Dream Theater is an American United States progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts, before they dropped out to support the band. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remain today along with James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess.
Dream Theater has become a successful progressive metal... [read more] - Disappear
Why, tell me the reasons whyTry, still I don't understandWill I ever feel this againBlue sky, I'll meet you in the endFree them, free the memories of youFree me, and rest 'til I'm with youA day like todayMy whole...
- Overture
[Instrumental]
- Solitary Shell
He seemed no different from the restJust a healthy normal boyHis mama always did her bestAnd he was daddy's pride and joyHe learned to walk and talk on timeBut never cared much to be heldAnd steadily he would...
- War Inside My Head
Napalm showersShowed the cowardsWe weren't there to mess aroundThrough heat exhaustionAnd mind distortionA military victory mounted on innocent groundHearing voices from miles awaySaying things never saidSeeing...
- Blind Faith
Hear me, speakingAsking why I even botherTell me, how youLive from day to dayTake your time and look aroundIs this utopia you've foundSick of all of thisThe suffering and we just carry onIsn't it time we care and lose...
- Losing Time / Grand Finale
She dresses in black everydayShe keeps her hair simple and plainShe never wears makeupBut no one would care if she did anywayShe doesn't recall yesterdayFaces seem twisted and strangeBut she always wakes upOnly to...
- The Test That Stumped Them All
Standing in the darknessWaiting for the lightThe smell of pure adrenalineBurning in the nightRandom blinding flashesAiming at the stageIntro tape begins to rollIgniting sonic rageStill they keep me between these...
- About To Crash
She can't stop pacingShe never felt so aliveHer thoughts are racingSet on overdriveIt takes a villageThis she knows is trueThey're expecting herAnd she's got work to doHe helplessly stands byIt's meaningless to tryAs...
- Misunderstood
WaitingIn the calm of desolationWanting to breakFrom this circle of confusionSleepingIn the depths of isolationTrying to wakeFrom this daydream of illusionHow can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds meHow...
- The Glass Prison
I. ReflectionCunning, Baffling, PowerfulBeen beaten to a pulpVigorous, IrresistableSick and tired and laid lowDominating, InvisibleBlack-out, loss of controlOverwhelming, UnquenchableI'm powerless, have to let goI...
- Goodnight Kiss
Goodnight kiss in your nightgownLavender in your bedSo innocent as you lie downSweet dreams that run through your headAre you lonely without Mommy's love?I want you to know I'd die for that momentYou're just a poor...
- The Great Debate
What if someone saidPromise lies aheadHopes are high in certain scientific circlesLife won't have to endYou could walk againWhat if someone saidProblems lie aheadThey've uncovered something highly controversialThe...
- About To Crash (Reprise)
I'm alive againThe darkness far behind meI'm invincibleDespair will never find meI feel strongI've got a new sense of elationBoundless energyEuphoria fixationStill it's hard to just get byIt seems so meaningless to...
- Lie
Verse 1:Daybreakat the bottom of lakeit's a hundred degrees a I can't breathAnd I won't get out'til I figure it outThought I'm weak like I can't believeso you tell me "trust me" I can trust youjust let me show youBut...
- Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
He seems alone and silentthoughts remain without an answerAfraid and uninvitedhe slowly drifts awayMoved by desire and fearBreaking delicate wingsLifting shadowsoff a Dream once brokenShe can turn a drop of waterInto...
- The Mirror
Temptation-Why won't you leave me alone ?Lurking every corner-Everywhere I goSelf Control-Don't turn your back on me nowWhen I need you the mostConstant pressure tests my willMy will or my won'tMy self control escapes...
- Caught In A Web
Silence disguisedI watch youShow me the hurtThat haunts youWould you despise the thrillIf all you hide were mine?I can't hold on any longerThese feelings keep growing strongerEchoes that deafen the mindwill bury my...
- Six O'Clock
"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..." [4 times] "And for what?" "Well, isn't it for the honor of God, Aunt Kate?" "I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane."...
- A Mind Beside Itself
I. Erotomania(instrumental)II. Voices'Love, just don't stare'He used to say to meEvery Sunday morningThe spider in the windowThe angel in the poolThe old man takes the poisonNow the widow makes the rules'So speak, I'm...
- Innocence Faded
AnimationBreathes a cloudless mindFascinationLeaves the doubting blindUntil the circle breaks and wisdom lies aheadThe faithful live AwakeThe rest remain misledSome will transcend spinning yearsOne as if time...
- Zeppelin, Metallica, Floyd, Yes
(Instrumental)
- Mission Impossible
(Instrumental)
- Hollow Years
He's just the kind of man You hear about Who leaves his family for An easy out...
- Cover My Eyes
I've got my hands out in front of my faceBut i can hardly seeI've bathed myself in holy waterBut it doesn't bother meUnder my skin, upon my headInside the walls, beneath my bedMy black and whites are turning redCover...
- Fatal Tragedy
Alone at night I feel so strange I need to find All the answers to my dreams When I sleep at night I hear the cries What does this mean? I shut the door and traveled to another home I met an older man, he seemed to be...
- Master Of Puppets
End of passion play, crumbling awayI'm your source of self-destructionVeins that pump with fear, *** darkest clearLeading on your deaths' constructionTaste me you will seeMore is all you need dedicated toHow I'm...
- Tears
All of the seasons and all of the daysAll of the reasons why I felt this waySo long, so longThen lost in that feelingI looked in your eyesI noticed the motion and that you had criedFor me,I can seeWhat could touch me...
- Where Are You Know
Carry it awayCarry it away againHave nothing to sayNothing to say againNo one needs to be aloneGet my ego on the phoneWalking againWalking again todayWho will i drain?Who will i drain today?No one wants to see you...
- Finally Free
Hypnotherapist:"You are once again surrounded by a brilliant white light.Allow the light to lead you away from your past and into this lifetime.As the light dissipates you will slowly fade back into consciousness...
- To Live Forever
If I'd started from the topAnd worked my way downThere'd be no reasonTo live foreverTo live foreverThe starvation has turnedMe outside inAnd the wind has blownMe halfway across the worldAcross the worldWhy was I...
- Don't Look Past Me
[Demo from 1989/90, with John Hendricks on vocals. Also available with James LaBrie on vocals on the "Antiquities" CD. ][Sample is Robert DeNiro from the film "The Deer Hunter". ]"I don't know, I feel a lot of...
- Smoke On The Water
We all came out to MontreuxOn the Lake Geneva shorelineTo make records with a mobileWe didn't have much timeFrank Zappa and the MothersWere at the best place aroundBut some stupid with a flare gunBurned the place to...
- The Big Medley
So ya Thought yaMight like to go to the show.To feel the warm thrill of confusionThat space cadet glow.Tell me is something eluding you, sunshine?Is this not what you expected to see?If you wanna find out what's...
- Stream Of Consciousness
[Instrumental]
- As I Am
Don'tTell me what's inTell me how to writeDon't tell me how to win thisFight.Isn't your lifeIt isn't your right To take the only thing that'sMine.Proven over timeIt's over your headDon't try to read betweenThe...
- 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 believeIn the mighty and the strong.Come bleed the beastFollow me it won't be long.Listen,When the prophetSpeaks to...
- Honor Thy Father
We're taught unconditional love,That blood is thicker than water,That a parent's world would revolve,Always around their son or their daughter.You pretend I was your own,And even believed that you loved me.But were...
- Vacant
Hey you, hey you,I'm right here.Conscience fading.Can't get through.Oh LordHelpless.Confused.Head swayed,Eyes glazed,And mine teared.She's losing controlWhat can I do?Her vacant eyes,Black holes.Am I losing you?
- Endless Sacrifice
Don'tTell me what's inTell me how to writeDon't tell me how to win thisFight.Isn't your lifeIt isn't your right To take the only thing that'sMine.Proven over timeIt's over your headDon't try to read betweenThe...
- Beyond This Life
Headline: "murder, young girl killedDesperate shooting at echo's hillDreadful ending, killer diedEvidently suicide."A witness heard a horrifying soundHe ran to find a woman dead andLying on the groundStanding by her...
- Endless Sacrifice (Amended)
Cold,Lying in my bedStaring into darkness.Lost,I hear footsteps overhead,And my thoughts returnAgain.Like a child who's run awayAnd won't be coming back.Time keeps passing by,As night turns into day.I'm so far awayAnd...
- This Dying Soul
[IV. Reflections of Reality (Revisited)]Hello, Mirror - so glad to see you my friend, it's been a while.Searching, Fearless - where do I begin to heal this wound of self-denial?Face yourself man!Brace yourself and...
- Never Enough
Cut myself open wideBreach insideHelp yourselfTo all I have to giveAnd then you help yourself againAnd then complainThat you didn't like the wayI put the knife in wrongYou didn't like the wayMy blood spilled on your...
- I Walk Beside You
There's a story in your eyesI can see the hurt behind your smileFor every sign I recognizeAnother one escapes meLet me know what plagues your mindLet me be the one to know you bestBe the one to hold you upWhen you...
- Sacrificed Sons
Walls are closingAnxiously Channel surfingFrantically Burning CitySmoke and fire Planes, we're certain. Faith inspired?No cluesA complete surprise Who'll beComing home tonight? Heads al turningTowards the sky Towers...
- These Walls
This is so hard for meTo find the words to sayMy thoughts are standing stillCaptive inside of meAll emotions start to hideAnd nothing's getting troughWatch meFadingI'm losingAll my instinctsFalling into darknessTear...
- The Root Of All Evil
Proud enough for you to call me arrogant Greedy enough to be labeled a thiefAngry enough for me to go and hurt a man Cruell enough for me to feel no grief Never could have just a part of it I always need more to get...
- Panic Attack
All wound upOn the edgeTerrifiedSleep disturbedRestless mindPetrifiedClouds of fearPermeateAll I seeHeighteningNervousnessTheatens meI am paralyzedSo afraid to dieCut of cordWarning signsNever showTension...
- Octavarium
I never wanted to become someone like him so secure Content to live each day just like the last I was sure I knew thatThis was not for me And I wanted so much more Far beyond what I could see So I swore that I'dNever...
- The Answer Lies Within
Look aroundWhere do you belongDon't be afraidYou're not the only oneDon't let the day go byDon't let it endDon't let a day go by, in doubtThe Answer Lies WithinLife is shortSo learn from your mistakesAnd stand...
- Scene One: Regression
[H:]"Close your eyes and begin to relax. Take a deep breath, and let it outslowly. Concentrate on your breathing. With each breath you become morerelaxed. Imagine a brilliant white light above you, focusing on this...
- Scene Four: Beyond This Life
[Headline:] "Murder, young girl killedDesperate shooting at Echoe`s hillDreadful ending, killer diedEvidently suicide"A witness heard a horrifying soundHe ran to find a woman dead andLying on the groundStanding by her...
- Scene Seven: The Spirit Carries On
[N:]Where did we come from?Why are we here?Where do we go when we die?What lies beyondAnd 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...
- Through Her Eyes
Nicholas:She never really had a chanceOn that fateful moonlit nightSacrificed without a fightA victim of her circumstanceNow that I've become awareAnd I've exposed this tragedyA sadness grows inside of meIt all seems...
- Scene Eight: Finally Free
[Miracle:]Friday eveningThe blood still on my handsTo think that she would leave me nowFor that greateful manSole survivorNo witness to the crimeI must act fast to over upI think that there`s still timeHe`d seem...
- Scene Three: Through My Words
[N:]All your eyes have ever seenAll you`ve ever heardIs etched upon my memoryI spoken through my wordsAll that I take with meIs all you`ve left behindWe`re sharing one eternityLiving in two mindsLinked by an endless...
- Scene Six: Home
[Sleeper:]Shine-lake of fireLines take me higherMy mind drips desireConfined and overtiredLiving this charadeIs getting me nowhereI can`t shake this charadeThe city`s cold blood calls me homeHome it`s what I long...
- One Last Time
[N:]It doesn`t make any senseThis tragic endingIn spite of the evidenceThere`s something still missingHeard some of the rumours toldA taste of one`s wealthDid Victoria wound his soul?Did she bid him farewell?[V:]One...
- Scene Three: Strange Deja Vu
[N:]Subconscious strange sensationUnconscious relaxationWhat a pleasant nightmareAnd I can`t wait to get there againEvery time I close my eyesThere`s another vivid surpriseAnother whole life waitingChapters...
- Learning To Live
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...
- Wait For Sleep
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...
- Another Day
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...
- Take The Time
(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...
- Sorrounded
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...
- Surrounded
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...
- Pull Me Under
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 and Every day sends future to past Every...
- Metropolis - Part I
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...
- Under A Glass Moon
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...
- Dance Of Eternity
[Instrumental]
- Overture 1928
[Instrumental]
- Home
The Sleeper:Shine- lake of fireLines take me higherMy mind drips desireConfined and overtiredLiving this charadeIs getting me nowhereI can't shake this charadeThe city's cold blood calls me homeHomeIt's what I long...
- The Spirit Carries On
[Nicholas:]Where did we come from?Why are we here?Where do we go when we die?What lies beyondAnd what lay before?Is anything certain in life?They say, "Life is too short,""The here and the now"And "You're only given...
- Afterlife
I touched with onewho made me runaway from my own soul...In this world with itsmany illusionsWe are moving like mice through amazeAnd now I findwhat's left behindhas served to make me wholefull of doubt, deception,...
- Light Fuse And Get Away
Would you like to sit and talk to meabout the way things change sosuddenlywhen your senses come and the feelinggoes?can you remember feeling muchtoo close?Stop your hands from shaking.Look at me.Are your senses racing...
- The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun
Watching my window I was led like achildAs the roadway lamplightsmisguided my mind through the nighta shadow of limitsWe were racing the rainmy hands held the wheelMy eyes tried to hold their placethere must have been...
- Only A Matter Of Time
A suited man smiled said:"It's just a matter of timeYou can have the world at your feetby tomorrowjust sign on this line."Hold tight... limelight!Approaching the paramountwith the sun in our eyesfearing family ties,...
- Status Seeker
Heart sick at the sight of theStatus SeekerIn a sense I'm not beyond reproachthe aspiration to drop a nameWhen any rose might smell the sameMaybe you'll figure it out someday"I want to know you now...You know I've...
- The Killing Hand
[I. The Observance]An Angel's kiss now fallenDescending scarlet cuts the skyFaded names left on the wallHonor the fighting leave life todieRemembered is the sacrifice butNo praisal of blood still flowingWho were the...
- The Shattered Fortress
Freedom - calls my nameSerenity - keeps me saneHappiness - it dulls the painHonor - to save my fateHoping - to run awayWillingness - to understandJustice - but do not judgeCourtesy - for all to startKindness - it's...
- Wither
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 im getting nowhere And ill...
- A Rite Of Passage
This is the new world orderPlague upon our peersSpreading accusationsOf radical fearsThe brotherhood of wisdomStrength and dignityIts rituals and secretsRemain a mysteryBeneath the ever watchful eyeThe angels of the...
- The Count Of Tuscany
Several years ago in a foreign town Far away from home, I met the Count of Tuscany.A young eccentric man, bred from royal blood, Took me for a ride across the open countryside"Get into my carLet's go for a driveAlong...
- The Best Of Times
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Remember days of yesterdayAnd how it flew so fastThe two score and a year we had,I thought would always lastThe summer days and west coast...
- A Nightmare To Remember
A nightmare to rememberI'll never be the samewhat began as laughterSo soon will turn to painThe sky was clear and prettyThe air was quick and stillNow I'm not one to soon forgetAnd I'll bet I never willPicked up for a...
- Trial Of Tears
I. It's Raining Under the sun There's 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...
- Take Away My Pain
I was sitting on the edge of his bed Staring at the headlines on the paper He said, "Look at poor Gene Kelly I guess he won't be singing in the rain" You can take away my heroes Can you take away my pain Take away...
- Lines In The Sun
Sometimes, for a moment of blissAnd the passion, we're cravingThere's a message we missSometimes when the spirits left aloneWe must believe in somethingTo find if we've grownTragic reflex, shattered calmStatic...
- Peruvian Skies
There, there it isI swear he's gonna murder that poor kidWait, i hear it againDon't turn on the lights until weHear the way it endsUnder peruvian skiesVanessa regretfully waitsThe story unfolds in her eyesWhere...
- New Millennium
A single star behind meA red sky burns aheadA lonely light below meAwake among the deadAn overwhelming feelingLeaves me numband strangeA sense of new beginningI sense a wind of changeOut with the old uselessPeople so...
- You Not Me
Being 'round you is driving me crazy Watching you run is making me lazy You're trying to buy a place in my head Telling me lines I've already read Speaking my name to try to confuse me Say it again you're starting to...
- New Millenium
A single star behind meA red sky burns aheadA lonely light below meAwake among the deadAn overwhelming feelingLeaves me numband strangeA sense of new beginningI sense a wind of changeOut with the old uselessPeople so...
- Lines In The Sand
Sometimes For a moment of bliss In the passion We're craving There's a message we miss Sometimes when The spirit's left alone We must believe in something To find if we've grown Tragic reflex Shattered calm Static...
- Hell's Kitchen
[Instrumental]
- Burning My Soul
A thorn in my side A chip on my shoulder A lump in my throat The size of a boulder The chill up my spine Can't get any colder And you wonder why I can't smile A knot in my gut An ape on my back In the heat of the...
- Anna Lee
Open your eyesAnd turn off your mindStep right up folks and you will findAgrowing trendAn epidemicSpread with zenAnd hypodermicsJust close your mindYou can find all you need with your eyesThe big machines take care...
- Just Let Me Breathe
Open your eyes And turn off your mind Step right up folks And you will find A growing trend An epidemic Spread with zen And hypodermics yeah Yeah Just close your mind You can find all you need with your eyes...
- In The Presence Of Enemies
[I Prelude][Instrumental][II Resurrection]I saw a white lightShining there before meAnd walking to itI waited for the endA final visionPromising salvationA resurrectionFor a fallen manDo you still wait for your GodAnd...
- In The Presence Of Enemies, Pt. 2
Welcome tired pilgrimInto the circleWe have been waitingEveryone's gatheredfor your arrivalAll the believersAngels fallall for youhereticDemon heartbleed for usI've been waiting for you,Weary preacher manYou have been...
- The Ytse Jam
- Instrumental -
- The Ones Who Helped To Set The Sun
Watching my window I was led like a childAs the roadway lamplightsMisguided my mind through the nightA shadow of limitsWe were racing the rainMy hands held the wheelMy eyes tried to hold their placeThere must have...
- A Fortune In Lies
I can remember when,In the unity of our five-day sessionsNot even once did we hear the siren songWhat kind of imaginationAsleep in some lyrical comaWho's vain futile memoryCould have been so wrong?You can make a...
- Scarred
To Rise, To Fall.To Hurt, To Hate.To Want, To Wait.To Heal, To Save.Can't hear itwe fear itawareness won't come near itDistractiveReactiveDisguised in spite of timeI never bared my emotionMy passion always strongI...
- Erotomania
(Instrumental)
- Space Dye Vest
Falling through pages of Martens on angelsFeeling my heart pull westI saw the future dressed as a strangerlove in a space-dye vestLove is an act of blood and I'm bleedinga pool in the shape of a heartBeauty projection...
- 6:00
Six oÂ’clock on a christmas morning...And for what?Well, isnÂ’t it for the honor of god,Aunt kate?I know all about the honor of god,Mary jane.Six oÂ’clock the siren kicks him from a dreamTries to shake it off but it...
- The Silent Man
A question well servedIs silence like a fever,A voice never heardOr a message with no receiver?Pray they won't askBehind the stained glassThere's always one more maskHas man been a victimOf his woman, of his father?If...
- Voices
'Love, just don't stare'He used to say to meevery Sunday morningThe spider in the windowThe angel in the poolThe old man takes the poisonNow the widow makes the rules'So speak, I'm right here'She used to say to menot...
- Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding
The roses in the window boxHave tilted to one sideEverything about this houseIs gonna grow and dieOh it doesn't seem a year ago to this very dayYou said I'm sorry honeyIf I don't change the paceI can't face another...
- A Change Of Seasons
I. The Crimson Sunrise [00:00](Instrumental)II. Innocence [03:50]I remember a timeMy frail, virgin mindwatched the crimson sunriseImagined what it might findLife was filled with wonderI felt the warm wind blowI must...
- Speak To Me
I remember when we were so young.You embraced my fears and made me strong.Never did you actually hold my hand.Your silence no-one else would understand.Did you fall,Did you crawl,Will you open up at all?Did you...
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