Images and Words

IMAGES AND WORDS1. Pull Me Under

[Images: Dream Theater][Words: Moore]

Lost in the skyClouds roll byand I roll with themArrows flySeas increaseand then fall again

This world is spinning around meThis world is spinning without meEvery day send future to pastEvery breath leaves me one lessto my last

Watch the sparrow fallingGives new meaning to it allIf not today nor yet tomorrowthen some other day

I'll take seven lives for oneAnd then my only father's sonAs sure as I did ever love himI am not afraid

This world is spinning around meThe whole world keepsspinning around meAll life is future to pastEvery breath leaves me one lessto my last

Pull me under Pull me underPull me under I'm not afraidAll that I feel is honor and spiteAll I can do is set it right

Dust fills my eyesClouds roll byand I roll with themCenturies cryOrders flyand I fall again

This world is spinning inside meThe whole world isspinning inside of meEvery day sends future to pastEvery step brings me closerto my last

Pull me under Pull me underPull me under I'm not afraidLiving my life too much inthe sunOnly until your will is done

[extra words in subtitles of "Live at the Budokan" DVD:]"Oh this and that too,oh solid flesh, would melt"

2. Another Day

[Images: Dream Theater][Words: Petrucci]

Live another dayClimb a little higherFind another reason to stayAshes in your handsMercy in your eyesIf you're searching for a silentsky...

You won't find it hereLook another wayYou won't find it hereSo die another day

The coldness of this wordsThe message in his silence,"Face the candle to thewind..."This distance in my voiceIsn't leaving you a choiceSo if you're looking for a timeto run away...

You won't find it hereLook another wayYou won't find it hereSo try another day

They took pictures of ourdreamsRan to hide behind the stairsAnd said maybe when it's rightfor you, they'll fallBut if they don't come downResist the need to pull them inAnd throw them awayBetter to save the mysteryThan surrender to the secret

You won't find it hereLook another wayYou won't find it hereSo try another day

3. Take The Time

[Images and Words: Dream Theater]

Just let me catch my breath...I've heard the promisesI've seen the mistakesI've had my fair share of tough breaksI need a new voice, a new law, a new wayTake the time, reevaluateIt's time to pick up the pieces,Go back to square oneI think it's time for a change

There is something that I feelTo be something that is realI feel the heat within my mindAnd craft new changes with my eyesGiving freely wandering promisesA place with decisions I'll fashionI won't waste another breath

You can feel the waves coming on(It's time to take the time)Let them destroy you or carry you on(It's time to take the time)You're fighting the weight of the worldBut no one can save you this timeClose your eyesYou can find all you need in your mind

The unbroken spiritObscured and disquietFinds clearness this trial demandsAnd at the end of this day sighs an anxious reliefFor the fortune lies still in his hands

If there's pensive fear, a wasted yearA man must learn to copeIf his obsession's real,Suppression that he feels must turn to hope

Life is no more assuring than love(It's time to take the time)There are no answers from voices above(It's time to take the time)You're fighting the weight of the worldAnd no one can save you this timeClose your eyesYou can find all you need in your mind

I close my eyesAnd feel the water rise around meDrown the bead of timeLet my senses fall awayI can see much clearer now,I'm blind

You can feel the waves coming on(It's time to take the time)Let them destroy you or carry you on(It's time to take the time)You're fighting the weight of the worldBut no one can save you this timeClose your eyesYou can find all you need in your mind

Find all you need in your mindIf you take the timeFind all you need in your mindIf you take the time

4. Surrounded

[Images: Dream Theater][Words: Moore]

Morning comes too earlyand nighttime falls too lateAnd sometimes all I want to dois waitThe shadow I've been hiding inhas fled from me today

I know it's easier to walk awaythan look it in the eyeBut I will raise a shelter to the skyand here beneath thisstar tonight I'll lieShe will slowly yield the lightAs I awaken from the longestnight

Dreams are shakingSet sirens waking up tired eyesWith the light the memoriesall rush into his head

By a candle stands a mirrorOf his heart and soul shedancesShe was dancing thru the nightabove his bed

And walking to the windowhe throws the shutters outagainst the wallAnd from an ivory tower hearsher call"Let light surround you"

It's been a long, long timeHe's had a while to think it overIn the end he only sees thechangeLight to darkDark to lightLight to darkDark to light

Heaven must be more than thisWhen angels waken with a kissSacred hearts won't take thepainBut mine will never be the same

He stands before the windowHis shadow slowly fading fromthe wallAnd from an ivory tower hearsher call"Let the light surround you"

Once lost but I was foundWhen I heard the stained glassshatter all around meI sent the spirits tumblingdown the hillBut I will hold this one on highabove me stillShe whispers words to clear my mindI once could see but now at lastI'm blind

I know it's easier to walk awaythan look it in the eyeBut I had given all thatI could takeAnd now I've only habits leftto breakTonight I'll still be lying hereSurrounded in all the light

5. Metropolis - Part I - "The Miracle And The Sleeper"


The smile of dawn arrived early May she carried a gift from her homeThe night shed a tear to tell her of fear and of sorrow and pain she'll never outgrowDeath is the first dance, eternal

There's no more freedomThe both of you will be confined to this mind

I was told there's miracle for each day that I tryI was told there's a new love that's born for each one that has diedI was told there'd be no one to call on when I feel alone and afraidI was told if you dream of the next worldYou'll find yourself swimming in a lake of fireAs a child, I thought I could live without pain without sorrowAs a man I've found it's all caught up with me I'm asleep yet I'm so afraid

Somewhere like a scene from a memoryThere's a picture worth a thousand wordsEluding stares from faces before meIt hides away and will never be heard of againDeceit is the second without endThe city's cold blood teaches us to surviveJust keep my heart in your eyes and we'll stay alive the third arrives

Before the leaves have fallen before we lock the doors there must be the third and last danceThis one will last forever Metropolis watches and thoughtfully smiles she's taken you to your homeIt can only take place when the struggle between our children has endedNow the Miracle and the Sleeper know that the third is love Love is the Dance of Eternity

6. Under A Glass Moon


Tell meRemind meChase the water racing fromthe skyAlways beside meTaste the memories runningfrom my eyesNervous flashlights scan mydreamsLiquid shadows silence theirscreamsI smile at the moonChasing water from the skyI argue with the cloudsStealing beauty from my eyes

Outside the soundness of yourmindBathing your soul in silver tearsBeneath a blackened summer skyPraying for time to disappear

Beneath a summer skyUnder glass moonlightNight awaits the lamb's arrivalLiquid shadows crawlSilver teardrops fallThe bride subsides to hersurvival

By your handI've awakenedBear this honor in my name

7. Wait For Sleep

[Images and Words: Moore]

Standing by the windowEyes upon the moonHoping that the memorywill leave his spirit soon

She shuts the doors and lightsAnd lays her body on the bedWhere images and words arerunning deepShe has too much pride to pullthe sheets above her headSo quietly she lays and waitsfor sleep

She stares at the ceilingAnd tries not to thinkAnd pictures the chainsShe's been trying to link againBut the feeling is gone

And water can't cover hermemoryAnd ashes can't answer herpainGod give me the power to takebreath from a breezeAnd call life from a cold metalframe

In with the ashesOr up with the smoke from thefireWith wings up in heavenOr here, lying in bedPalm of her hand to my headNow and forever curled in myheartAnd the heart of the world

8. Learning To Live

[Images: Dream Theater][Words: Myung]

There was no time for painNo energy for angerThe sightlessness of hatredslips awayWalking through winter streetsaloneHe stops and take a breathWith confidence and self-control

I look at the world and see nounderstandingI'm waiting to find some senseof strengthI'm begging you from thebottom of my heart to showme understanding

I need to live lifeLike some people never willSo find me kindnessFind me beautyFind me truthWhen temptation brings me tomy kneesAnd I lay here drained ofstrengthShow me kindnessShow me beautyShow me truth

The way your heart soundsmakes all the differenceIt's what decides if you'll endurethe pain that we all feelThe way your heart beatsmakes all the differenceIn learning to liveHere before me is my soulI'm learning to liveI won't give upTill I've no more to give

Listening to the cityWhispering its violenceI set out watching from aboveThe 90s bring new questionsNew solutions to be foundI fell in love to be let down

Once again we dance in thecrowdAt times a step awayFrom a common fear that's allspread outIt won't listen to what you sayOnce you're touched you standaloneTo face the bitter fightOnce I reached for loveAnd now I reach for life

Another chance to lift my lifeFree the sensation in my heartTo ride the wings of dreamsinto changing horizonsIt brings inner peace within mymind,As I'm lifted from where I'vespilt my lifeI hear an innocent voiceI hear kindness, beauty andtruth

The way your heart soundsmakes all the differenceIt's what decides if you'll endurethe pain that we all feelThe way your heart beatsmakes all the differenceIn learning to liveSpread before you is your soulSo forever hold the dreamswithin our heartsThrough nature's inflexiblegraceI'm learning to live

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