Dream Theater - Count place just doesn't feel Come and have a taste Now wait a minute then

Of Tuscany Lyrics right A rare vintage That's not how it is

All the finest wines You must be confused
Several years ago I Improve with age That isn't who I am
In a foreign town I don't wanna die
Far away from home Suddenly I'm frightened I Please don't be afraid
I met the Count of for my life Want to stay alive I would never try to hurt
Tuscany Everything about this you
I place just doesn't feel This is how we live
A young eccentric man Want to say goodbye right Strange although it
Bred from royal blood This could be the last seems
Took me for a ride time you see me alive I Please try to forgive
Across the open I don't wanna die
countryside I Suddenly I'm frightened The chapel and the Sade
I may not survive for my life The soldiers in the wine
Get into my car Knew it from the moment The fables and the tales
Let's go for drive we arrived I All handed down through
I love the way I feel Want to say goodbye time
uptight Would you like to see This could be the last
Just step inside Our secret holy place? time you see me alive Of course you're free to
I come here late at night go
Maybe you'll recall To pray to him by candle I Go and tell the world my
I kind of felt curious light I may not survive story
A character inspired by Knew it from the moment Tell about my brother
my brother's life Then viewing through the we arrived Tell them about me
past The Count of Tuscany
Winding through the hills I saw which is believed Could this be the end?
Seeing far behind Still dressed in royal Is this the way I die?
On and on we drove clothes Sitting here alone
Down narrow streets and A saint behind the altar No one by my side
dusty roads
History recalls I don't understand
And last we came upon During times of war I don't feel that I deserve
A picturesque estate Legend has been traced this
On sprawling emerald Stuck inside these castle What did I do wrong?
hills walls I just don't understand
An ancient world of times
gone by Soldiers came to hide Give me one more
With barrels filled with chance
Now let me introduce wine Let me please explain
My brother Never to escape It's all been circumstance
A bitter gentleman - These tombs of old that's I'll tell you once again
historian where they died
Sucking on his pipe It took me for a ride
Distinguished accent Down the cellar stairs Promising a vast
Making me uptight - no I disappear adventure
accident Like the angel's share Next thing that I know
The end is near I'm frightened for my life
I Want to stay alive
Everything about this
"Illumination Of our shared Rebels for their Never know
Theory" humanity freedom
A tyrant for the
[I. Paradoxe de la Hope can be a praise
Lumire Noire] shadow fleeting Cowards for
I would rather die salvation
[Instrumental] believing Money, love, and
Chancing it all in a fame
[II. Live, Die, Kill] final act of faith
Noble and brave
Consider this We seek to Lay down our
question understand lives for the cause
Look deep inside We cry with head Death over shame
Deliver a true in hand Grace before
confession glory
What are you A story that needs
willing to live for? to be told [V. Surrender,
An answer that Trust & Passion]
Consider this begs to found
question The beauty we To really feel the
Open your eyes wish to behold joy in life
Examine your Is never too far You must suffer
own reflection away through the pain
What are you When you
willing to die for? [III. The surrender to the
Embracing Circle] light
When your backs' You can face the
against the wall [Instrumental] darkest days
And the times
uncertain [IV. The Pursuit Of If you open up
Consider this Truth] your eyes
question And you put your
No standing by Mothers for their trust in love
When flesh and children On those cold and
blood are Husbands for their endless nights
threatened wives You will never be
What are you Martyrs for the alone
willing to kill for? kingdom
Fighting for your Passion glows
We seek to life within your heart
understand Like a furnace
We cry with head A soldier for his burning bright
in hand country Until you struggle
A junkie for the through the dark
The bridges we high You'll never know
build to connect Teachers for their that you're alive
The distance that students Never know
makes us forget Vengeance for a Never know
Hate dividing us, crime You'll never know
love reminding us Never know
Never know
"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 offbeaten track
The life fantastic
Lose a step I sit down with my son
And never get up Set to see the Crimson
Left alone Sunset
With a cold blank stare (Gather ye rosebuds while ye
I feel like giving up may)
Many years have come and
I was blinded by a paradise gone
Utopia high in the sky I've lived my life, but now
A dream that only drowned must move on
me (Gather ye rosebuds while ye
Deep in sorrow, wondering may)
why He's my only one
Now that my time has come
Oh come let us adore him Now that my life is done
Abuse and then ignore him We look into the sun
No matter what "Seize the day
Don't let him be And don't you cry
Let's feed upon his misery Now it's time
Then string him up for all the To say good-bye
world to see Even though
I'll be gone
I'm sick of all I will live on
Your hypocrites Live on"
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 through my head
They taught me how
For better or worse
Alive or dead
I realize
There's no turning back
Life goes on
"The Bigger I must bare this Talk but never
Picture" cross alone speak
Theres no one You live but
Long before the else to blame cannot breathe
colors start to See but dont
bleed With each believe
I can see the treasure found
painting come Another Wounds that
alive shipwrecks never heal
Clever like an washed ashore A heart that
angel in I am carried by cannot feel
disguise the current A dream thats
Moving in and On a slow and all too real
out of reach steady course A stare as cold
as steel
If the candle Shed your light
lights this on me Ive listened to
crooked path Be my eyes the stories of
Like a when I cant resentment and
lighthouse see disdain
peering through Shed your light Ive looked into
the haze on me the empty eyes
I will find the Be my guide so of anger, fear,
river through I can see and shame
the rain The bigger Ive taken blood
And Ill reach picture from every
the waters stone
edge What if caught And traveled
in a moment every road
Shed your light I get lost and
on me can't find my When I see the
Be my eyes way distant lights
when I cant What if all along illuminate the
see i was wrong night
Shed your light In every turn, in Then I will know
on me every way I am home
Be my guide so
I can see Would you talk
The bigger me off the
picture ledge
Or let me take
Like a moth the fall
burned by the Better to try
fire and fail
and driven to then to never
the flame try at all
(Prophecies a
blessing and a You look but
curse) cannot see
 Into an ocean

Lifting Shadows off a Dream

Lifting Shadows off a Dream

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Writer(s): John Myung, John
"Lifting Shadows Off A Petrucci, Kevin F. Moore, Michael
Dream" Portnoy, Kevin James la Brie

He seems alone and silent

thoughts remain without an
answer
Afraid and uninvited
he slowly drifts away

Moved by desire and fear

Breaking delicate wings

Lifting shadows
off a Dream once broken
She can turn a drop of water
Into an ocean

As the rain is pouring down

Tears of sorrow wash his
mind
Drifting with the current
This stream of life flows on

He seems alone and silent

waiting on his hands and
knees
The chill of winter's darkness
sits quietly

Moved by desire and fear

he takes a few steps away

Lifting shadows
off a Dream once broken
She can turn a drop of water
Into an ocean

And she listens openly

He pours his soul into the

water
reflecting the mystery
She carries him away
and the winds die slowly

And she listens openly

And she listens openly

Lifting shadows
off a Dream once broken
She can turn a drop of water