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album: "Train Of Thought" (2003)


album: "Train Of Thought" (2003)


1. As I Am

[Lyrics by John Petrucci]


Don't

Tell me what's in
Tell me how to write
Don't tell me how to win
This fight
Isn't your life
It isn't your right
To take the only thing that's
Mine

Proven over time

It's over your head
Don't try to read between the
Lines
Are clearly defined
Never lose sight of
Something you believe in

Takin' in the view from the outside

Feeling like the underdog
Watching through the window I'm on the outside
Living like the underdog

I've been trying to justify you

In the end I will just defy you

To those who understand, I extend my hand

To the doubtful I demand, take me as I am
Not under your command, I know where I stand
I won't change to fit your plan, Take me as I am

As I am


Still

Running uphill
Swimming against the current
I wish I weren't so
Fucked
Feels like I'm stuck
Lost in a sea of mediocrity

''Slow down,

You're thinking too much
Where is your soul?''
You cannot touch
The way I
Play
Or tell me what to say
You're in the way
Of all that I believe in

Takin' in the view from the outside

Feeling like the underdog
Watching through the window I'm on the outside
Living like the underdog
I've been wasting my breath on you
Open minds will descend upon you

To those who understand, I extend my hand

To the doubtful I demand, take me as I am
Not under your command, I know where I stand
I won't change to fit your plan, take me as I am



2. This Dying Soul

[Lyrics by Mike Portnoy]


[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 trace your hell back

You've been blinded, living lie a one way cold existence all the while

Now it's time to stare the problem right between the eyes you long lost child

I wanna feel your body breaking

Wanna feel your body breaking and shaking and left in the cold
I want to heal your conscience making a change to fix this dying soul

Born into this world a broken home

Surrounded by love yet all alone
Forced into a life that's split in two
A mother and a father both pulling you

Then you had to deal with loss and death

Everybody thinking they know best
Coping with this shit at such an age
Can only fill a kid with pain and rage

Family disease pumped through your blood

Never had the chance you thought you could
Running all the while with no escape
Turning all that pain in to blame and hate

Living on your own by twenty one

Not a single care and having fun
Consuming all the life in front of you
Burning out the fuse and smoking the residue

Possessive obsessions selfish childish games

Vengeful resentments
Passing all the blame
Living out a life of decadence
Acing without thought of consequence
Spreading all your lies from coast to coast
While spitting on the ones that matter most

Running power mad with no control

Fighting for the credit they once stole
No one can ever tell you what to do
Ruling other's lives while the can't stand the thought of you

A living reflection seen from miles away

A hopeless affliction having run astray

I wanna feel your body breaking

Wanna feel your body breaking and shaking and left in the cold
I want to heal your conscience making a change to fix this dying soul

Now that you can see all you have done

It's time to take that step into the kingdom
All your sins will only make you strong
And help you break right through the prison wall

[V. Release]


Come to me my friend (Listen to me)

I'll help this torture end (Help to set me free)
Let your ego go (I can't carry this load)
You can't go through this alone (I feel so hopeless and exposed)
You'll find your peace of mind (Give me some direction)
You can no longer hide (Break out of this isolation)
Let humility (Openness, honesty)
And become what you can be (A healing tranquility)

Help me

Save me
Heal me
I can't break out of this prison all alone

These tormenting ghosts of yesterday

Will vanish when exposed
You can't hold onto your secrets
They'll only send you back alone

Your fearless admissions

Will help expel your destructive obsessions
With my help I know you can
Be at one with God and man

Hear me

Believe me
Take me
I'm ready to break right through this prison wall

Dedicated to Bill W. and all of his friends




3. 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 me 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



4. Honor Thy Father

[Lyrics by Mike Portnoy]


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 pretended I was your own

And even believed that you loved me
But were always threatened by some
Invisible blood line that only you could see

You took advantage of an outreached hand

And twisted it to meet your every need
'Gimme time to re-charge my batteries,
I'll see her when she's older and I'll bounce her on my knee'

Well listen to me you ungrateful fool

Here comes a dose of reality
You'll go to your grave a sad and lonely man
The door is now closed on your pathetic little plan

On and on and on and on it goes

It's so easy to run away with nothing in tow

How can you ever sleep a wink at night

Pretending that everything is alright
And have the nerve to blame this mess on me

Never in my life have I seen someone

So Ignorant to the damage he has done
You're the rotted root in the family tree

I tried your four bill therapy

I tried to make amends
But nothing could lure you out of your selfish shell again
Expecting everyone to bow and kiss your feet
Don't you see respect is not a one way street
Blaming everyone for all that you've done wrong
I'll get my peace of mind when you hear this song

On and on and on and on it goes

And with every passing day true colors show

How can you ever sleep a wink at night

Pretending that everything is alright
And have the balls to blame this mess on me

Never in my life have I seen someone

Oblivious to the damage he has done
You're the rotted root in the family tree

Watch where you walk

Don't you dare cross the crooked step
Watch the way you talk
Don't cross the crooked step

[spoken:]

"This is a regret that you make"
"we're still connected"
"This is a regret that you make-"
"I want my family back"
"-and there's something you take"
"You can't have it. I'm sorry for you, but it's too late..."
"Mistakes like this...You don't make"
"Can't you see anything except in terms of how it affects you?"
"You make some...And they'll get to you"
"You don't love anybody"
"I gave you money, I gave you a car, I took you in-"
It's not OK, son"
"-but don't that mean something?"
"Do I admire people too much?"
"No...You should do better"
"That disappoints you..."
"God damn regrets!"
"You deserve to die alone for what you have done!"
GOD DAMN REGRETS!"
"Don't deny it"
"You cocksucker, I know you're here."
"Don't deny it"
"I want you to know I hate your fucking guts."
"The biggest regret in my life"
"I wish you'd fucking die."
"I've let my love go"
"I'm your blood...I'm your family"
"Is that you?"
You're not my family, not anymore"
"The fucking regrets!"
"When your own flesh and blood renounces you..."
"What did I do?"
"...you have no choice but to renounce them."
"WHAT DID I DO?"

On and on and on and on it goes

Chauvinistic, heartless, selfish, cold

How can you ever sleep a wink at night

Pretending that everything is alright
And have the balls to blame this shit on me

Never in my life have I seen someone

So fucking blind to the damage he has done
You're the rotted root in the family tree



5. Vacant

[Lyrics by James LaBrie]


Hey you, Hey you

I'm right here
Conscience fading
Can't get through

Oh Lord

Helpless
Confused
Head swayed
Eyes glazed
And mine teared

She's losing control

What can I do
Her vacant eyes
Black holes
Am I losing you



6. Stream Of Consciousness

[Instrumental]




7. In The Name Of God

[Lyrics by John Petrucci]


How can this be?

Why is he the chosen one?

Saint gone astray

With a scepter and a gun

Learn to believe

In the mighty and the strong

Come bleed the beast

Follow me it won't be long

Listen when the prophet

Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God

Passion

Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God

Straight is the path

Leading to your salvation
Slaying the weak
Ethnic elimination

Any day we'll all be

Swept away
You'll be saved
As long as you obey

Lies

Tools of the devil inside
Written in Holy disguise
Meant to deceive and divide
Us all

Listen when the prophet

Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God

Passion

Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God

Blurring the lines

Between virtue and sin
They can't tell
Where God ends
And mankind begins

They know no other

Life but this
From the cradle
They are claimed

Listen when the prophet

Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God

Passion

Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God

Hundreds of believers

Lured into a doomsday cult
All would perish
In the name of God

Self-proclaimed messiah

Led his servants
To their death
Eighty murdered
In the name of God

Forty sons and daughters

Un-consenting plural wives
Perversions
In the name of God

Underground religion

Turning toward
The mainstream light
Blind devotion
In the name of God

Justifying violence

Citing from the Holy Book
Teaching hatred
In the name of God

Listen when the prophet

Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God

Passion

Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God

Religious beliefs

Fanatic obsession
Does following faith
Lead us to violence?

Unyielding crusade

Divine revelation
Does following faith
Lead us to violence?

[Chant:]

Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord
he is trampling out the vintage
where the grapes of wrath are stored
he hath loosed the fateful lightning
of his terrible swift sword
his truth is marching on.
glory, glory, hallelujah
glory, glory, hallelujah
glory, glory, hallelujah...

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