Dream Theater - Metropolis 1 - The miracle and the sleeper
Images and words, 1992
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 I'm asleep yet I'm so afraid Somewhere like a scene from a memory There's a picture worth a thousand words Eluding stares from faces before me It hides away and will never be heard of again Deceit is the second without end The city's cold blood teaches us to survive Just keep your heart in my 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
Queen II, 1974
Mama's got a problem
She don't know what to say
Her little baby boy
Has just left home today
She's got to be the loser in the end
She's got to be the loser in the end
Misuse her and you'll lose her as a friend
She's Ma on whom you can always depend ooh
She washed and fed and clothed and cared
For nearly twenty years
And all she gets is Goodbye Ma
And the night times for her tears
She's got to be the loser in the end
She's got to be the loser in the end
Misuse her and you'll lose her as a friend
She's Ma on whom you can always depend ooh
So listen mothers everywhere
To just one mothers son
You'll get forgotten on the way
If you don't let them have their fun
Forget regrets and just remember
It's not so long since you were young
You're bound to be the loser in the end
You're bound to be the loser in the end
They'll chose their new shoes
That's not far to bend
You're Ma on whom they can always depend ooh ooh
Asia, 1982
Fate looks certain but then nothing's guaranteed
Want for nothing, but is nothing what you need?
Always pushing though you're never satisfied
I did believe you 'til I've found out that you lied
Time and time again
Time and time again, again
For what I give you I get nothing in return
Can't forgive you watching all your bridges burn
All day long I sat and watched you do it wrong
I have to say that's how you did it all along
Time and time again
Time and time again, again
When others learned it, it seemed that you could only see
And someone showed you, then why was it always me
You knew the limit, you were always out of bounds
How could I trust you when I caught you messing 'round
And time and time and time again
Time and time again
Time and time again, again
Animal boy, 1986
Evil in my head, in my head, inside this private hell
I'm not feeling very well
Frustration, disgust, aggravation, disgust, mental hell
I'm not feeling very well
Day, day after day, it never changes, always the same way
Day after day, day after day, day after
Demons in my head, in my head, inside this private hell
I'm not feeling very well
Frustration, disgust, aggravation, disgust, mental hell
I'm not feeling very well
Day, day after day, it never changes, always the same way
Day after day, day after day, day after
Do do do do
Mental
Hell mental
Hell mental
Obsolete, 1998
Welcome to my world
Headfirst to the Earth
With my sights on the goddamned kill switch
I've become a fuse
Charged with attitude
Fixed and dilated by my anger
I have become a direct
I have become a current
I have become a direct
I have become insurgent
I will be the power surge
Shock to the system
Electrified amplified
Shock to the system
Alternate my wires
Heat my core desire
I will not stand for condemnation
I've become the volts
To lead the revolt
Fuck with me ensues certain danger
I have become a direct
I have become a current
I have become a direct
I have become insurgent
I will be the power surge
Shock to the system
Electrified, amplified
Shock to the system
I am the power surge
I am the insurgent
Electrified, amplified
Electrified, amplified
Shock!
Album : Sweet Fanny Adams
Year : 1974
When there ain't no light
But the night is bright
And it's cold outside
I'm burning
The feeling inside
That I just can't hide
Now it's for you I'm yearning
I ain't asking much
Just a simple touch of you
But you won't have me
I sit right here
And my only fear is you
And all you can be
At the third stroke
It will be five thirty
I'm a simple man
And a simple man
Can't get to you with feeling
Even if I might
Then it wouldn't be right
To you love has no meaning
Smash, 1994
He's a pistol grip
And a lightning rod hammer step
Always busts his knuckles
When he's wrenchin' up his shit
He's Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead, yeah!
You know, I saw his woman
She was writing his name in blood
You know, I saw his woman
Hard as a rock!
She said she was his baby
Who looked just like the Hoover Dam
You know, I saw his woman
Hard as a rock!
He's Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead, yeah!
He's a pistol grip
And a lightning rod hammer step
Always busts his knuckles
When he's wrenchin' up his shit
He's Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead
Killboy Powerhead, yeah!
Killboy Powerhead, yeah!
He's Killboy Powerhead, yeah!
Are You Experienced, 1967
Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny but I don't know why
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
Purple Haze all around
Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me
Help me
Help me
Oh, no, no
Ooh, ahh
Ooh, ahh
Ooh, ahh
Ooh, ahh
Yeah
Purple haze all in my eyes
Don't know if it's day or night
You got me blowin', blow my mind
Is it tomorrow or just the end of time?
No
Help me
Yeah, yeah, purple haze
Oh, no, oh
Oh, help me
Tell me, girl, tell me
I can't go on like this
You're makin' me blow my mind, mama
A time of changes, 1985
It’s a holocaust coming from the East,
A great angry bird, spreading its word,
And we’re gonna be its feast,
The sky will be red and the ground will shake,
The day of Judgement has come,
Armageddon has arrived.
CHORUS
Who will balance my life against yours?
Who will hold my soul in his hand?
Who will deliver me to the Devil?
Who can rid the Earth of this evil?
The World is in the bloody hands of Fate,
Warheads burn, they can’t return,
The hour is too late,
The Sands of Time are running dry,
The bird is in full flight,
Armageddon has arrived.
CHORUS
Marching, marching, off to war we go,
Leading, leading, our bloody seeds to sow,
Onward, onward, life is bloody fine,
Marching, marching,
We haven’t got much time,
Atomic rain falls from the sky,
To wash blood from the land,
Frightened children are praying,
The sky is red with the Fires of Hell,
Destiny is stillborn,
Destiny is stillborn.
Frightened children,
They’re scared to Hell,
They’ve heard the tolling of
The Great Black Bell,
They’re so scared,
They’re scared to Hell.
Frightened children,
They’re scared to Hell,
They’ve heard that Satan has a tale to tell,
They’re so scared,
They’re scared to Hell.
Fire!