A change of seasons (live)

[Music by Dream Theater]
[Lyrics by Mike Portnoy]

[I. The Crimson Sunrise]
 [bad word] 

[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 [bad word] to hold on
 With the last of my might

 In my den of inequity
 Viciousness and subtlety
 [bad word] to ease the pain
 [bad word] 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]
 [bad word] 

[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 [bad word] 
 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
 dream that only drowned me
 Deep in sorrow, wondering why

 [bad word] 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

 [bad word] 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]
 [bad word] 

[VII. The Crimson Sunset]

 I'm much wiser now
 lifetime of memories [bad word] 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 offbeaten track

 I sit down with my son
 Set to see the Crimson Sunset
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