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 one
And then my only father's son
As sure as I ever did love him
I am not afraid

This world is spinning around me
The whole world keeps spinning around me
And 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 to 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

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 to set it right

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

"Oh, that this too
Too solid flesh would melt"



Another day

(Petrucci/Moore/Portnoy/LaBrie/Myung)

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



Take the time

(Petrucci/Moore/Portnoy/LaBrie/Myung)

"Hold it now!"
"Wait a minute!"
"Come on!"
"Whew!"

Just let me catch my 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 you 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

Unbroken spirit, obscured and 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 need in your mind

I close my eyes
And feel the water rise around me
Drown in the beat of time
Let my senses fall away

I can see much clearer now, I'm blind

"Adesso che ho perso la vista
Ci vedo meglio e di piщ"

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 world
But no one can save you this time
Close your eyes
You can find all you need in your mind

Find all you need in your mind
If you take the time
Find all you need in your mind
If you take the time



Surrounded

(Moore/Petrucci/Portnoy/LaBrie/Myung)

Morning comes too early
And night time 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 look it in the eye
But I will raise a shelter to the sky
And here beneath this star tonight I'll 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 the memories
All rush into his head

By a candle stands a mirror
Of his heart and soul she dances
She was dancing through 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 surround 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 with 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 surround you!

Once lost but I was found
When I heard the stained glass 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 it in the eye
But I had given all than I could take
And now I've only habits left to break

Tonight I'll still be lying here
Surrounded in all the light



Metropolis - part I (The Miracle and The Sleeper)

(Petrucci/Moore/Portnoy/LaBrie/Myung)

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's 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, without sorrow
But 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 from 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 is 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

Love is the dance of eternity



Under a glass moon

(Petrucci/Moore/Portnoy/LaBrie/Myung)

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
Night awaits the lamb's arrival

Liquid shadows crawl
Silver teardrops fall
The bride subsides to her survival

By your hand I've awakened
Bear this honor in my name

Outside the soundness of your mind
Bathing your soul in silver tears
Beneath a blackened summer sky
Praying for time to disappear

Outside the soundness of your mind
Bathing your soul in silver tears
Beneath a blackened summer sky
Praying for time to disappear



Wait for sleep

(Moore/Petrucci/Portnoy/LaBrie/Myung)

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



Learning to live

(Myung/Petrucci/Moore/Portnoy/LaBrie)

There was no time for pain
No energy for anger
The sightlessness of hatred slips away

Walking through 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 you 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 ways that your heart sounds
Makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure
The pain that we all feel

The way that your heart beats
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

No more to give!

Listening to the city
Whispering its violence
I set out watching from above

The 90's 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 split my life
I hear an innocent voice
I hear kindness, beauty and 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 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's inflexible grace
I'm learning to live