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--- instrumental ---A Change Of Seasons II: Innocence
I remember a time My frail virgin mind watched the crimson sunrise Imagined what it might find Life was filled with wonder I felt the warm wind blow I must explore the boundaries Transcend the depth of winter's snow Innocence caressing me I never felt so young before There was so much life in me Still I longed to search for more But those days are gone now Changed like a leaf on a tree Blown away forever into the cool autumn breeze The snow has now fallen and my sun's not so bright I struggle to hold on with the last of my might In my den of inequity viciousness and subtlety struggle to ease the pain struggle to find the sane Ignorance surrounding me I've never been so filled with fear All my life's been drained from me The end is drawing near....Puppies On Acid
--- instrumental ---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 Just close your mind You can find all you need with your eyes The big machines take care of you Until you kill yourself And then the sales go through the roof Calculated, Formulated Feed my head with simple thoughts And let me breathe instead of being taught All bottled up and tearing at the seams I'm bored Just let me breathe A daily dose of eMpTyV Will flush your mind right down the drain Shannon Hoon and Kurt Kobain, Make yourself a household name Just close your mind You can find all you need with your eyes The big machines take care of you Until you kill yourself And then the sales go through the roof Calculated, Formulated Feed my head with simple thoughts And let me breathe instead of being taught All bottled up and tearing at the seams I'm bored Just let me breathe Strike up your best angst ridden posture Manufactured anger Let's not forget my legacy All my heroes have failed me Now they're dead and buried Just close your mind You can find all you need with your eyes The big machines will take care of you Until the fashion fades And the checks go through My bankroll's red And my face is blue And still they'll turn their backs on you for Someone new Feed my head With some real thoughts And let me think instead Of being tought I'll say things You won't believe Just stand back Just let me breatheVoices
"Love, just don't stare" He used to say to me every Sunday morning The spider in the window The angel in the pool The old man takes the poison Now the widow makes the rules "So speak, I'm right here" She used to say to me not a word, not a word Judas on the ceiling the Devil in my bed I guess Easter's never coming So I'll just wait inside my head Like a scream but sort of silent living off my nightmares Voices repeating me "Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears." Voices discussing me "Others steal your thoughts they're not confined within your mind." Thought disorder Dream control Now they read my mind on the radio But where was the Garden of Eden? I feel elated I feel depressed Sex is death, Death is sex Says it right here on my Crucifix Like a scream but sort of silent living off my nightmares Voices protecting me "Good behavior brings the Savior to his knees." Voices rejecting me "Others steal your thoughts they're not confined to your own mind." I'm kneeling on the floor staring at the wall like the spider in the window I wish that I could speak Is there fantasy in refuge? God in politicians? Should I turn on my religion? These demons in my head tell me to I'm lying here in bed Swear my skin is inside out Just another Sunday morning Seen my diary on the newsstand Seems we've lost the truth to quicksand It's a shame no one is praying 'Cause these voices in my head keep saying... "Love, just don't stare." "Reveal the Word when you're supposed to" Withdrawn and introverted Infectiously perverted "Being laughed at and confused keeps us pleasantly amused enough to stay." Maybe I'm just Cassandra fleeting Twentieth century Icon bleeding Willing to risk Salvation to escape from isolation I'm witness to redemption heard you speak but never listened Can you rid me of my secrets? Deliver us from Darkness? Voices repeating me "Feeling threatened? We reflect .your hopes and fears." Voices discussing me Don't expect your own Messiah This neverworld which you desire is only in your mind.Take The Time
Just let me catch my breath I've heard the promises I've seen the mistakes I've had my share of tough breaks I need a new voice, a new law, a new way To take the time, reevaluate It's time to pick up the peices, 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 challenges 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 them 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 a pensive fear, a wasted year A man must learn to cope If his obsession's real, Supression that he feels must turn to hope Life is no more assuring than love (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 that you need in your mind I close my eyes And feel the water rise around me Drown in the beat of time Let my senses fall away I cna see much better now, I'm blind Find all you need in your mind If you can take the timeDerek Sherinian Piano Solo
--- instrumental ---Lines In The Sand
Sometimes, for a moment of bliss And the passion, we're craving There's a message we miss Sometimes when, the spirits left alone We must believe in something To find if we've grown Tragic reflex, Shattered calm Static progress, Senses gone Numb awareness, Final psalm Swept away with the tide Through the holes in my hands Crown of thorns at my side Drawing lines in the sand Sometimes, if you're perfectly still You can hear the virgin weeping For the savior of your will Sometimes, your castles in the air And the fantasies you're seeking Are the cross you bear Sacred conflict, Blessed prize Weeping crosses, Stainless eyes Desperate addict, Faith disguised Swept away with the tide Through the holes in my hands Crown of thorns at my side Drawing lines in the sand We fabricate our demons Invite them into our homes Have supper with the aliens And fight the war alone We conjure up our skeletons Enlist the den of thieves Frightened from our closets The sewn upon our sleeves In the stream of consciousness There is a river crying Living comes much easier Once we admit We're dying Sometimes, in the wreckage of our wake There's a bitterness we harbor And hate for hatred's sake Sometime we dig an early grave And crucify our instincts For the hope we couldn't save Sometimes a view from sinless eyes Centers our perspective And pacifies our cries Sometimes the anguish we survive And the mysteries we nurture Are the fabrics of our lives Swept away with the tide Through the holes in my hands Crown of thorns at my side Drawing lines in the sand.......Scarred
To Rise, To Fall. To Hurt, To Hate. To Want, To Wait. To Heal, To Save. Can't hear it. we fear it awareness won't come near it Distractive Reactive Disguised in spite of time I never bared my emotions My passion always strong I never lost my devotion but somewhere fate went wrong Can't let them rape me again Your venom's not family here won't let them fill me with fatalistic remedies What if the rest of the world was hopelessly blinded by fear? Where would my sanctity live? Suddenly nobody cares. It's never enough you're wasting your time isn't there something I could say? You don't understand You're closing me out How can we live our lives this way? You tell me I'm wrong I'm risking my life Still, I have nothing in return I show you my hands You don't see the scars Maybe you'll leave me here to burn. What if the rest of the world was hopelessly drowning in vain? Where would our self pity run? Suddenly everyone cares, Blood...Heal me Fear...Change me Belief will always save me Blood...Swearing Fear...Staring Conviction made aware Give up on misery Turn your back on dissent Leave their distrust behind Wash your hands of regret Do you feel you don't know me anymore? And do you feel I'm afraid of your love? And how come you don't want me asking? And how come my heart's not invited? You say you want everyone happy Well, we're not laughing. And how come you don't understand me? And how come I don't understand you? Thirty years say we're in this together So open your eyes. People in prayer for me everyone there for me Sometimes I feel I should face this alone My soul exposed It calms me to know that I won't Blood...Heal me Fear...Change me Belief will always save me Blood...Swearing Fear...Staring Conviction made aware Give up on misery Turn your back on dissent Leave their distrust behind Wash your hands of regret Blood...Heal me Fear...Change me Belief will always save me Blood...Swearing Fear...Staring Conviction made aware Learning from misery Staring back at dissent Leaving distrust behind I'm inspired and contentA Change Of Seasons IV: The Darkest Of Winters
--- instrumental ---Ytse Jam
--- instrumental ---Mike Portnoy Drum Solo
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