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Dream Theater - Solitary Shell Lyrics

Dream Theater - Solitary Shell Video

She can't stop pacing
She never felt so alive
Her thoughts are racing
Set on overdrive
 
It takes a village
This she knows is true
They're expecting her
And she's got work to do
 
He helplessly stands by
It's meaningless to try
As he rubs his red-rimmed eyes
He says I've never seen her get this bad
 
Even though she seems so high
He knows that she can't fly
And when she falls out of the sky
He'll be standing by
 
She was raised in a small midwestern town
By a charming and eccentric loving father
She was praised as the perfect teenage girl
And everyone thought highly of her
 
And she tried everyday
With endless drive
To make the grade
Then one day
She woke up to find
The perfect girl
Had lost her mind
 
Once barely taking a break
Now she sleeps the days away
She helplessly stands by
It's meaningless to try
And all she wants to do is cry
No one ever knew she was so sad
 
'Cause even though she gets so high
And thinks that she can fly
She will fall out of the sky
But in the face of misery
She found hopefulness
Feeling better
She had weathered
This depression
 
Much to her advantage
She resumed her frantic pace
Boundless power
Midnight hour
She enjoyed the race
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Dream Theater - The Test That Stumped Them All Lyrics

Dream Theater - The Test That Stumped Them All Video

She can't stop pacing
She never felt so alive
Her thoughts are racing
Set on overdrive
 
It takes a village
This she knows is true
They're expecting her
And she's got work to do
 
He helplessly stands by
It's meaningless to try
As he rubs his red-rimmed eyes
He says I've never seen her get this bad
 
Even though she seems so high
He knows that she can't fly
And when she falls out of the sky
He'll be standing by
 
She was raised in a small midwestern town
By a charming and eccentric loving father
She was praised as the perfect teenage girl
And everyone thought highly of her
 
And she tried everyday
With endless drive
To make the grade
Then one day
She woke up to find
The perfect girl
Had lost her mind
 
Once barely taking a break
Now she sleeps the days away
She helplessly stands by
It's meaningless to try
And all she wants to do is cry
No one ever knew she was so sad
 
'Cause even though she gets so high
And thinks that she can fly
She will fall out of the sky
But in the face of misery
She found hopefulness
Feeling better
She had weathered
This depression
 
Much to her advantage
She resumed her frantic pace
Boundless power
Midnight hour
She enjoyed the race
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Dream Theater - The Spirit Carries On Lyrics

Dream Theater - The Spirit Carries On Video

Nicholas:
(Present)
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 all right
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 all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on
 
Victoria:
(Present)
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:
(Present)
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 all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on
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Dream Theater - Space-dye Vest Lyrics

Dream Theater - Space-dye Vest Video

Falling through pages of Martens on angels
Feeling my heart pull west
I saw the future dressed as a stranger
Love in a space-dye vest
 
Love is an act of blood and I'm bleeding
A pool in the shape of a heart
Beauty projection in the reflection
Always the worst way to start
 
But he's the sort who can't know anyone intimately, least of all a woman
He doesn't know what a woman is
He wants you for a possession, something to look at like a painting or an ivory box
Something to own and to display
He doesn't want you to be real, or to think or to live
He doesn't love you, but I love you
I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and feelings, even when I hold you in my arms
It's our last chance... It's our last chance...
 
Now that you're gone I'm trying to take it
Learning to swallow the rage
Found a new girl I think we can make it
As long as she stays on the page
 
This is not how I want it to end
And I'll never be open again
 
...I was gonna move out...ummm...get,
Get a job, get my own place, ummm,
But... I go into the mall where I want to work and they tell me, I'm,
I was too young...
 
Some people, gave advice before, about facing the facts, about facing reality
And this is, this, without a doubt, is his biggest challenge ever
He's going to have to face it
You're gonna have to try, he's gonna to have to try and, uh, and, and, and get some help here
I mean no one can say they know how he feels.
 
That, so they say that, in ya know, like, Houston or something
You'd say it's a hundred and eighty degrees, but it's a dry heat
In Houston they say that?
Oh, maybe not. I'm all mixed up
Dry until they hit the swimming pool.
 
...I get up with the sun... Listen
You have your own room to sleep in
I don't care what you do. I don't care when
That door gets locked, that door gets locked at night by nine o'clock
If you're not in this house by nine o'clock
Then you'd better find some place to sleep
Because you're not going to be a bum in this house
Supper is ready...
 
There's no one to take my blame
If they wanted to
There's nothing to keep me sane
And it's all the same to you
There's nowhere to set my aim
So I'm everywhere
Never come near me again
Do you really think I need you?
 
I'll never be open again
I could never be open again
I'll never be open again
I could never be open again
 
And I'll smile and I'll learn to pretend
And I'll never be open again
And I'll have no more dreams to defend
And I'll never be open again
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Dream Theater - As I Am Lyrics

Dream Theater - As I Am Video

Don't
Tell me what's in
Tell me how to write
Don't tell me how to win
This fight
Isn't your life
It isn't your right
To take the only thing that's
Mine
Proven over time
It's over your head
Don't try to read between the
Lines
Are clearly defined
Never lose sight of
Something you believe in
 
Takin' in the view from
The outside
Feeling like the underdog
Watching through the
Window I'm on the outside
Living like the underdog
 
I've been trying
To justify you
In the end
I will just defy you
 
To those who understand
I extend my hand
To the doubtful I demand
Take me as I am
 
Not under your command
I know where I stand
I won't change to fit your plan
Take me as I am
As I am
 
Still
Running up hill
Swimming against the current
I wish I weren't so
Fucked
Feels like I'm stuck
Lost in a sea of mediocrity
Slow down
You're thinking too much
Where is your soul?
You can not touch
The way I
Play
Or tell me what to say
You're in the way
Of all that I believe in
 
Takin' in the view from
The outside
Feeling like the underdog
Watching through the
Window I'm on the outside
Living like the underdog
 
I've been wasting my breath
On you
Open minds will descend
Upon you
 
To those who understand
I extend my hand
To the doubtful I demand
Take me as I am
 
Not under your command
I know where I stand
I won't change to fit your plan
Take me as I am
 
To those who understand
I extend my hand
To the doubtful I demand
Take me as I am
 
Not under your command
I know where I stand
I won't change to fit your plan
Take me as I am
As I am
Yeah
As I am
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Dream Theater - Take Away My Pain Lyrics

Dream Theater - Take Away My Pain Video

I was sitting on the edge of his bed
Staring at the headlines on the paper
He said, look at poor Gene Kelly
I guess he won't be singing in the rain.
You can take away my heroes
Can you take away my pain
 
Take away my pain
Leave the cold outside
Please don't let it rain
Don't stumble on my pride
Take away my pain
I'm not frightened any more
Just stay with me tonight
I'm tired of this fight
Soon I'll be knocking at your door
 
She was standing by the edge of his bed
Staring at the message on their faces
He said, what else can you do babe?
I guess I won't be coming home again.
They just took away all my promises
Make them take away my pain
 
Take away my pain
Leave the cold outside
Please don't let it rain
Don't stumble on my pride
Take away my pain
I'm not frightened any more
Just stay with me tonight
I'm tired of this fight
Soon I'll be knocking at your door
 
His final scene
The actor bows
And all those years
Are gone somehow
The crowd applauds
The curtain falls
 
I was standing by the edge of the water
I noticed my reflection in the waves
Then I saw you looking back at me
And I knew that for a moment
You were calling out my name
You took away my hero
Will you take away my pain
 
Take away my pain
Let the cold inside
It's time to let it rain
There's nothing left to hide
Take away my pain
I'm not frightened any more
I'm learning to survive
Without you in my life
'Til you come knocking at my door
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Dream Theater - Far From Heaven Lyrics

Dream Theater - Far From Heaven Video

No one truly has the answers
Every day I struggle through it once more
Keep things bottled up
Never speaking my mind
Misinterpreted
I'm doing just fine
 
Every day I
Put a brave face on
Serves me well
Feeling helpless
Facing it alone
 
Hard to tell
That I
Can't change who I am
How I feel
There's no end
 
I have done what you asked of me
Leaves me nothing to live for
 
Coming undone
Way too high a price
I should pay
You keep your pride
While I die inside
Every day
No I
Can't lie anymore
Won't pretend
I've done
All I can
 
You can't imagine
The hell I'm going through
Not asking you to save me
I'm too far from Heaven
 
Nothing you can do to change me
But accept me
As I am
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