Endless Sacrifice [Lyrics by John Petrucci] 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 coming 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 we 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 Pain It saddens me to know The helplessness you feel Your light Shines on my soul While a thousand candles 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 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 challenge Of staying connected In spite of circumstance All you've forsaken And all that 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

Forsaken [Music: Dream Theater / Lyrics: John Petrucci] For a while I thought I fell asleep Lying motionless inside a dream Then rising suddenly I felt a chilling breath upon me She softly whispered in my ear (Forsaken) Forsaken I have come for you tonight Awaken Look in my eyes and take my hand Give yourself up to me I waited painfully For night to fall again Trying to silence the fear within me Out of an ivory mist

I felt a stinging kiss And saw a crimson stain on her lips I have to know your name Where have I seen your face before? My dear one don't you be afraid Forsaken I have come for you tonight Awaken Look in my eyes and take my hand Give yourself up to me Take me far away Close your eyes And hold your breath To the ends of the earth Forsaken I have come for you tonight Awaken Look in my eyes and take my hand Forsaken Fly away with me tonight Awaken Renew my life Now you are mine Give yourself up to me

Hollow Years [Lyrics: John Petrucci] 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 you 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 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 you 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 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 you head disappears The noise that you'll hear Is the crashing down of hollow years On the Backs of Angels [Music by John Petrucci, John Myung and Jordan Rudess, Lyrics by John Petrucci] Standing on the backs of angels Destined to create Mounting the attack While heroes carry your weight We spiral towards disaster Survival fading faster Riding out the wave Content to feed off the machine Bleeding us to death The new American dream You're blinded by your hunger Beware your days are numbered Tears fall from the shameless Shelter me, guide me to the edge of the water Selfless are the righteous Burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter Blurring lines drawn in between What is right and what is wrong Victims on the radar string us along We're on to your agenda The dead end road to nowhere Tears fall from the shameless Shelter me, guide me to the edge of the water Selfless are the righteous

Burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter Tears fall from the shameless Shelter me, guide me to the edge of the water Selfless are the righteous Burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter Selfless are the righteous Burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter Take the Time 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

The Dark Eternal Night [Music: Dream Theater, Lyrics: John Petrucci] No one dared to Speak of the terrible danger The hideous ancient warnings Forged in the void of night He has risen up Out of the blackness Chaos The last of the prophets Sinister A sickening monstrous sight Through the stifling heat Underneath the pale green moon I burned with a thirst To seek things not yet seen Climbing endless stairs Leading to the choking room Eager to explore His most shocking mysteries Drifting beyond all time Out of a churning sky Drawn to the beckoning light Of the dark eternal night Black forces Rage in the vortex, Fighting Waves of destruction

Swallowing The echo of the universe I am the last Born of the blood of the pharaohs The ultimate god of a rotting creation Sent to unleash this curse Restless crowds draw near Nameless hooded forms appear Amidst fallen ruins Grotesque creatures battle Shadowed on a screen Yellow evil faces leer Vacant monuments Corpses of dead worlds left behind Drifting beyond all time Out of a churning sky Drawn to the beckoning light Of the dark eternal night Trapped in a hellish dream Spinning past worlds unseen And frightfully vanishing Into the dark eternal night Drifting beyond all time Out of a churning sky Drawn to the beckoning light Of the dark eternal night Trapped in a hellish dream Spinning past worlds unseen And frightfully vanishing Into the dark eternal night

The Silent Man

A question well served, 'Is silence like a fever?' 'A voice never heard?' 'Or a message with no receiver?' Pray they won't ask Behind the stained glass There's always one more mask Has man been a victim of his woman, of his father? if he elects not to bother, will he suffocate their faith? Desperate to fall Behind the Great Wall That separates us all When there is reason Tonight I'm Awake when there's no answer Arrive the Silent Man If there is balance tonight He's Awake If they have to suffer There lies the Silent Man Sin without deceivers A God with no believers I could sail by on the Winds of Silence And maybe they won't notice But this time I think It'd be better if I swim When there is reason Tonight I'm Awake When there's no answer Arrive the Silent Man If there is balance Tonight he's Awake

But if they have to suffer There lies the Silent Man The Spirit Carries On [N:] Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where do we go when we die? What lies beyond And what lay before? Is anything certain in life? They say " Life is too short" "The here and the now" And " You`re only given one shot" But could there be more Have I lived before Or could this be all that we`ve got? If I die tomorrow I`d be alright Because I believe That after we`re gone The spirit carries on I used to be frightened of dying I used to think death was the end But that was before I`m not scared anymore I know that my soul will transcend I may never find all the answers I may never understand why I may never prove What I know to be true But I know that I still have to try If I die tomorrow I`d be alright Because I believe That after we`re gone

The spirit carries on [V:] "Move on, be brave Don`t weep at my grave Because I`m no longer here But please never let Your memories of me disappear" [N:] Safe in the light that surrounds me Free of the fear and the pain My questioning mind Has help me to find The meaning in my life again Victoria`s real I finally feel At peace with the girl in my dreams And now that I`m here It`s perfectly clear I found out what all of this means If I die tomorrow I`d be alright Because I believe That after we`re gone The spirit carries on

Wither [Music & Lyrics by John Petrucci] Let it out, let it out Feel the empty space So insecure Find the words And let it out Staring down, staring down Nothing comes to mind Find the place

Turn the water into wine But I feel I'm getting nowhere And I'll never see the end So I wither And render myself helpless I give in And everything is clear I breakdown And let the story guide me Turn it on Turn it on Let the feelings flow Close your eyes See the ones you used to know Open up open up Don't struggle to relate Lure it out Help the memory escape Still this barrenness consumes me And I feel like giving up So I wither And render myself helpless I give in And everything is clear I breakdown And let the story guide me I wither And give myself away Like reflections on the page The world's what you create I drown in hesitation My words come crashing down And all my best creations Burning to the ground

The thought of starting over Leaves me paralyzed Tear it out again Another one that got away I wither And render myself helpless I give in And everything is clear I wither And render myself helpless I give in And everything is clear I breakdown And let the story guide me I wither And give myself away Like reflections on the page The world's what you create