作曲
John Myung、John Petrucci、Jordan Rudness、Mike Portnoy
專輯:Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
歌曲:The Glass Prison
作曲:John Myung、John Petrucci、Jordan Rudness、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
Then enter this temple of hope
Believe
(Transcend the pain)
Living the live
(Humility)
Opened my eyes
(This new odyssey)
Of rigorous honesty
(Serenity)
I never knew
(Soundness of mind)
Helped me to find
(Courage the 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 soul
Open your mind
and you will 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 the door
I tried to open
I tried forcing with all
of my will and still
The door wouldn't open
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
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