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Dream Theater

Live at Budokan (White Vinyl Limited To 2000 Copies)
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as i am
this dying soul
beyond this life
hollow years
war inside my head
the test that stumped them all
endless sacrifice
instrumedley
trial of tears
new millenium
keyboard solo
only a matter of time
goodnight kiss
solitary shell
stream of consciousness
disappear
pull me under
in the name of god
as i am
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 an underdog

i've been trying
to justify you
in the end
i will just dely you

to those who understand
i extend my hand
to the doubtful i demand
take me as i am

i've been wasting my breath
on you
open minds will descend
uopn 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 plans
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 plans
take me as i am
				
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this dying soul

this is the continuing of the glass prison

iv. reflections of reality (revisted)
hello mirror - soglad to see you my friend,
it's been a while
searching, fearless - where do you begin to heal
this wound self denial?

face yourself man!
brace yourself and trace your hell back

you've been blinded, living life 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 to fix this dying soul

born into this world a broken home
surrounded by love yet all alone
forced into a life that's splits 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 though you could
running all the while with no escape
turning all the pain into 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

possesive obsessions selfish childish games
vengeful resentments
passing all the blame

living out a life of decadence
acting without thought of consequence
spreading all your lies from coast to coast
while spiting 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
rulling other's lives while they 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 to 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
					
v. release
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 this isolation)
let humility (openess, honesty)
and become what you can be
(a healing tranquility)

help me
save me
heal me
i can't break out of this prison alone

these tourmenting ghosts of yesterday
will vanish when exposed
you can't hold onto your secrets
they'll only send you back alone

your ferless 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
					
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beyond this life

headline : murder, young girl killed
desperate shooting at echoe's hill
dreadful ending, killer died
evidently suicide


a witness heard a horrifying sound
he ran to find a woman dead and
lying on the ground

standing by her was a man
nervous, shaking, gun in hand
witness says he tried to help
but he'd turned the weapon on himself

his body fell across that poor young girl
after shooting out in vain
the witness ran to call for assistance
a sad close to a broken love affair

our deeds have traveled far
what we have been is what we are

our deeds have traveled far
what we have been is what we are

she wanted love forever
but he had another plan
he fell into an evil way
she had to let him down
she said, i can't love a wayward man

she may have found a reason to forgive
if he had only tried to change
was their fatal meeting prearranged ?

had a violent struggle taken place ?
there was every sign that lead here
witness found a switchblade on the ground
was the victim unaware ?
they continued to investigate
they found a note in the killer's pocket
it could have been a suivide letter
maybe he had lost her love

i feel there's only one thing left to do
i'd sooner take my life away
than live with losing you

our deeds have traveled far
what we have been is what we are

our deeds have traveled far
what we have been is what we are

all that we learn this time
is carried beyond this life

all that we learn this time
is carried beyond this life
				
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hollow years
he's just the kind of man
you hear about
who leaves his family for
an easy out
they never saw the signs
he never said a word
he couldn't take another day

carry me to the shoreline
bury me in the sand
walk me across the water
and maybe you'll understand

once the stone
you're crawling under
is lifted off your shoulders
once the cloud that's raining
over your head disappears
the noise that you'll hear
is the crashing down of hollow years

she's not the kind of girl
you hear about
she'll never want another
she'll never be without
she'll give you all the signs
she'll tell you everything
then turn around and walk away

carry me to the shoreline
bury me in the sand
(into the waves)
walk me across the water
and maybe you'll understand

once the stone
you're crawling under
(once the stone)
is lifted off your shoulders
once the cloud that's raining
over your head disappears
the noise that you'll hear
is the crashing down of hollow years

carry me to the shoreline
bury me in the sand
(into the waves)
walk me across the water
and maybe you'll understand

once the stone
you're crawling under
is lifted off your shoulders
once the cloud that's raining
over your head disappears
the noise that you'll hear
is the crashing down of hollow years

once the stone
you're crawling under
once the stone
you're crawling under
(the sound you'll hear,)
once the stone
(the crashing)
you're crawling under
(down of hollow years)
once the stone
you're crawling under
once the stone
you're crawling under
once the stone
you're crawling under
(the sound you'll hear, the crashing down of hollow years)
				
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war inside my head
napalm showers showed the cowards
we werent there to mess around
heat exhaustion, mind distortion
a military victory mounting on innocent ground
hearing voices from miles away
saying things never said
seeing shadows in the light of the day
waging the war inside my head
war inside my head
years and years of bloodshed and warfare
our vision was to get in and kill
a free vacation, palm trees and shrapnel
trading antacids for permanent sci-fi in hell.
hearing voices from miles away
saying things never said
seeing shadows in the light of the day
waging the war inside my head
feeling strangers staring my way
reading lines never read
tasting danger with this where it all has said
waging the war inside my head
				
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the test that stumped them all
standing in the darkness
waiting for the light
smell of pure adrenaline
burning in the night
rain and blinding flashes
aiming at the stage
intro taking is to rome
tonight it's sonic rage
still the cage made between these hollow walls
hoping to find in me the answers to
the test that stumped them all
the boy is just simply crazy
he has all these delusions
we honestly think that maybe
he might need an institution
he lives in a world of fiction
i'm afraid he could use some help
we've just got the place to fix him
save him from himself
curled up in the darkness
searching for the light
the smell of pure stale sweat and shit
steaming in the night
random urine testing
pills - red, pink and blue
counseling and therapy
finding not a clue
they will gate made between these hollow walls.
hoping for to find in me the answers to
the test that stumped them all
we've come here to find the answers
looking for a clue in the case
we just cannot just let him live here
and put all this work to waste
why don't we try shock treatments?
i figured he could use some help
we have just the tools to fix him
save him from himself
				
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endless sacrifice
cold
lying in my bed
staring into darkness

lost
i hear footsteps overhead
and my thoughts return
again

like a child who's run away
and won't be comming back
time keeps passing by
as night turns into day

i'm so far away
and so alone
i need to see your face
to keep me sane
to make me whole

try to stay alive
un til i hear your voice
i'm gonna lose my mind
someone tell me why
i chos this life
this superficial lie
constant compromise
endless sacrifice

pain
it saddnes to me know
the helplessness you feel
your light
shines on my soul
while a thousand candle
burn

outside this barren room
the rain is pouring down
the emptiness inside
is growing deeper still

you're so far away
and so alone
you long for love's embrace
to keep you sane
to make you whole

try to stay alive
until i hear your voice
i'm gonna lose my mind
someone tell me why
i chose this life
this superficial lie
constant compromise
endless sacrifice

moments wasted
isolated
time escaping
endless sacrifice

over the distance
we try to make sense
of surviving together
while living apart

striving for balance
we rise to the chalenge
of staying connected
in spite of circumstance

all you've forsaken
and all thaht you've done
so that i could live out
this undying dream

won't be forgotten
or taken for granted
i'll always remember
your endless sacrifice

moments wasted
isolated
time escaping
endless sacrifice

moments wasted
isolated
time escaping
endless sacrifice
				
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instrumedley
[instrumental]
				
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trial of tears
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
					
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new millenium
a single star behind me
a red sky burns ahead
a lonely light below me
awake among the dead
an overwhelming feeling
leaves me numb and strange
a sense of new beginning
i sense a wind of change

out with the old useless
people so cold ruthless
welcome in a new millennium
how many times must i
live out this nightmare i
can't wait until a new millennium

i've got this feeling
the tide is turning now baby
funny feeling
everything's gonna be alright now

living out a constant deja vu
keep your head up
please be patient we will get to you
keep your head up
just have some faith and you can see it through
keep your head up
but faith don't pay the rent that's overdue
keep your head up
all that's glittering is turning blue
keep your head up
what they want from me ain't gotta clue
keep your head up
swallow pride before it swallows you
keep your head up
don't dare bite the hand that's starving you
keep your head up

how can you keep your head
and not go insane
when the only light at the end
of the tunnel is another train

lies ten feet tall
have broken my fall
welcome you all new millennium
it's well overdue
and i can't wait to
welcome in a new millennium

i've got this feeling [this section is repeated 3 times.]
the tide is turning now baby
funny feeling
everything's gonna be alright now
				
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keyboard solo
[instrumental]
				
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only a matter of time
a suited man smiled said:
'it's just a matter of time
you can have the world at your feet by tomorrow
just sign on this line.'
hold tight... limelight!
approaching the paramount
with the sun in our eyes
fearing family ties, legalies, compromise

in a dimly lit room with a stool as his stage
a dream-stricken prince of a pauper's descent
haunts the eavesdropping silence
that presses his window
as he sweats a performance
to an audience that ticks on the walls

to the practical observer
it's just a matter of time
'you can deviate from the commonplace
only to fall back in line.'
i understand mine's a risky plan
and your system can't miss
but is security after all a cause
or symptom of happiness?

brave, yet afraid, his eyes on horizon
in a steady-set gaze
a mariner soon from an open cocoon
takes a moment to summon his courage
to stifle his grave apprehension and
trembling, approaches the surf
a father's benediction as his hopeful son departs
to brave the sea of rage and conquer at all costs

lingers in his memory
and visions still surviving in a logic-proof shell
that should have been held sacred, safe and hidden well
are compromised in usury
with every rising sun that yields no sight of land
the hesitation cultivates within the tired man
and rumors spread of mutiny
and though the time will come when dream and day unite
tonight the only consolation causing him to fight
is fearless faith in destiny

even when plan fall to pieces
i can still find the courage
with promise i've found in my faith

likely or not, it's a dream that we keep
and at odds with our senses we'll climb
but if faith is the answer, we've already reached it
and if spirit's a sign
then it's only a matter of time
only a matter of time
				
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goodnight kiss
goodnight kiss in your night gown
lavendar in your bed
so innocent as you lie down
sweet dreams that run through your head
are you lonely without, mommy's love?
i want you to know i'd die for that moment
you're just a poor girl afraid of this cruel world.
taken away from it all
it's been five years to the day
my tainted blood still the same
can't help act in this way
those bastard doctors are gonna pay
i'm so lonely without, baby's love
i want you to know i'd die for one more momment.
you're just a poor girl afraid of this cruel world.
taken away from it all
				
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solitary shell
he seemed no different from the rest
just a healthy normal boy
his momma always did her best
and he was daddy's pride and joy
he learned to walk and talk on time
but never cared much to be held
and steadily he worked to climb
into his solitary shell
as a boy he was considered somewhat odd
kept to himself most of the time
he would daydream in and out of his own world
but in every other way he was fine
he's a monday morning lunatic
disturbed from time to time
lost within himself
in his solitary shell
temporary, katatonic
madman on occasion
when will he break out
of his solitary shell
he struggled to get through his day
he was helplessly behind
he poured himself onto the page
writing for hours at a time
as a man he was a danger to himself
fearful and sad most of the time
he was drifting in and out of sanity
but in every other way he was fine
he's a monday morning lunatic
disturbed from time to time
lost within himself
in his solitary shell
a momentary maniac
with casual delusions
when will he be let out of his
solitary shell
				
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stream of consciousness
[instrumental]
				
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disappear
why - tell me the reasons why
try - still i don't understand
will i ever feel this again?
blue, sky - i'll meet you in the end
free, love - free the memories of you
free, me - and rest tell on with you
a day like today my whole world has been changed
nothing you say will help me ease my pain
turn - i'll turn slowly around
burn - burn to feel alive again
she - she'd want me to live on
see - me this place i still belong
give - chase to find more that i've found
and face this time it all on my own
days disappear
and my world keeps changing
i feel you here
and it keeps me sane
so i'm moving on, i'd never forget
as you lay there, i'm watching you
accept in the end, i knew you were scared
you were strong i was trying
i gave you me hand
i said it's ok, let it go
time to leave here, now carry on
the best that i can, without you here beside me
let them come take you home
				
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pull me under
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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in the name of god
how can this be?
why is he the chosen one

saint gone astray
with a scepter and a gun

learn to believe
in the mighty and the strong

come bleed the beast
follow me it won't be long

listen when the prophet
speaks to you
killing in the name of god

passion
twisting faith into violence
in the name of god

straight is the path
leading to your salvation
slaying the weak
ethnic elimination

any day we'll all be
swept away
you'll be saved
as long as you obey

lies
tols of a devil inside
written in holy disguise
meant to deceive and divide
us all

listen when the prophet
speaks to you
killing in the name of god

passion
twisting faith ito violence
in the name of god

blurring the lines
between virtue and sin
they can tell
where god ends
and mankind begins

they know no other
life but this
from the cradle
they ere chained

listen when the prophet
speaks to you
killing in the name of god

passion
twisting faith ito violence
in the name of god

hundreds of believers
lured into a doomsday cult

all would perish
in the name of god

self-proclaimed messiah
led his servnats
to their death
eighty murdered

in the name of god
forty sons and daughters
u-consenting plural wives
perversions
in the name of god

underground religion
turning toward
the mainstream light
blind devotion
in the name of god

justifying violence
citing from the holy book
teaching hatred
in the name of god

listen when the prophet
speaks to you
killing
in the name of god

passion
twisting faith into violence
in the name of god

religions beliefs
fanatic obsession
does following faith
leed us to violence?

unyieling crusade
divine revelation
does following faith
lead us to violence?
				
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