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Dream Theater

images and words demos
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metropolis
take the time
learning to live
under a glass moon
don't look past me
to live forever
to live forever
a change of seasons
metropolis
to live forever
take the time
pull me under
another day
surrounded
under a glass moon
wait for sleep
learning to live
oliver's twist
metropolis

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take the time

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learning to live

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under a glass moon

instrumental demo

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don't look past me

john hendricks audition

"i don't know, i feel a lot of           [sample is robert deniro from the ]
distance and i feel far away.           [film "the deer hunter".          ]
i'll see you later..."

i have seen you born before me
i have watched you die
i have heard every word you said to me

leave no question in your mind
there is no brighter star to guide you
don't look past me to the sun, the sun is i
i am the sun...

so close the door behind him
he wanders slowly to the car
trying to lift his heavy heart
he says...

"i feel bad about this.                  [sample is timothy hutton from the]
i feel really bad about this.           [film "ordinary people".          ]
just, just let me feel bad about this."

i'm through just getting by
countless times a friend has told me
watch out for the wave
now it seems the sea will be my grave
and still you swim to save me
even though the water is much colder now
even though the water is much colder now

sometimes you can act on intuition
sometimes you can use a different point of view
i've found that in such a position
i could always come to you
(sun) i've seen you weep
i have seen you tired and lonely (without you)
but it only takes one heart (one heart)
to lift you up and send you on
can you understand the life i've shown you
understand it's me, i'm giving you

i have seen you born before me
i have watched you die
i have heard every word you said to me

i have no question in my mind
there's been no brighter star to guide me
i don't look past you to the sun,
so don't look past me to the sun,
the sun is...

and so love is broken
they're asking me how can you help
when you don't even know how that feels
i don't need one thousand reasons
when someone starts to cry
when someone says my heart needs lifting
don't ask how come, ask how high

i have seen you born before me
i have watched you die
i have heard every word you said to me

leave no question in your mind
there is no brighter star to guide you
don't look past me to the sun, the sun is i

leave no question in your mind
there is no brighter star to guide you
don't look past me to the sun, (it knows where you are)
				
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to live forever

john hendricks audition

if i'd started from the top
and worked my way down
there'd be no reason
to live forever
to live forever

the starvation has turned
me outside in
and the wind has blown
me halfway across the world
across the world

why was i born
in an age of distrust
i'd offered some change
for a photograph

it will always stay the same
always be the same

until i show desire for revenge
my heart never once went astray
as long as i have to die in the attempt
then there'd be no reason
to live forever

until i show desire for revenge
as long as i have to die in the attempt
as long as i have to die in the attempt
then there'd be no reason
no reason
no reason
to live forever
to live forever
  'this just in from baghdad... seven patriot missiles
have been spotted above cuba.'
				
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to live forever

steve stone audition

if i'd started from the top
and worked my way down
there'd be no reason
to live forever
to live forever

the starvation has turned
me outside in
and the wind has blown
me halfway across the world
across the world

why was i born
in an age of distrust
i'd offered some change
for a photograph

it will always stay the same
always be the same

until i show desire for revenge
my heart never once went astray
as long as i have to die in the attempt
then there'd be no reason
to live forever

until i show desire for revenge
as long as i have to die in the attempt
as long as i have to die in the attempt
then there'd be no reason
no reason
no reason
to live forever
to live forever
  'this just in from baghdad... seven patriot missiles
have been spotted above cuba.'
				
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a change of seasons

chris cintron audition

i the crimson sunrise
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ii innoncence
    i remember a time
    my frail, virgin mind
    watched the crimson sunrise
    imagined what it might find
    life was filled with wonder
    i felt the warm wind blow
    i must explore the boundaries
    transcend the depth of winter's snow
    innocence caressing me
    i never felt so young before
    there was so much life in me
    still i longed to search for more
    but those days are gone now
    changed like a leaf on a tree
    blown away forever
    into the cool autumn breeze
    the snow has now fallen
    and my sun's not so bright
    i struggle to hold on
    with the last of my might
    in my den of inequity
    viciousness and subtlety
    struggle to ease the pain
    struggle to find the sane
    ignorance surrounding me
    i've never been so filled with fear
    all my life's been drained from me
    the end is drawing near....
					
iii carpe diem
    'carpe diem, seize the day'
    i'll always remember
    the chill of november
    the news of the fall
    the sounds in the hall
    the clock on the wall ticking away
    'seize the day'
    i heard him say
    life will not always be this way
    look around
    hear the sounds
    cherish your life while you're still around

   "gather ye rosebuds while ye may,        [sample is james waterston from   ]
    old time is still a-flying;             [the film "dead poet's society".  ]
    and this same flower that smiles today, [from the poem "to the virgins, to]
    tomorrow will be dying."                [make much of time" by robert     ]
                                            [herrick.                         ]  

    we can learn from the past
    but those days are gone
    we can hope for the future
    but there might not be one
    the words stuck in my mind
    alive from what i've learned
    i have to seize the day
    to home i returned
    preparing for her flight
    i held with all my might
    fearing my deepest fright
    she walked into the night
    she turned for one last look
    she looked me in the eye
    i said, 'i love you...good-bye'

   "it's the most awful thing you'll        [various samples mainly john      ]
    ever hear."                             [voight from the film "table for  ]
   "if you're lying to me..."               [five", some are from the film    ]
   "oh, you dearly love her."               ["dead poet's society".           ]
   "...just have to leave... all our lives."
   "seize the day!"
   "something happened."
   "gather ye rosebuds while ye may."
   "she was killed."
					
iv the darkest of winters
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v another world
    so far or so it seems
    all is lost with nothing fulfilled
    off the pages and the t.v. screen
    another world where nothing's true
    tripping through the life fantastic
    lose a step and never get up
    left alone with a cold blank stare
    i feel like giving up
    i was blinded by a paradise
    utopia high in the sky
    a dream that only drowned me
    deep in sorrow, wondering why
    oh come let us adore him
    abuse and then ignore him
    no matter what, don't let him be
    let's feed upon his misery
    then string him up for all the world to see
    i'm sick of all you hypocrites
    holding me at bay
    and i don't need your sympathy
    to get me through the day
    seasons change and so can i
    hold on boy, no time to cry
    untie these strings, i'm climbing down
    i won't let them push me away
    oh come let us adore him
    abuse and then ignore him
    no matter what, don't let him be
    let's feed upon his misery
    now it's time for them to deal with me
					
vi the inevitable summer
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vii the crimson sunset
    i'm much wiser now
    a lifetime of memories
    run through my head
    they taught me how
    for better or worse, alive or dead
    i realize there's no turning back
    life goes on the offbeaten track
    i sit down with my son
    set to see the crimson sunset
    (gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
    many years have come and gone
    i've lived my life, but now must move on
    (gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
    he's my only one
    now that my time has come
    now that my life is done
    we look into the sun
    'seize the day and don't you cry,
    now it's time to say good-bye
    even though i'll be gone,
    i will live on, live on.'
					
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metropolis

atco demo

the smile of dawn
arrived early may
she carried a gift from her home
the night shed a tear
to tell her of fear
and of sorrow and pain
she'll never outgrow

death is the first dance, eternal

there's no more freedom
the both of you will be confined to this mind

i was told there's a miracle for each day that i try
i was told there's a new love that' born for each one that has died
i was told there'd be no one to call on when i feel alone and afraid
i was told if you dream of the next world
you'll find yourself swimming in a lake of fire

as a child, i thought i could live without pain withpout sorrow
as a man i've found it's all caught up with me
i'm asleep yet i'm so afraid

somewhere like a scene of a memory
there's a picture worth a thousand words
eluding stares from faces before me
it hides away and will never be heard of again

deceit in the second without end

the city's cold blood teaches us to survive
just 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 dance
this one will last forever
metropolis watches and thoughtfully smiles
she's taken you to your home

it can only take place
when the struggle between our children has ended
now the miracle and the sleeper know that the third is love

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to live forever

atco demo

if i'd started from the top
and worked my way down
there'd be no reason
to live forever
to live forever

the starvation has turned
me outside in
and the wind has blown
me halfway across the world
across the world

why was i born
in an age of distrust
i'd offered some change
for a photograph

it will always stay the same
always be the same

until i show desire for revenge
my heart never once went astray
as long as i have to die in the attempt
then there'd be no reason
to live forever

until i show desire for revenge
as long as i have to die in the attempt
as long as i have to die in the attempt
then there'd be no reason
no reason
no reason
to live forever
to live forever
  'this just in from baghdad... seven patriot missiles
have been spotted above cuba.'
				
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take the time

atco demo

just let me catch your breath...
i've heard the promises
i've seen the mistakes
i've had my fair share of tough breaks
i need a new voice, a new law, a new way
take the time, reevaluate
it's time to pick up the pieces,
go back to square one
i think it's time for a change

there is something that i feel
to be something that is real
i feel the heat within my mind
and craft new changes with my eyes
giving freely wandering promises
a place with decisions i'll fashion
i won't waste another breath
you can feel the waves coming on
(it's time to take the time)
let them destroy or carry you on
(it's time to take the time)
you're fighting the weight of the world
but no one can save you this time
close your eyes
you can find all you need in your mind

the unbroken spirit
obscured an disquiet
finds clearness this trial demands
and at the end of this day sighs an anxious relief
for the fortune lies still in his hands

if there's a pensive fear, a wasted year
a man must learn to cope
if 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 world
and no one can save you this time
close your eyes
you can find all you're need in your mind

i close my eyes
and feel the water rise around me
drown the beat of time
let my senses fall away
i can see much clearer now, i'm blind

find all you need in your mind
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pull me under

i&w pre-production demos october 1991

lost in the shy
clouds roll by and i roll with them
arrows fly
seas increase and then fall again

this world is spinning around me
this world is spinning without me
every day sends future to past
every breath leaves me one less to my last

watch the sparrow falling
gives new meaning to it all
if not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day

i'll take seven lives for on
and then my only father's son
as sure as i did ever love him
i am not afraid

this world is spinning around me
the whole world keeps spinning around me
all life is future to past
every breath leaves me one less to my last

pull me under pull me under
pull me under i'm not afraid
all that i feel is honor and spite
all i can do is set it right

dust fills my eyes
clouds roll by and i roll with them
centuries cry
orders fly and i fall again

this world is spinning inside me
the whole world is spinning inside of me
every day sends future to past
every step brings me closer to my last

pull me under pull me under
pull me under i'm not afraid
living my life too much in the sun
only until your will is done
				
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another day

i&w pre-production demos october 1991

live another day
climb a little higher
find another reason to stay
ashes in your hands
mercy in your eyes
if you're searching for a silent sky...

you won't find it here
look another way
you won't find it here
so die another day

the coldness of his words
the message in his silence,
"face the candle to the wind..."
this distance in my voice
isn't leaving you a choice
so if you're looking for a time to run away...

you won't find it here
look another way
you won't find it here
so try another day

they took pictures of our dreams
ran to hide behind the stairs
and said maybe when it's right for you, they'll fall
but if they don't come down
resist the need to pull them in
and throw them away
better to save the mystery
than surrender to the secret

you won't find it here
look another way
you won't find it here
so try another day
				
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surrounded

i&w pre-production demos october 1991

morning comes too early and nighttime falls too late
and sometimes all i want to do is wait
the shadow i've been hiding in has fled from me today

i know it's easier to walk away than to look in the eye
but i will raise a shelter to the sky
and here beneath this tar tonight i lie
she will slowly yield the light
as i awaken from the longest night

dreams are shaking
set sirens waking up tired eyes
with the light of the memories all rush into his head

by a candle stands a mirror
of his heart and soul she dances
she was dancing thru the night above his bed
and walking to the window
he throws the shutters out against the wall
and from an ivory tower hears her call
"let light surrounded you"

it's been a long, long time
he's had a while to think it over
in the end he only sees the change
light to dark
dark to light
light to dark
dark to light

heaven must be more than this
when angels waken a kiss
sacred hearts won't take the pain
but mine will never be the same

he stands before the window
his shadow slowly fading from the wall
and from an ivory tower hears her call
"let the light surrounded you"

once lost but i was found
when i heard the stained glas shatter all around me
i sent the spirits tumbling down the hill
but i will hold this one on high above me still
she whispers words to clear my mind
i once could see but now at last i'm blind

i know it's easier to walk away than look in the eye
but i had given all that i could take
and now i've only habits just to break
tonight i still be lying here
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under a glass moon

i&w pre-production demos october 1991

tell me
remind me
chase the water racing from the sky
always beside me
taste the memories running from 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 beauty 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 summer sky
under glass moonlight
niht awaits the lamb's arrival
liquid shadow crawl
silver teardrops fall
the bride subsides to her survival

by your hand
i've awakened
bear this honor in my name
				
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wait for sleep

i&w pre-production demos october 1991

standing by the window
eyes upon the moon
hoping that the memory 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 stairs 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 a 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
				
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learning to live

i&w pre-production demos october 1991

there was no time for pain
no energy for anger
the sightlessness of hatred sleeps away
walking winter streets alone
he stops and takes a breath
with confidence and self-control

i look at the world and see no understanding
i'm waiting to find some sense of strength
i'm begging from the bottom of my heart to show me understanding

i need to live life
like some people never will
so find me kindness
find me beauty
find me truth
when temptation brings me to my knees
and i lay here drained of strength
show me kindness
show me beauty
show me truth

the way your heart sounds makes all the difference
it's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel
the way your heart beat makes all the difference
in learning to live
here before me is my soul
i'm learning to live
i won't give up
till i've no more to give

listening to the city
whispering its violence
i set out watching from above
the 90s bring new questions
new solutions to be found
i fell in love to be let down

once again we dance in the crowd
at times a step away
from a common fear that's all spread out
it won't listen to what you say
once you're touched you stand alone
to face the bitter fight
once i reached for love
and now i reach for life

another chance to lift my life
free the sensation in my heart
to ride the wings of dreams into changing horizons
it brings inner peace within my mind,
as i'm lifted from where i've spilt my mind
i hear an innocent voice
i hear kindness, beauty and truth

the way your heart sounds makes all the diffrence
it's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel
the way your heart beats makes all the difference
in learning to live
spread before you is your soul
so forever hold the dreams within our hearts
through nature inflexible grace
i'm learning to live
				
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oliver's twist

i&w pre-production demos october 1991

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