Glass Prison

Dream Theater

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    [I - Reflection]
    Cunning, baffling, powerful
    Been beaten to a pulp
    Vigorous, irresistable
    Sick and tired and laid low
    Dominating, invincible
    Black-out, loss of control
    Overwhelming, unquenchable
    I'm powerless, have to let go

    I can't escape it
    It leaves me frail and worn
    Can no longer take it
    Senses tattered and torn

    Hopeless surrender
    Obsession's got me beat
    Losing the will to live
    Admitting complete defeat

    Fatal descent
    Spinning around
    I've gone too far
    To turn back round

    Desperate attempt
    Stop the progression
    At any length
    Lift this obsession

    Crawling to my glass prison
    A place where no one knows
    My secret lonely world begins

    So much safer here
    A place where I can go
    To forget about my daily sins

    Life here in my glass prison
    A place I once called home
    Fall in nocturnal bliss again

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    Chasing a long lost friend
    I no longer can control
    Just waiting for this hopelessness to end

    [II - Restoration]
    Run fast from the wreckage of the past
    A shattered glass prison wall behind me
    Fight, past walking through the ashes
    A distant oasis before me

    Cry, desperate crawling on my knees
    Begging God to please stop the insanity
    Help me, I'm trying to believe
    Stop wallowing in my own self pity

    We've been waiting for you my friend
    The writing's been on the wall
    All it takes is a little faith
    You know you're the same as us all

    Help me, I can't break out this prison all alone
    Save me, I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own
    Heal me, I can't restore my sanity alone

    Enter the door
    Desperate
    Fighting no more
    Help me restore
    To my sanity
    At this temple of hope

    I need to learn
    Teach me how
    Sorrow to burn
    Help me return
    To humanity
    I'll be fearless and thorough
    To enter this temple of hope

    Believe
    Transcend the pain
    Living the life
    Humility
    Open my eyes
    This new odyssey
    Of rigorous honesty

    Serenity
    That I never knew
    Soundness of mind
    Helped me to find
    Courage to change
    All the things that I can

    We'll help you perform this miracle
    But you must set your past free
    You dug the hole, but you can't bury your soul
    Open your mind and you'll see

    Help me, I can't break out this prison all alone
    Save me, I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own
    Heal me, I can't restore my sanity alone

    [III - Revelation]
    Way off in the distance I saw a door
    I tried to open
    I tried forcing with all of my will but still
    The door wouldn't open

    Unable to trust in my faith
    I turned and walked away
    I looked around, felt a chill in the air
    Took my will and turned it over

    The glass prison which once held me is gone
    A long lost fortress
    Armed only with liberty
    And the key of my willingness

    Fell down on my knees and prayed
    Thy will be done
    I turned around, saw a light shining through
    The door was wide open

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    Composition: Mike Portnoy, Jordan Rudess, and John Petrucci

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