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DREAM THEATER LYRICS
"Falling Into Infinity Demos" (2007 Best of/Compilation)
1. Raise The Knife
2. Where Are You Now?
3. Take Away My Pain
4. You Or Me
5. Anna Lee
6. Burning My Soul
7. The Way It Used To Be
8. Lines In The Sand
1. Raise The Knife
Have I thanked you for your time?
Or will your life go unrewarded again?
Never asking for a dime
You just gave all of yourself
Until I turned my back on you, my friend
The powers that be made you a martyr
Conspiracy led you to slaughter
I tried to control it, but as soon as I showed it
I was shot down again
Once again outnumbered
Appreciation slumbered
You can ask yourself why
But that look in your eye
Doesn't pass the test
You've been laid to rest my friend
Again
Tortured artist bears his soul
Seems the pressure took its toll
Lived a life so punishing
Now he keeps the publishing
Spilling your guts out to a pad and pen
Communication to your silent friend
Raising the knife
To a picture of a life
(I once knew)
There comes a time
Compromising my life
(Just won't do)
I cannot lie
I can't try anymore
(To reach you)
I just can't fight
Raise the knife
Raise the knife
Cut through
I remember when you were the quiet type
Content to sit and watch the motions of your life
With false sensitivity
You cut yourself open so people would adore you
They all bought into your contrived sincerity
And how you wore your heart and soul right on your sleeve
Laughing sarcastically
You turned your back on the people who adored you
Self-absorbed exhaustion
Self-esteem distortion
Self-infused extortion
Self-serving abortion
I'll take the blame for these things that I say
'Cause I had the heart and the will and the courage to stay
Every day
I won't walk away
Reading through all the digests you show me
I notice the way that you that think you control me
Doubting my future you don't even know me
But I never walked out on you
Raising the knife
To a picture of a life
(I once knew)
There comes a time
Compromising my life
(Just won't do)
I cannot lie
I can't try anymore
(To reach you)
I just can't fight
Raise the knife
Raise the knife
Cut through
2. Where Are You Now?
Carry it away
Carry it away again
Have nothing to say
Nothing to say again
No one needs to be alone
Get my ego on the phone
Walking again
Walking again today
Who will I drain?
Who will I drain today?
No one wants to see you drown
And no one wants to be let down
Sorry about your secret garden
Is it too late to beg your pardon?
Didn't expect your soul to harden
Are you already gone?
Too late...
Where are you now?
Blind and deaf
No one's left to come around
Where are you now?
Lost out there
Where eyes no longer stare
You read the writing on the wall
Will Jesus catch you when you fall?
Heaven's filled with empty prayers
Pray too hard and no one cares
Sorry about your secret garden
Is it too late to beg your pardon?
Didn't expect your soul to harden
Are you already gone?
Too late...
Where are you now?
Blind and deaf
No one's left to come around
Where are you now?
Lost out there
Where eyes no longer stare
So there you are
Beyond the crowd
What do you hear to talk so loud?
Beneath the wall
Is where you'll fall
And wanting more
And losing all
(You're one step away)
Losing all
(You're one step away)
Losing all
I'm gonna comfort you
I'm gonna comfort you
I'm gonna comfort you
I'm gonna comfort you
Nothing's gonna
No one's gonna comfort you
Where are you now?
Lost out there
Where eyes no longer stare
Where are you now?
Lost out there
Where eyes no longer stare
Where are you now?
Lost out there
Where are you now?
Lost out there
3. 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.'
Then we talked about the weather and the game
Election day and things I can't remember
But all that I could think of
Was this would be the last time
That we'd talk about anything
You took away my heroes
Can you take away my pain?
Take away my pain
Please don't let it rain
Take away my pain
I'm not frightened anymore
I'll be knocking at your door
She was standing by the edge of his bed
Staring at the message on their faces
He said, 'What else can you do, babe?
I guess I won't be coming home again.'
They just took away all my promises
Make them take away my pain
Take away my pain
Please don't let it rain
Take away my pain
I'm not frightened anymore
Just stay with me tonight
I'm tired of this fight
Soon I'll be knocking at your door
His final scene
The actor bows
And all those dreams
Are gone somehow
The crowd applauds
The curtain falls
There'll be no encore after all
I was sitting on the edge of my bed
Staring at the paper through my tears
It read, 'Say Goodbye to Jesus'
The world he left will never be the same
You took away my hero
Will you take away my pain?
Take away my pain
Let the cold inside
Time to let it rain
There's nothing left to hide
Take away my pain
I'm not frightened anymore
I'm learning to survive
Without you in my life
Til you come knocking at my door...
Keep knocking, keep knocking
Knocking at my door
4. You Or Me
People around here are driving me crazy
Watching them run is making me lazy
Trying to buy a place in my head
Selling me lines I've already read
Speaking my name to try to confuse me
Say it again--you're starting to lose me
That's alright; I'm okay
It happens every single day
It's all the same
But I'm not blind
Never mind
It's either you or me
And I can't see the difference
You or me
I find that I can't see the difference
When are these changes going to stick?
Eating my words is making me sick
Some of the time
I'm practically sacred
Reading my mind
Is leaving you naked
You'd rather give it away than receive it
One of these days I'm gonna believe it.
That's alright; I'm okay
It happens every single day
It's all the same
But I'm not blind
Nevermind
It's either you or me
And I can't see the difference
You or me
I find that I can't see the difference
You or me
And I can't see the difference
You or me
I find that I can't see the difference
You or me
That's alright; I'm okay
It happens every single day
And I can't see the difference
It's all the same
But I'm not blind
Never mind
It's either
You or me
That's alright; I'm okay
It happens every single day
I find that I can't see the difference
It's all the same
But I'm not blind
5. Anna Lee
Helpless child
They invite your hands to fill their needs
Will you be the same
Shameless smile
To steal from you the innocence that bleeds
Will they feel your pain
Trying to believe
The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don't know how you'll live a life alone
She keeps holding on
Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don't wanna be alone
Where do you belong
Anna Lee
Behind those eyes
A vivid scene
A lucid dream within
Questioned secrets are revealed
And every time
You can't deny
The lines that trace your skin
Wounds that never heal
Trying to believe
The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don't know how you'll live a life alone
She keeps holding on
Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don't wanna be alone
Where do you belong
Anna Lee
And now she's calling out a name
Can't keep on hiding all her pain
You feel the rain move in
As you begin
To turn and answer the call
Trying to believe
The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don't know how you'll live a life alone
She keeps holding on
Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don't wanna be alone
Where do you belong
Anna Lee
6. Burning My Soul
7. The Way It Used To Be
8. Lines In The Sand
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