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DREAM THEATER LYRICS
"The Silent Man" (1994 Single)
1. The Silent Man (LP version)
2. Take The Time (demo version)
3. Eve
1. The Silent Man (LP version)
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
2. Take The Time (demo version)
"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
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 bear of time
Let my senses fall away
I can see much clearer now,
I'm blind
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...
3. Eve
[recorded live at the limelight, ny, march 4, 1993. ]
[the samples are from a reading of James Joyce's book, ]
["dedalus - portrait of an artist as a young man". ]
"chapter one. once upon a time, and a very good time it was,
There was a moo cow coming down along the road."
"so he came himself in weakness not in power
And he sent thee, a creature in his stead,
With a creature's comeliness and luster
Suited to our state.
And now thy very face and form dear mother,
Speak to us of the eternal;
Not like earthly beauty, dangerous to look upon,
But like the morning star which is thy emblem,
Bright and musical, breathing purity,
Telling of heaven and infusing peace.
O harbinger of day! o light of the pilgrim!
Lead us still as thou hast led.
In the dark night, across the bleak wilderness
Guide us on to our lord jesus, guide us home."
"'tower of ivory? ' they used to say, 'house of gold? '
How could a woman be a tower of ivory or a house of gold? "
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