Sleep is too quiet dreams are too painful truth is the bed of this ocean of lies. Sinking through layers of untouched oblivion soaking from spirits but still far too dry. Losing all barbed fences Lucid - no defenses
"Where is my mother?" the child asked the soldier. The soldier was watching them both fade away. Nine words create an oblivion ocean: "Dad tell me, will I be dead very long?" Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for.
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand! Oh god if you save them I'd take them west we'd start again in the promised land.
When life is wearing thin we pray: the gods are close at hand when man is astray.
But when it all is said and done - is he to thank the gods for just taking his son?
Sleep is too quiet, dreams are too painful truth is the bed of this ocean of lies. Words can create an oblivion ocean: "dad tell me, will I be dead very long?" Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for.
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand. Oh god if you save them I'd take them west we'd start again (then)
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand. Oh god if you save them I'd take them west we'd start again in the promised land.
Αυτά είναι τα πέντε κομμάτια που συγκροτούν την AA Saga, ή αλλιώς τα 12 βήματα κατά του αλκοολισμού. Ο drummer Mike Portnoy ξεκίνησε να τα γράφει το 2001, όταν και άρχισε τις συναντήσεις με του Ανώνυμους Αλκοολικούς για να αντιμετωπίσει το πρόβλημά του. Όπως έχει αναφέρει και ο ίδιος, ήθελε μέσω αυτών των κομματιών να βοηθήσει όποιον έχει ανάγκη, είτε αλκοολικός είτε με άλλο πρόβλημα. Τα παραθέτω για τον ίδιο λόγο. Αφιερώστε χρόνο όποτε μπορέσετε και δώστε τους σημασία.
Υ.Γ. Ξέρω ότι κάποια video δεν είναι και τα καλύτερα. Ωστόσο, δυστυχώς, αυτά ήταν ό,τι καλύτερο μπορούσα να βρω. Αν κάποιος πραγματικά το θέλει και μπορεί, ας αναζητήσει τα τραγούδια και ας τα ακούσει σωστά. Υ.Γ. 2. Τώρα που υπάρχει πλέον και ολόκληρο το βίντεο, δείτε τα όλα μαζί σε ένα στο τέλος.
The Glass Prison
This Dying Soul
The Root of All Evil
Repentance
The Shattered Fortress
12 Step Suite
Και οι στίχοι...
The Glass Prison
[music by Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess] [lyrics by Mike Portnoy]
[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
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 Opened my eyes This new odyssey Of rigorous honesty
Serenity 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 sole 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 and still The door wouldn't open [replaced with "but" in this line]
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 now gone ["now" is not heard in this line] 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
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 o 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 o 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
The Root Of All Evil
[Music: Dream Theater, Lyrics: Mike Portnoy]
[VI. READY]
Proud enough for you to call me arrogant Greedy enough to be labeled a thief Angry enough for me to go and hurt a man Cruel enough for me to feel no grief
Never could have just a part of it I always need more to get by Getting right down to the heart of it The root of all evil has been running my whole life
Dirty enough for me to lust Leaving nothing left to trust Jealous enough to still feel envious Lazy enough to sleep all day And let my life just waste away Selfish enough to make you wait for me
Driven blindly by our sins Misled so easily Entirely ready to leave it behind I'm begging to break free
Take all of me The desires that keep burning deep inside Cast them all away And help to give me strength to face another day I am ready Help me be what I can be
[VII. REMOVE]
Self-centered fear has got a hold of me Clutching my throat Self righteous anger running all through me Ready to explode
Procrastination paralyzing me Wanting me dead These obsessions that keep haunting me Won't leave my head
Help to do for me what I can't do myself Take this fear and pain I can't break out this prison all alone Help me break these chains
Humility now my only hope Won't you take all of me Heal this dying soul
I can feel my body breaking I can feel my body breaking I'm ready to let it all go I can feel my body shaking Right down to the foundation The root of it all
Take all of me The desires that keep burning deep inside Cast it all away And help to give me strength to face another day I am ready Help me what I can be I am ready Come to me Take me away
Repentance
[Music: Dream Theater / Lyrics: Mike Portnoy]
[VIII REGRET]
Hello, mirror, so glad to see you my friend It's been a while...
Staring at the empty page before me All the years of wreckage running through my head Patterns of my life I thought adorned me Revealing hurtful shame and deep lament
Overwhelming sorrow now absorbs me As the pen begins to trace my darkest past Signs throughout my life that should have warned me Of all the wrongs I've done for which I must repent
I once thought it better to regret Things that I have done than haven't Sometimes you've got to be wrong And learn the hard way And sometimes you've got to be strong When you think it's too late
Staring at the finished page before me All the damage now so clear and evident Thinking about the dreaded task in store for me A pit of fear at the thought of my amends
Hoping that this step will help restore me To face my past and ask for forgiveness Cleaning up my dirty side of this unswept street Could this be the beginning of the end?
I once thought it better to regret Things that I have done than haven't Sometimes you've got to be wrong And learn the hard way And just when you're through hanging on You're saved
[IX RESTITUTION]
Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) "Until that moment, I'd never felt like I'd failed at anything...And I felt like I failed her...And I failed myself, and I failed my children...It's still really hard to deal with."
Steve Vai "I want to thank you for helping me to see my own selfishness and to tell you how regretful I am it has hurt you."
Chris Jericho (WWE wrestler, singer of Fozzy) "I'm sorry I didn't visit you in the hospital, Grandpa when you were on your deathbed. I'm sorry I didn't come to your funeral...I don't know if I was selfish or just too scared to face it. It's one of the biggest regrets of my life."
David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth, F5) "I'm here to confess with you that what I did, was wrong... And I'm asking for your forgiveness..."
Steve Hogarth (Marillion) "The only unforgivable thing hauls itself out of bed, looks over my shoulder at the bloody English weather..."
Joe Satriani "I really regret not being able to see my friend Andy..."
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) "One of my best friends who's the godfather of my daughter, he asked me to sing or play something at his wedding, and I turned it down because I was busy and too much of a chicken shit to do it...And I feel sorry for that, because it was a very very close friend of mine..."
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield) "So, I wanted to apologize to anyone that I've upset or offended.. they're just words, it's just an opinion, but unfortunately, I tend to express it as a fact, and that's kind of arrogant. Isn't it?"
Jon Anderson (Yes) "I think it's the betrayal...it still haunts me."
Neal Morse "I'm sorry for what I did back then... I was a different person. I really was and I'm so sorry. I wish it wouldn't have happened, but it did, and I'm sorry. Forgive me. I'm sorry..."
Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation) "I guess I'm simply sorry for being me and not you. I so often wish you could be here with me to show me the way..."
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
David Ellefson "You're only as sick as your secrets, but the truth shall set you free..."
Corey Taylor "The truth is the truth and the only thing you can do is to live with it."
The Shattered Fortress
[Music by Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess and Myung, Lyrics by Mike Portnoy]
[X. RESTRAINT]
Freedom calls my name Serenity keeps me sane Happiness -- it dulls the pain Honest to see my place
Open to other ways Willingness to understand Justice but do not judge Courtesy for others' flaws
Kindness -- it's not that hard Self-restraint of tongue and pen Inventory -- my daily friend Analysis let down your guard
Look in the mirror What do you see? The shattered fortress That once bound me
Faithful ascent, through darkest fires I've found the path to take me higher
You're smart enough for me to trust go live your life now Just keep these steps in your life and you'll know how If you're not sure, ask yourself, "Have I done to them as I would have them do to me?"
Look in the mirror What's that you see? The shattered fortress Fly now be free
Faithful ascent, through darkest fires I've found the path to take me higher
I once thought it better to be right But now I have finally seen the light Sometimes you've got to be wrong And learn from mistakes I live with serenity now Not self-righteous hate
[XI. RECEIVE]
(Help me be a channel of Thy peace That where there is hatred, I may bring love; That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness; That where there is discord, I may bring harmony; That where there is error, I may bring truth; That where there is doubt, I may bring faith)
Now that you can see all you have done (That where there is despair, I may bring hope; That where there are shadows, I may bring light)
It's time to take that step into the kingdom (That where there is sadness, I may bring joy)
All your sins will help to make you strong (That I may seek rather to comfort, than to be comforted. That I may seek to understand than to be understood)
And help you break right through the prison wall (That I may seek to love, rather than to be loved, for it is by self-forgetting that one finds, it is by forgiving that one is forgiven)
Keep all of me, The desires that once burned me deep inside Help me live today And help to give me grace To carry out your ways
I am ready, help me be all I can be I am ready, help guide me and keep me free
[XII. RESPONSIBLE]
I am responsible when anyone, anywhere Reaches out for help, I want my hand to be there I am responsible when anyone, anywhere Reaches out for help, I want my hand to be there
Δεν νομίζω ότι χρειάζεται να πω κάτι. Απολαύστε...
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
Ακόμα ένα κομμάτι από Dream Theater. Ναι, κι αυτό είναι 23 λεπτά. Ναι, κι αυτό μιλάει εν μέρει για το πως νιώθει ένας άνθρωπος και τα προβλήματά του. Ναι, κι αυτό είναι κάτι που πιστεύω ότι αφορά όλους. Ακούστε το, διαβάστε τους στίχους και σκεφτείτε ό,τι γουστάρετε. Δυστυχώς, βίντεο υπάρχουν μόνο κομματιασμένα. Ας είναι... Καλή ακρόαση ή θέαση.
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A Change Of Seasons
[Music by Dream Theater] [Lyrics by Mike Portnoy]
[I. The Crimson Sunrise]
[Instrumental]
[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 same
Ignorance surrounding me I've never been so filled with fear All my life's been drained from me The end is drawing near...
[III. Carpe Diem]
"Carpe diem Seize the day"
I'll always remember The chill of November The news of the fall The sounds in the hall The clock on the wall Ticking away "Seize the Day" I heard him say Life will not always be this way Look around Hear the sounds Cherish your life While you're still around
("Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) (Old Time is still a-flying;) (And this same flower that smiles today) (Tomorrow will be dying")
We can learn From the past But those days Are gone We can hope For the future But there might not be one
The words stuck in my mind Alive from what I've learned I have to seize the day To home I returned
Preparing for her flight I held with all my might Fearing my deepest fright She walked into the night She turned for one last look She looked me in the eye I said, "I Love You... Good-bye"
("It's the most awful thing you'll ever hear") ("If you're lying to me...") ("Oh, you dearly love her") ("...just have to leave...) (All our lives") ("Seize the day!") ("Something happened") ("Gather ye rosebuds while ye may") ("She was killed")
[IV. The Darkest Of Winters]
[Instrumental]
[V. Another World]
So far or so it seems All is lost With nothing fulfilled Off the pages and the T.V. screen Another world Where nothing's true
Tripping through The life fantastic Lose a step And never get up Left alone With a cold blank stare I feel like giving up
I was blinded by a paradise Utopia high in the sky A dream that only drowned me Deep in sorrow, wondering why
Oh come let us adore him Abuse and then ignore him No matter what Don't let him be Let's feed upon his misery Then string him up for all the world to see
I'm sick of all Your hypocrites Holding me at bay And I don't need Your sympathy To get me through the day
Seasons change and so can I Hold on Boy No time to cry Untie these strings I'm climbing down I won't let them push me away
Oh come let us adore him Abuse and then ignore him No matter what Don't let him be Let's feed upon His misery Now it's time for them To deal with me
[VI. The Inevitable Summer]
[Instrumental]
[VII. The Crimson Sunset]
I'm much wiser now A lifetime of memories Run though my head They taught me how For better or worse Alive or dead I realize There's no turning back Life goes on The offbeaten track
I sit down with my son Set to see the Crimson Sunset (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) Many years have come and gone I've lived my life, but now must move on (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) He's my only one Now that my time has come Now that my life is done We look into the sun "Seize the day And don't you cry Now it's time To say good-bye Even though I'll be gone I will live on Live on"
