Zespół

• James LaBrie – śpiew
• Kevin Moore – instrumenty klawiszowe
  
• John Myung – gitara basowa
  
• John Petrucci – gitara elektryczna
• Mike Portnoy – instrumenty perkusyjne
  


• Jay Backenstein – saksofon sopranowy w utworze Another Day
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Lista utworów

• 1. Pull me Under [8:11]

• • Tekst: Kevin Moore

    Lost in the sky
    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 send 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 one
    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

• 2. Another Day [4:22]

• • Tekst: John Petrucci

    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 this 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

• 3. Take the Time [8:21]

• • Tekst: Dream Theater

    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

    The 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 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 the bead of time
    Let my senses fall away
    I can see much clearer now,
    I'm blind

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

• 4. Surrounded [5:28]

• • Tekst: Kevin Moore

    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 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 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 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 that
    I could take
    And now I've only habits left
    to break
    Tonight I'll still be lying here
    Surrounded in all the light

• 5. Metropolis - part 1: "The Miracle and the Sleeper" [9:30]

• • Tekst: John Petrucci

    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 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
    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

• 6. Under a Glass Moon [7:02]

• • Tekst: John Petrucci

    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

• 7. Wait for Sleep [2:31]

• • Tekst: Kevin Moore

    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 chains
    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

• 8. Learning to Live [11:30]

• • Tekst: John Myung

    There was no time for pain
    No energy for anger
    The sightlessness of hatred
    slips away
    Walking through winter streets alone
    He stops and take 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 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
    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 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

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