Dream Theater : Los Angeles, California 5-18-98

Progressive Metal / USA
(1998 - YtseJam Records)
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DISC 1

1. 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 crosses 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 theives
Frightened from our closets
Then 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


2. BURNING MY SOUL

"Pawn is in the womb???"
(Burning my soul)

A thorn in my side, a chip on my shoulder
A lump in my throat, the size of a boulder
The chill up my spine, can''t get any colder
And you wonder why I can''t smile

A knot in my gut, an ape on my back
In the heat of the moment
I''m knocked off the track
You drop the ball, I pick up the slack
And you ask me why my hair''s gray

Twisting, turning
Losing all sense of yearning
Living and learning
The pressure keeps on burning my soul
Burning my soul
Burning my soul

I say it''s green and then you tell me it''s red
Keep your thoughts and ideas
Locked inside of your head
We''ve got someone
Who can think for you instead
And he sounds just like the last one

Twisting, turning
Losing all sense of yearning
Living and learning
The pressure keeps on burning my soul
Burning my soul
Burning my soul
Burning my soul
Burning my soul

Responsible thinkers
Throw caution to the wind
But I find myself
Speaking from within
I can''t live my life
Walking on eggshells
To stay on your good side

Using your words
Controlling my life
Can''t you see it''s my words
That gives you your life
So I hurt your feelings
Well I''m really sorry
But I don''t give a shit, no...

Twisting, turning
Losing all sense of yearning
Living and learning

The pressure keeps on burning my soul
Burning my soul
Burning my soul
Burning my soul
Burning my soul
Burning my soul
Burning my soul, yeah


3. TAKE THE TIME

"Hold it now...
wait a minute...
come on... whew..."

Just let me catch my breath...
I''ve heard the promises
I''ve seen the mistakes
I''ve had my fair share of tough breaks
I need a new voice, a new law, a new way
Take the time, reevaluate
It''s time to pick up the pieces,
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 changes 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 the 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,
Suppression that he feels must turn to hope

Life is no more assuring than love
(It''s time to take the time)
There are no answers from voices above
(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 the beat of time
Let my senses fall away
I can see much clearer now, I''m blind

"Ora che ho perso la vista,
ci vedo di pi"

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 the 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

Find all you need in your mind
If you take the time
Find all you need in your mind
If you take the time


4. ANNA LEE

Helpless child
They invite your hands to fill their needs
Will you be the same
Shameless smile
To steal from you the innocence that bleeds
Will they feel your pain

Trying to believe
The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don''t wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don''t know how you''ll live a life alone

She keeps holding on
Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don''t wanna be alone
Where do you belong
Anna Lee

Behind those eyes
A vivid scene
A lucid dream within
Questioned secrets are revealed
And every time
You can''t deny
The lines that trace your skin
Wounds that never heal

Trying to believe
The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don''t wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don''t know how you''ll live a life alone

She keeps holding on
Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don''t wanna be alone
Where do you belong
Anna Lee

And now she''s calling out a name
Can''t keep on hiding all her pain
You feel the rain move in
As you begin
To turn and answer the call

Trying to believe
The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don''t wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don''t know how you''ll live a life alone

She keeps holding on
Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don''t wanna be alone
Where do you belong
Anna Lee


5. SPEAK TO ME

I remember when we were so young
You embraced my fears and made me strong
Never did you actually hold my hand
Your silence no one else would understand

Did you fall?
Did you crawl?
Will you open up at all?
Did you hear
things you fear?
Did I make it clear?

Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me what you''re feeling inside
Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me what you''re feeling inside

Do you like the clothes she wears today
Colliding love affair against a shade
Often times I wish she''d speak to me
Her holy open book, a world revealed to see

Did you fall?
Did you crawl?
Will you open up at all?
Did you hear
things you fear?
Did I make it clear?

Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me what you''re feeling inside
Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me all you''re feeling inside

So easy, easier
If you spoke to me
So easy, easier
Speak to me

Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me what you''re feeling inside
Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me what you''re thinking
Tell me all you''re feeling inside


6. A CRACK IN THE MIRROR/PUPPIES ON ACID

[Instrumental]


7. JUST LET ME BREATHE

Open your eyes
And turn off your mind
Step right up folks
"Step right up folks"
and you will find
A growing trend
An epidemic
Spread with zen
And hypodermics, yeah
Yeah

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 Cobain,
Make yourself a household name, yeah-yeah
Yeah

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, whoa
Manufactured anger
Let''s not forget my legacy
All my heroes have failed me
Now they''re dead and buried, yeah

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 me for someone new

Feed my head
With some real thoughts
And let me think instead
Of being taught
I''ll say things
You won''t believe
Just stand back
Just let me breathe...


8. LIE

Daybreak
at the bottom of lake
it''s a hundred degrees I can''t breathe
And I won''t get out
''til I figure it out
Though I''m weak like I can''t believe
So you tell me ''trust me'' l can trust you
Just let me show you
But I gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt
''cause I don''t know if I know you

Doing fine but don''t waste my time
Tell me what it is you want to say
You sin, you win, just let me in - hurry
I''ve been out in the rain all day
So you tell me ''trust me'' I can trust you
as far as I can throw you
And I''m trying to get out of a shadow of doubt
''cause I don''t know if I know you

[Chorus:]
Don''t tell me you wanted me
Don''t tell me you thought of me
I won''t, I swear I won''t
(Did)
I''ll try, I swear I''ll try
(Lie)

Mother Mary quite contrary
Kiss the boys and make them wary
Things are getting just a little bit scary
It''s a wonder I can still breathe

Never been much of a doubting Thomas
but nothing breaks like a broken promise
You tell me ''bout your two more coming
but once is just enough for me

[Chorus]

I had gotten used to being a soul destroyed
She comes in apparently to fill the void
All dogs need a leash and
at least I''ll forget it
And she would never hurt me though
she''s never said it
But I''m not gonna ask her today
I don''t wanna scare her away
Your town, I''m all alone
and I just can''t stare at the phone
I wanna talk about lifelong mistakes
and you can tell your stepfather I said so

[Chorus]


9. PERUVIAN SKIES

There, there it is
I swear he''s gonna murder that poor kid
Wait, I hear it again
Don''t turn on the lights until we
Hear the way it ends

Under Peruvian skies
Vanessa regretfully waits
The story unfolds in her eyes
Where midnight hysteria''s
No big surprise
Battered and bruised
Always confusing
The love that she''s losing for hate
Poor Vanessa
Poor, poor Vanessa

Hey, I hope you know
I''m taking all of this with me when I go
Shame, you''re not to blame
I''m the monster you created
In your daddy''s name

Under Peruvian skies
Vanessa regretfully waits
The story unfolds in her eyes
Where midnight hysteria''s
No big surprise
Battered and bruised
Always confusing
The love that she''s losing for hate
Poor Vanessa
Poor Vanessa

Terror by night
Liar by day
Telling her secrets
Won''t take them away

Under Peruvian skies
Vanessa regretfully waits
The story unfolds in her eyes
Where midnight hysteria''s
No big surprise
Battered and bruised
Always confusing
The love that she''s losing for hate


10. GUITAR SOLO

[Instrumental]


DISC 2

1. PULL ME UNDER

Lost in the sky
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Arrows fly
Seas increase and then fall again

This world is spinning around me
This world is spinning without me
Every day sends future to past
Every breath leaves one less to my last

Watch the sparrow falling
Gives new meaning to it all
If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day

I''ll take seven lives for one
And then my only father''s son
As sure as I ever did love him
I am not afraid

This world is spinning around me
The whole world keeps spinning around me
All life is future to past
Every breath leaves me one less to my last

Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I''m not afraid
All that I feel is honor and spite
All I can do is to set it right

Dust fills my eyes
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Centuries cry
Orders fly and I fall again

This world is spinning inside me
The whole world is spinning inside of me
Every day sends future to past
Every step brings me closer to my last

Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I''m not afraid
Living my life too much in the sun
Only until your will is done

''Oh that this too
too solid flesh would melt.''


2. 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 emotion
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 content


3. A CHANGE OF SEASONS PT. IV

[Instrumental]


4. YTSE JAM

[Instrumental]


5. DRUM SOLO

[Instrumental]


6. NEW MILLENIUM

A single star behind me
A red sky burns ahead
A lonely light below me
Awake among the dead
An overwhelming feeling
Leaves me numb and strange
A sense of new beginning
I sense a wind of change

Out with the old useless
People so cold ruthless
Welcome in a new millennium
How many times must I
Live out this nightmare I
Can''t wait until a new millennium

I''ve got this feeling
The tide is turning now baby
Funny feeling
Everything''s gonna be alright now

Living out a constant deja vu
Keep your head up
Please be patient we will get to you
Keep your head up
Just have some faith and you can see it through
Keep your head up
But faith don''t pay the rent that''s overdue
Keep your head up
All that''s glittering is turning blue
Keep your head up
What they want from me ain''t gotta clue
Keep your head up
Swallow pride before it swallows you
Keep your head up
Don''t dare bite the hand that''s starving you
Keep your head up

How can you keep your head
And not go insane
When the only light at the end
Of the tunnel is another train

Lies ten feet tall
Have broken my fall
Welcome you all new millennium
It''s well overdue
And I can''t wait to
Welcome in a new millennium

I''ve got this feeling
The tide is turning now baby
Funny feeling
Everything''s gonna be alright now


7. PERFECT STRANGERS (DEEP PURPLE COVER)

Can you remember remember my name
As I flow through your life
A thousand oceans I have flown
And cold spirits of ice
All my life
I am the echo of your past

I am returning the echo of a point in time
Distant faces shine
A thousand warriors I have known
And laughing as the spirits appear
All your life
Shadows of another day

And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect strangers

I know I must remain inside this silent well of sorrow

A strand of silver hanging through the sky
Touching more than you see
The voice of ages in your mind
Is aching with the dead of the night
Precious life (your tears are lost in
Falling rain)

And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect strangers


8. THE TROOPER (IRON MAIDEN COVER)

You''ll take my life but I''ll take yours too
You''ll fire your musket but I''ll run you through
So when you''re waiting for the next attack
You''d better stand there''s no turning back.

The bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death.

The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall

We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We won''t live to fight another day.

We get so close near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below.

And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body''s numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan


9. WHERE EAGLES DARE (IRON MAIDEN COVER)

It''s snowing outside the rumbling sound
of engines roar in the night.
The mission is near the confident men
are waiting to drop from the sky.

The Blizzard goes on but still they must fly
No one should go where eagles dare.

Bavarian alps that lay all around
they seem to stare from below.
The enemy lines a long time passed
are lying deep in the snow.

Into the night they fall through the sky
No one should fly where eagles dare.

They''re closing in the fortress is near
it''s standing high in the sky.
The cable car''s the only way in
it''s really impossible to climb.

They make their way but maybe too late
They''ve got to try to save the day.

The panicking cries the roaring of guns
are echoing all around the valley.
The mission complete they make to escape
away from the Eagles Nest.

They dared to go where no one would try
they chose to fly where eagles dare.


10. KILLERS (IRON MAIDEN COVER)

You walk through the subway, his eyes burn a hole in your back,
A footstep behind you, he lunges prepared for attack.
Scream for mercy, he laughs as he''s watching you bleed,
Killer behind you, his blood lust defies all his needs.

My innocent victims are slaughtered with wrath and despise,
The mocking religion of hatred that burns in the night.
I have no one, I''m bound to destroy all this greed,
A voice inside me compelling to satisfy me.

I can see what a life''s meant to be,
And you''ll never know how I came to forsee, see, see.

My faith in believing is stronger than lifelines and ties,
With the glimmer of metal my moment is ready to strike.

Death call arises, a scream breaks the still of the night,
Another tomorrow, remember to walk in the light!
I have found you, and now there is no place to run,
Excitement shakes me, oh God help me what have I done?!
Oooh yeah, I''ve done it!
YEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHH!

You walk through the subway, my eyes burn a hole in your back,
A footstep behind you, he lunges prepared for attack.
Scream for mercy, he laughs as he''s watching you bleed,
Killer behind you, my blood lust defies all my needs.
Oooh look out, I''m coming for you!
Ahahahaha!


11. METROPOLIS

The smile of dawn arrived early May
She carried a gift from her home
The night shed a tear to tell her of fear
And of sorrow and pain

She''ll never outgrow
Death is the first dance, eternal
There''s no more freedom
The both of you will be
confined to this mind

I was told there''s a miracle for each day that I try
I was told there''s a new love
that''s born for each one that has died
I was told there''d be no one to
call on when I feel alone and afraid

I was told if you dream of the next world
You''ll find yourself swimming in a lake of fire
As a child, I thought I could
live without pain without sorrow

As a man I''ve found it''s all caught up with me
Iim asleep yet I''m so afraid
Somewhere like a scene from a memory
There''s a picture worth a thousands words

Eluding stares from faces before me
It hides away and will never be heard again
Deceit is the second without end
The city''s cold blood teaches us to survive

Just keep me heart in your eyes and we''ll stay alive
The third arrives...
Before the leaves have fallen
Before we lock the doors

There must be the third and last dance
This one will last forever
Metropolis watches and thoughtfully smiles
She''s taken you to your home

It can only take a place
When the struggle between
our children has ended
Now the Miracle and the
Sleeper know that the third is love
Love is the Dance of Eternity


12. LEARNING TO LIVE

There was no time for pain
No energy for anger
The sightlessness of hatred
slips away
Walking through winter streets
alone
He stops and take a breath
With confidence and self-
control

I look at the world and see no
understanding
I''m waiting to find some sense
of strength
I''m begging you from the
bottom of my heart to show
me understanding

I need to live life
Like some people never will
So find me kindness
Find me beauty
Find me truth
When temptation brings me to
my knees
And I lay here drained of
strength
Show me kindness
Show me beauty
Show me truth

The way your heart sounds
makes all the difference
It''s what decides if you''ll endure
the pain that we all feel
The way your heart beats
makes all the difference
In learning to live
Here before me is my soul
I''m learning to live
I won''t give up
Till I''ve no more to give

Listening to the city
Whispering its violence
I set out watching from above
The 90s bring new questions
New solutions to be found
I fell in love to be let down

Once again we dance in the
crowd
At times a step away
From a common fear that''s all
spread out
It won''t listen to what you say
Once you''re touched you stand
alone
To face the bitter fight
Once I reached for love
And now I reach for life

Another chance to lift my life
Free the sensation in my heart
To ride the wings of dreams
into changing horizons
It brings inner peace within my
mind,
As I''m lifted from where I''ve
spilt my life
I hear an innocent voice
I hear kindness, beauty and
truth

The way your heart sounds
makes all the difference
It''s what decides if you''ll endure
the pain that we all feel
The way your heart beats
makes all the difference
In learning to live
Spread before you is your soul
So forever hold the dreams
within our hearts
Through nature''s inflexible
grace
I''m learning to live


13. A CHANGE OF SEASONS PT. VII

[Instrumental]

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