A Dramatic Turn of Events
Dream Theater
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1
On the Backs of Angels
08 : 42
2
Build Me Up, Break Me Down
06 : 59
3
Lost Not Forgotten
10 : 11
4
This Is the Life
06 : 57
5
Bridges in the Sky
11 : 01
6
Outcry
11 : 24
7
Far From Heaven
03 : 56
8
Breaking All Illusions
12 : 25
9
Beneath the Surface
05 : 26
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Track Lyrics
Build Me Up, Break Me Down Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Today I will be your savior
Tomorrow a demon
You crave my erratic behavior
And watch my every move
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Obsession at all cost
You'll be the death of me
Broken and torn apart
Why can't you let me be?
[Chorus]
You build me up
You break me down
Until I'm falling to pieces
I crash and burn
I never learn
I'm your guilty addiction
[Post-Chorus]
Build me up!
Break me down!
[Interlude]
(Today... Savior...)
[Verse 2]
Tonight I am the new messiah
You deify
When I'm no longer desired
I'll be crucified
[Pre-Chorus 2]
The one who's free from sin
The first to cast the stone
Fighting the fear within
I won't be left alone
[Chorus]
You build me up
You break me down
Until I'm falling to pieces
The price I pay
To live this way
And the fantasy stays alive
I can't live up
I can't let down
And leave you falling to pieces
I crash and burn
I never learn
I'm your morbid obsession
[Post-Chorus]
Build me up!
Break me down!
[Breakdown]
(I will be your savior...)
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
You build me up
You break me down
Until I'm falling to pieces
The price I pay
To live this way
And the fantasy stays alive
I can't live up
I can't let down
And leave you falling to pieces
I crash and burn
I never learn
Your iconic fixation
[Post-Chorus]
Build me up!
Break me down!
Build me up!
Break me down!
[Instrumental Outro]
Lost Not Forgotten Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro 00:00-02:46]
[Verse 1]
I am not immortal, I am just a man
A power-craving tyrant beyond the shadows in the sand
Men have come to fear me, many bow and cry
Known across the desert, I am the one who will not die
I have faced the demons of our most desperate moments
I have been the one to defend our pride
I have worn the banner of my abandoned brothers
I will be the first one to give my life
[Chorus]
Lost not forgotten, reigning against the odds
Feared and respected living among the gods
Leading the empire, spirit as black as coal
Lost not forgotten, king of the deathless soul
[Verse 2]
An epic novel no one's read
Pages torn and faded
The greatest story never told
Behold the kingdom I possess
Land of wealth and beauty
Where the streets are paved with gold
Once fearless and brave
A realm passed away
The ghosts of yesterday
[Chorus]
Lost not forgotten, reigning against the odds
Feared and respected living among the gods
Leading the empire, spirit as black as coal
Lost not forgotten, king of the deathless soul
[Instrumental Break 06:16-09:04]
[Guitar Solo]
[Keyboard Solo]
[Chorus]
Lost not forgotten, reigning against the odds
Feared and respected living among the gods
Leading the empire, brutal and heartless
Vanishing further into the darkness
Lost not forgotten, king of the deathless soul!
[Instrumental Outro]
Bridges in the Sky Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Blackness awakens
Visions come alive
Seeing through darkness
With borrowed eyes
Death survivor, take me higher
Reunite my soul
Whisperer of truth
I trust in you to make me whole
[Chorus 1]
Sun, come shine my way
May healing waters bury all my pain
Wind, carry me home
The fabric of reality is tearing apart
The piece of me that died will return to live again
[Verse 2]
Feeling myself slip away
Suddenly dreaming awake
Hidden memories flooding back
I will not grow in the light
Until I pass through the darkest caverns of my heart
Dance with fire
Spirit guide, erase the world outside
Messenger of truth, I trust in you
Transform me now
[Chorus 1]
Sun, come shine my way
May healing waters bury all my pain
Wind, carry me home
The fabric of reality is tearing apart
The piece of me that died will return to live again
[Chorus 2]
And at last the time has come, to unite again as one
To the power of the Earth I'm calling
Crossing bridges in the sky on a journey to renew my life
Shaman, take my hand!
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Keyboard Solo]
[Chorus 1]
Sun, come shine my way
May healing waters bury all my pain
Wind, carry me home
The fabric of reality is tearing apart
The piece of me that died will return to live again
[Chorus 2]
And at last the time has come, to unite again as one
To the power of the Earth I'm calling
Crossing bridges in the sky on a journey to renew my life
Shaman, take my hand!
[Instrumental Outro]
Outcry Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Somewhere overhead
Distant thunder roars
The revolution has begun
The war to end all wars
As I welcome death
I hear the battle cry
Bullets fall like fire
Raining from the sky
The rebel in us all
Someday gets tired of being pushed around
But freedom has a price
The cost is buried in the ground
[Bridge 1]
We suffered far too long
We gather now growing stronger
We will not be ignored
Anymore any longer
Our anthem will guide us!
[Chorus]
Rise up, be counted
Stand strong and unite
Wait for the outcry
Resistance is calling tonight
[Verse 2]
Far too many years
Of chaos and unrest
Far too many voices
Brutally suppressed
We fight for what is just
For all that we believe
We fight till death or glory
Fight to be set free
The streets are bathed in blood
Time to step down and time to walk away
You'll never rule me now
Though you may stand upon my grave
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge 2]
You can look the other way
Or you can face the light
Although it seems so far away
Freedom's worth the fight
[Chorus]
Rise up, be counted
Stand strong and unite
Wait for the outcry
Resistance is calling!
Rise up, be counted
Stand strong and unite
Wait for the outcry
Resistance is calling tonight
[Outro]
The world watches on
While we risk our lives
Locked in a kingdom of fear
As our children die
[Instrumental Outro]
Far From Heaven Lyrics
[Verse 1]
No one truly has the answers
Every day, I struggle through it once more
Keep things bottled up
Never speaking my mind
Misinterpreted, I'm doing just fine
[Chorus 1]
Every day I put a brave face on
Serves me well
Feeling helpless, facing it alone
Hard to tell that I can't change who I am
How I feel there's no end
[Verse 2]
I have done what you asked of me
Leaves me nothing to live for
[Chorus 2]
Coming undone, way too high a price I should pay
You keep your pride while I die inside every day
No, I can't lie anymore
Won't pretend I've done all I can
[Bridge]
You can't imagine
The hell I'm going through
Not asking you to save me
I'm too far from Heaven!
[Outro]
Nothing you can do to change me
But accept me as I am
Breaking All Illusions Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
With the sun in place, there's a test of faith
Streams of thought awaken
New realities, singularities
Breaking all illusions
[Interlude: Kahlil Gibran]
"Your living is determined not
So much by what life brings to you
As by the attitude you bring to life
Not so much by what happens to you as by
The way your mind looks at what happens
Out of suffering have
Emerged the strongest souls
The most massive characters
Are seared with scars."
[Verse 2]
Sudden burst of heat, burning source of life
Masterful destruction
Power's not an act, it's understanding truth
Changing my direction
[Chorus 1]
Live in the moment, breathe in a new beginning
Wisdom revealed as I unlearn to learn
Life's biggest battles often are fought alone
My spirit brings me home
[Verse 3]
Emerald thoughts flow through my consciousness
Drawn to curses left behind
Test of will the threshold to one's faith
Starts a fire in the mind
[Chorus 2]
Searching out, reaching in
To arrive where I began
Sights remembered in the light
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus 2]
Searching out, reaching in
To arrive where I began
Sounds remembered come alive
[Outro]
Embrace the days
Don't turn away
Life's true intent needs patience
Karma starts the signal!
[Instrumental Outro]
Beneath the Surface Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Is there ever really a right time?
You had led me to believe
Someday you'd be there for me
When the stars above align
When you weren't so consumed
I kept looking for the clues
So I waited in the shadows of my heart
And still the time was never right
[Chorus 1]
Until one day I stopped caring
And began to forget why I longed to be so close
And I disappeared into the darkness
And the darkness turned to pain and never went away
Until all that remained was buried deep beneath the surface
[Verse 2]
A shell of what things could have been
Tired bones beneath the veil
Of guarded secrets all too frail
Sad to think I never knew
You were searching for the words
For the moment to emerge
Yet the moment never came
You couldn't risk my fragile frame
[Chorus 2]
Until one day you stopped caring
And began to forget why you tried to be so close
And you disappeared into the darkness
And the darkness turned to pain and never went away
Until all that remained was buried deep beneath the surface
[Keyboard Solo]
[Bridge]
I would scream just to be heard
As if yelling at the stars
I was bleeding just to feel
You would never say a word
Kept me reaching in the dark
Always something to conceal
[Chorus 1]
Until one day I stopped caring
And began to forget why I longed to be so close
And I disappeared into the darkness
And the darkness turned to pain and never went away
Until all that remained was buried deep beneath the surface
[Outro]
Beneath the surface