stand the thought of you

A living reflection seen from miles away
A hopeless affliction having run astray

I wanna feel your body breaking
Wanna feel your body breaking
and shaking and left in the cold
I want to heal your conscience making
a change o fix this dying soul

Now that you can see all you have done
It's time to take that step into the kingdom
All your sins will only make you strong
And help you break right through the prison wall

Come to me my friend (Listen to me)
I'll help this torture end (Help to set me free)
Let your ego go (I can't carry this load)
You can't go through this alone
(I feel so hopeless and exposed)
You'll find your peace of mind (Give me some direction)
You can no longer hide (Break out of this isolation)
Let humility (Openness, honesty)
And become what you can be (A healing tranquility)

Help me
Save me
Heal me
I can't break out of this prison all alone

These tormenting ghosts of yesterday
Will vanish when exposed
You can't hold onto your secrets
They'll only send you back alone

Your fearless admissions
Will help expel your destructive obsessions
With my help I know you can
Be at one with God and man

Hear me
Believe me
Take me
I'm ready to break right through this prison wall

Feelin' sick once again
I'd give anything
To be back home
Safe and warm inside

I can't stand the crowds
Or the smell that surrounds me
The cloth and key
Still preach chastity

Take me back so i can see
The way it used to be

I lay down and enter a dream
Unlike anywhere i've been
All is silent and sweet

Then i'm falling down to the ground
And i'm lost from what i've found
Can't stand the sounds no more

Take me back so i can see
The way it used to be
The way it used to be

Move me from the water
Too cold to swim
Bring me to the land
Move me from the water
That i see within
Bring me to the land

Radio waves
Splash through my head
To a rhythm that i crave
Radio waves
Relive the moment
Seems like yesterday

Take me back to twelve mile bay
Where i'll sit at the edge with my feet in the water
Take me back as the sun fades away
Break down the walls so i can breathe

Move me from the water
Too cold to swim
Bring me to the land
Move me from the water
That i see within
Bring me to the land

Move me from the water
Too cold to swim
Bring me to the land
Move me from the water
That i see within

The way it used to be
The way it used to be

Move me from the water
Too cold to swim
Bring me to the land
Move me from the water
That i see within
Bring me to the land

Move me from the water
Too cold to swim
Bring me to the land
Move me from the water
That i see within

Where did we come from?
Why are we here?
Where do we go when we die?
What lies beyond
And what lay before?
Is anything certain in life?

They say, "Life is too short,"
"The here and the now"
And "You're only given one shot"
But could there be more,
Have I lived before,
Or could this be all that we've got?

If I die tomorrow
I'd be allright
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on

I used to be frightened of dying
I used to think death was the end
But that was before
I'm not scared anymore
I know that my soul will transcend

I may never find all the answers
I may never understand why
I may never prove
What I know to be true
But I know that I still have to try

If I die tomorrow
I'd be allright
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on

Victoria:
"Move on, be brave
Don't weep at my grave
Because I am no longer here
But please never let
Your memory of me disappear"

Nicholas:
Safe in the light that surrounds me
Free of the fear and the pain
My questioning mind
Has helped me to find
The meaning in my life again
Victoria's real
I finally feel
At peace with the girl in my dreams
And now that I'm here
It's perfectly clear
I found out what all of this means

If I die tomorrow
I'd be allright
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on

A question well served,
'Is silence like a fever?'
'A voice never heard?'
'Or a message with no receiver?'

Pray they won't ask
Behind the stained glass
There's always one more mask

Has man been a victim
of his woman, of his father?
if he elects not to bother,
will he suffocate their faith?

Desperate to fall
Behind the Great Wall
That separates us all

When there is reason
Tonight I'm Awake
when there's no answer
Arrive the Silent Man

If there is balance
tonight He's Awake
If they have to suffer
There lies the Silent Man

Sin without deceivers
A God with no believers
I could sail by
on the Winds of Silence
And maybe they won't notice
But this time I think
It'd be better if I swim

When there is reason
Tonight I'm Awake
When there's no answer
Arrive the Silent Man
If there's balance
Tonight he's Awake
If they have to suffer
There lies the Silent Man

A question well served,
'Is silence like a fever?'
'A voice never heard?'
'Or a message with no receiver?'

Pray they won't ask
Behind the stained glass
There's always one more mask

Has man been a victim
of his woman, of his father?
if he elects not to bother,
will he suffocate their faith?

Desperate to fall
Behind the Great Wall
That separates us all

When there is reason
Tonight I'm Awake
when there's no answer
Arrive the Silent Man

If there is balance
tonight He's Awake
If they have to suffer
There lies the Silent Man

Sin without deceivers
A God with no believers
I could sail by
on the Winds of Silence
And maybe they won't notice
But this time I think
It'd be better if I swim

When there is reason
Tonight I'm Awake
When there's no answer
Arrive the Silent Man
If there is balance
Tonight he's Awake
But if they have to suffer
There lies the Silent Man

[X. Restraint]

Freedom calls my name
Serenity keeps me sane
Happiness -- it dulls the pain
Honest to see my place

Open to other ways
Willingness to understand
Justice but do not judge
Courtesy for others' flaws

Kindness -- it's not that hard
Self-restraint of tongue and pen
Inventory -- my daily friend
Analysis let down your guard

Look in the mirror
What do you see?
The shattered fortress
That once bound me

Faithful ascent, through darkest fires
I've found the path to take me higher

You're smart enough for me to trust go live your life now
Just keep these steps in your life and you'll know how
If you're not sure, ask yourself,
"Have I done to them as I would have them do to me?"

Look in the mirror
What's that you see?
The shattered fortress
Fly now be free

Faithful ascent, through darkest fires
I've found the path to take me higher

I once thought it better to be right
But now I have finally seen the light
Sometimes you've got to be wrong
And learn from mistakes
I live with serenity now
Not self-righteous hate

[XI. Receive]

(Help me be a channel of Thy peace
That where there is hatred, I may bring love;
That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
That where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
That where there is error, I may bring truth;
That where there is doubt, I may bring faith)

Now that you can see all you have done
(That where there is despair, I may bring hope;
That where there are shadows, I may bring light)

It's time to take that step into the kingdom
(That where there is sadness, I may bring joy)

All your sins will help to make you strong
(That I may seek rather to comfort, than to be comforted.
That I may seek to understand than to be understood)

And help you break right through the prison wall
(That I may seek to love, rather than to be loved,
for it is by self-forgetting that one finds,
it is by forgiving that one is forgiven)

Keep all of me,
The desires that once burned me deep inside
Help me live today
And help to give me grace
To carry out your ways

I am ready, help me be all I can be
I am ready, help guide me and keep me free

[XII. Responsible]

I am responsible when anyone, anywhere
Reaches out for help, I want my hand to be there
I am responsible when anyone, anywhere
Reaches out for help, I want my hand to be there

[Dedicated to Bill W. and all of his friends]

It was an April morning
When they told us we should go
And as I turned to you
You smiled at me
How could they say no?

All the fun to have
To live the dreams we always had
Oh the songs to sing
When we at last return again, yeah

Sending off a glancing kiss
To those who claim they know
Know the streets a seaman he's
The devil in his hole

Oh to sail away
Sailing lands and other days
Oh to touch the dream
Hides inside and never seen, yeah

Into the sun the south the north
Lies the first of hope
Shackles of commitments fell
In pieces on the ground

Oh to ride the wind
To tread the air above the din
Oh to laugh aloud
Dancing as we fought the crowd, yeah

To seek the man whose pointing hand
The giant step unfolds
With guidance from the curving path
That churns up into stone

If one bell should ring
In celebration for a king
So fast the heart should beat
As proud the head with heavy feet, yeah

Oh, yeah
Here we go
Wanted to know, oh

Sing out Hare, Hare, oh
Dance the Hoochie Koo
The city lights oh so bright,
As we go sliding, sliding, sliding, sliding through.

Watching my window I was led like a child
As the roadway lamplights
misguided my mind through the night
a shadow of limits
We were racing the rain
my hands held the wheel
My eyes tried to hold their place

there must have been a time
when I thought that you were watching
It had to be when my senses lost control
I thought I'd slipped away
I thought I could still feel us moving
It must have been a cloud
no bigger than a man's hand

Every reason I risk my life
To come back to you
Is locked behind your door
You're my immunity
Outside I watched you burn
Heavy hearts were bleeding
A cry for help, a familiar voice
My melting hands streaked the glass

As I walked away
I wondered what had really happened
had I run out of time
did I push myself too far
As my last step fell
I felt my hands upon the wheel
had I come back to life
or did I ever leave at all
In higher lives
We seem to be
always a moment too late
We're past the time
when we looked on
Now we're
THE ONES WHO HELP TO SET THE SUN
this time for real
I locked the door behind me
My mind was still a wreck
from what I saw
For when my hands are still
I'll recognize the message
never again will my senses lose control
In higher lives
We seem to be
Always a moment too late
We're past the time
when we looked on
Now we're
THE ONES WHO HELP TO SET THE SUN

Temptation-
why won't you leave me alone?
Lurking Every Corner, everywhere I go
-Self Control-
Don't turn your back on me now
When I need you most
Constant pressure tests my will
My will or my wont
My Self Control escapes from me still ....

Hypocrite-
How could you be so cruel
and expect my faith in return?
-Resistance-
Is not as hard as it seems
When you close the door

I spent so long trusting in you
I trust you forgot
Just when I thought I believed in you...

It's time for me to deal
Becoming all too real living in fear,-
Why did you lie and pretend?
This has come to an end
I'll never trust you again
It's time you made your amends
Look in the mirror my friend

Let's stare the problem right in the eye
It's plagued me from coast to coast
Racing the clock to please everyone
All but the one who matters the most

Reflections of reality
are slowly coming into view
How in the hell could you possibly forgive me?
After the hell I put you through

It's time for me to deal
Becoming all too real
living in fear
Why'd I betray my friend?
Lying until the end
Living life so pretend
It's time to make my amends
I'll never hurt you again

Temptation-
why won't you leave me alone?
Lurking Every Corner, everywhere I go
-Self Control-
Don't turn your back on me now
When I need you most
Constant pressure tests my will
My will or my wont
My Self Control escapes from me still ....

Hypocrite-
How could you be so cruel
and expect my faith in return?
-Resistance-
Is not as hard as it seems
When you close the door

I spent so long trusting in you
I trust you forgot
Just when I thought I believed in you...

It's time for me to deal
Becoming all too real living in fear,-
Why did you lie and pretend?
This has come to an end
I'll never trust you again
It's time you made your amends
Look in the mirror my friend

Let's stare the problem right in the eye
It's plagued me from coast to coast
Racing the clock to please everyone
All but the one who matters the most

Reflections of reality
are slowly coming into view
How in the hell could you possibly forgive me?
After the hell I put you through

It's time for me to deal
Becoming all too real
living in fear
Why'd I betray my friend?
Lying until the end
Living life so pretend
It's time to make my amends
I'll never hurt you again

Temptation-
why won't you leave me alone?
Lurking Every Corner, everywhere I go
-Self Control-
Don't turn your back on me now
When I need you most
Constant pressure tests my will
My will or my wont
My Self Control escapes from me still ....

Hypocrite-
How could you be so cruel
and expect my faith in return?
-Resistance-
Is not as hard as it seems
When you close the door

I spent so long trusting in you
I trust you forgot
Just when I thought I believed in you...

It's time for me to deal
Becoming all too real living in fear,-
Why did you lie and pretend?
This has come to an end
I'll never trust you again
It's time you made your amends
Look in the mirror my friend

Let's stare the problem right in the eye
It's plagued me from coast to coast
Racing the clock to please everyone
All but the one who matters the most

Reflections of reality
are slowly coming into view
How in the hell could you possibly forgive me?
After the hell I put you through

It's time for me to deal
Becoming all too real
living in fear
Why'd I betray my friend?
Lying until the end
Living life so pretend
It's time to make my amends
I'll never hurt you again

The Observance
An Angel's kiss now fallen
Descending scarlet cuts the sky
Faded names left on the wall
Honor the fighting leave life to die
Remembered is the sacrifice but
No praisal of blood still flowing
Who were the leaders?
what controlled the Killing Hand
that caused this mourning?
Crossing over...

Ancient Renewal
Lowered deep into the sea
Being awaits to cleanse his soul
senses weakening time is still
Motionless by stiffening cold

The wheels race back and
Scorch his mind
Traveling all to find the land
Revelation warms a touch
And now, he will begin to
Understand

The Stray Seed
Extended a view to yesterday
Manifestation for none the same
Walking amidst a frightening still
No sound, no smoke, no scorching
Flames
He is risen...

Sipping his poison the raven sings
Yet another to add more bodies fallen
King from below
this one controls
the Killing Hand that caused this mourning.
Is it all over?
Is it all over?

Thorns
Evil genius this secret plan
Mercy dealt with the losing hand
Will he ever fall?
Can he end it all?
Our savior must make his stand.

Only a Prophet of years to come
Wanting mortality I'm all alone
He heard my voice
It was my choice
I've stopped the Killing Hand.

Exodus
When I go back again
Will it be the same?
I've stopped the cries
But now they know my name

The sea is calling me
my spirit must return
As I get closer,
was it really worth
what I have learned?

I'm in the valley
And the saddened chimes I hear
Race toward the wall to find
one more name appears.

No one is left now
my one and only land
I laugh at what I've done
I am the Killing Hand.

What if someone said
Promise lies ahead
Hopes are high in certain scientific circles
Life won't have to end
You could walk again

What if someone said
Problems lie ahead
They've uncovered something highly controversial
The right to life is strong
Can't you see it's wrong

Human kind has reached a turning point
Poised for conflict at ground zero
Ready for a war
Do we look to our unearthly guide
Or to white coat heroes
Searching for a cure

Turn to the light
Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates
Turn to the light
Turning away would be a terrible mistake

Anarchistic moral vision
Industries of death
Facing violent opposition
Unmolested breaths

Ethic inquisitions breed
Antagonistic views
Right wing sound bite premonitions
In a labyrinth of rules

Are you justified
Are you justified
Are you justified
Justified in taking
Life to save life
Life to save life
Taking life to save life

This embryonic clay
Wrapped in fierce debate
Would be thrown away
Or otherwise discarded

Some of us believe
It may hold the key
To treatment of disease
And secrets highly guarded

Are you justified
Are you justified
Are you justified
Justified in taking
Life to save life
Life to save life
Life to save life

Human kind has reached a turning point
Poised for conflict at ground zero
Ready for a war
Do we look to our unearthly guide
Or to white coat heroes
Searching for the cure

Turn to the light
Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates
Turn to the light
Turning away would be a terrible mistake

We're reaching
But have we gone too far

Harvesting existence
Only to destroy
Carelessly together
We are sliding

Someone else's future
Four days frozen still
Someone else's fate
We are deciding

Miracle potential
Sanctity of life
Faced against each other
We're divided

Should we push the boundaries
Or should we condemn
Moral guilt and science
Have collided

Turn to the light
We defy our own mortality these days
Turn to the light
Pay attention to the questions we have raised

Cunning, Baffling, Powerful
Been beaten to a pulp
Vigorous, Irresistable
Sick and tired and laid low
Dominating, Invisible
Black-out, loss of control
Overwhelming, Unquenchable
I'm powerless, have to let go

I can't escape it
It leaves me frail and worn
Can no longer take it
Senses tattered and torn

Hopeless surrender
Obsession's got me beat
Losing the will to live
Admitting complete defeat

Fatal Descent
Spinning around
I've gone too far
To turn back round

Desperate attempt
Stop the progression
At any length
Lift this obsession

Crawling to my glass prison
A place where no one knows
My secret lonely world begins

So much safer here
A place where I can go
To forget about my daily sins

Life here in my glass prison
A place I once called home
Fall in nocturnal bliss again

Chasing a long lost friend
I no longer can control
Just waiting for this hopelessness to end

Run ?fast from the wreckage of the past
A shattered glass prison wall behind me
Fight ?past walking through the ashes
A distant oasis before me

Cry ?desperate crawling on my knees
Begging God to please stop the insanity
Help me ?I'm trying to believe
Stop wallowing in my own self pity

"We've been waiting for you my friend
The writing's been on the wall
All it takes is a little faith
You know you're the same as us all"

Help me ?I can't break out this prison all alone
Save me ?I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own
Heal me ?I can't restore my sanity alone

Enter the door
Desperate
Fighting no more
Help me restore
To my sanity
At this temple of hope

I need to learn
Teach me how
Sorrow to burn
Help me return
To humanity
I'll be fearless and thorough
The enter this temple of hope

Believe
Transcend the pain
Living the live
Humility
Opened my eyes
This new odyssey
Of rigorous honesty

Serenity
I never knew
Soundness of mind
Helped me to find
Courage the change
All the things that I can

"We'll help you perform this miracle
But you must set your past free
You dug the hole, but you can't bury your soul
Open your mind and you will see"

Help me ?I can't break out this prison all alone
Save me ?I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own
Heal me ?I can't restore my sanity alone

Way off in the distance I saw the door
I tried to open
I tried forcing with all of my will and still
The door wouldn't open

Unable to trust in my faith
I turned and walked away
I looked around, felt a chill in the air
Took my will and turned it over

The glass prison which once held me is now gone
A long lost fortress
Armed only with liberty
And the key of my willingness

Fell down on my knees and prayed
"Thy will be done"
I turned around, saw a light shining through
The door was wide open

Cunning, Baffling, Powerful
Been beaten to a pulp
Vigorous, Irresistable
Sick and tired and laid low
Dominating, Invisible
Black-out, loss of control
Overwhelming, Unquenchable
I'm powerless, have to let go

I can't escape it
It leaves me frail and worn
Can no longer take it
Senses tattered and torn

Hopeless surrender
Obsession's got me beat
Losing the will to live
Admitting complete defeat

Fatal Descent
Spinning around
I've gone too far
To turn back round

Desperate attempt
Stop the progression
At any length
Lift this obsession

Crawling in my glass prison
A place where no one knows
My secret lonely world begins

So much safer here
A place where I can go
To forget about my daily sins

Life here in my glass prison
A place I once called home
Fall in nocturnal bliss again

Chasing a long lost friend
I no longer can control
Just waiting for this hopelessness to end

II. Restoration

Run? fast from the wreckage of the past
A shattered glass prison wall behind me
Fight? past walking through the ashes
A distant oasis before me

Cry? desperate crawling on my knees
Begging God to please stop the insanity
Help me? I'm trying to believe
Stop wallowing in my own self pity

"We've been waiting for you my friend
The writing's been on the wall
All it takes is a little faith
You know you're the same as us all"

Help me? I can't break out this prison all alone
Save me? I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own
Heal me? I can't restore my sanity alone

Enter the door
Desperate
Fighting no more
Help me restore
To my sanity
At this temple of hope

I need to learn
Teach me how
Sorrow to burn
Help me return
To humanity
I'll be fearless and thorough
The enter this temple of hope

Believe
Transcend the pain
Living the live
Humility
Opened my eyes
This new odyssey
Of rigorous honesty

Serenity
I never know
Soundness of mind
Helped me to find
Courage the change
All the things that I can

"We'll help you perform this miracle
But you must set your past free
You dog the hole, but you can't bury your soul
Open your mind and you will see"

Help me? I can't break out this prison all alone
Save me? I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own
Heal me? I can't restore my sanity alone

III. Revelation

Way off in the distance I saw the door
I tried to open
I tried forcing with all of my will and still
The door wouldn't open

Unable to trust in my faith
I turned and walked away
I looked around, felt a chill in the air
Took my will and turned it over

The glass prison which once held me is now gone
A long lost fortress
Armed only with liberty
And the key of my willingness

Fell down on my knees and prayed
"Thy will be done"
I turned around, saw a light shining through
The door was wide open