When Dream and Day Unite
Dream Theater
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1
A Fortune in Lies
05 : 09
2
Status Seeker
04 : 14
3
The Ytse Jam
05 : 43
4
The Killing Hand
08 : 38
5
Light Fuse and Get Away
07 : 20
6
Afterlife
05 : 24
7
The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun
08 : 01
8
Only a Matter of Time
06 : 35
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Track Lyrics
The Killing Hand Lyrics
[I. The Observance]
An Angel's kiss now fallen
Descending scarlet cuts the sky
Faded names left on the wall
Honor the fighting, leave life to die
Remembered is the sacrifice but no praisal of blood still flowing
Who were the leaders?
What controlled the Killing Hand that caused this mourning?
Crossing over
[II. Ancient Renewal]
Lowered deep into the sea
Being awaits to cleanse his soul
Senses weakening time is still
Motionless by stiffening cold
The wheels race back and scorch his mind
Travelling all to find the land
Revelation warms a touch
And now he will begin to understand
[III. The Stray Seed]
Extended a view to yesterday
Manifestation for none the same
Walking amidst a frightening still
No sound, no smoke, no scorching flames
He is risen
Sipping his poison the raven sings
Yet another to add more bodies fallen
King from below, this one controls
The Killing Hand that caused this mourning
Is it all over?
Is it all over?
[IV. Thorns]
Evil genius this secret plan
Mercy dealt with the losing hand
Will he ever fall? Can he end it all?
Our savior must make his stand
Only a Prophet of years to come
Wanting mortality I'm all alone
He heard my voice, it was my choice
I've stopped the Killing Hand
[V. Exodus]
When I go back again
Will it be the same?
I've stopped the cries but now they know my name
The sea is calling me
My spirit must return
As I get closer
Was it really worth what I have learned?
I'm in the valley and the saddened chimes I hear
Race towards the wall to find: One more name appears
No one is left now, my one and only land
I laugh at what I've done, I am the Killing Hand
Afterlife Lyrics
[Intro]
I touched with one who made me run
Away from my own soul
In this world with its many illusions
We are moving like mice through a maze
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 1]
And now I find what's left behind
Has served to make me whole
Full of doubt, deception, and delusion
Seeking purpose to all earthly days
I search within beneath a skin
That bears both pleasure and pain
In a world full of constant confusion
I will not be a par to the craze
[Chorus]
In the afterlife will dark be bright?
Will cold be warm?
Will the day have no night?
In the afterlife will the blind have sight?
In the afterlife
[Verse 2]
Behind closed eyes some comfort lies
In knowing the truth never spoken
Through this world with us, hidden conclusion
We'll keep moving like mice through a maze
[Chorus]
In the afterlife will dark be bright?
Will cold be warm?
Will the day have no night?
In the afterlife will the blind have sight?
In the afterlife
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Guitar & Keyboard Solo]
[Chorus]
In the afterlife will dark be bright?
Will cold be warm?
Will the day have no night?
In the afterlife will the blind have sight?
In the afterlife
The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Watching my window I was led like a child
As the roadway lamplights misguided my mind through the night
A shadow of limits, we were racing the rain
My hands held the wheel, my eyes tried to hold their place
[Chorus 1]
There must have been a time when I thought that you were watching
It had to be when my senses lost control
I thought I'd slipped away, I thought I could still feel us moving
It must have been a cloud no bigger than a man's hand
[Verse 2]
Every reason I risk my life to come back to you
Is locked behind your door, you're my immunity
Outside I watched you burn, heavy hearts were bleeding
A cry for help, a familiar voice my melting hands streaked the glass
[Chorus 2]
As I walked away, I wondered what had really happened
Had I run out of time, did I push myself too far?
As my last step fell, I felt my hands upon the wheel
Had I come back to life, or did I ever leave at all?
In higher lives we seem to be always a moment too late
We're past the time, when we looked on
Now we're the ones who help to set the sun
[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus 3]
This time for real I locked the door behind me
My mind was still a wreck from what I saw
For when my hands are still, I'll recognize the message
Never again will my senses lose control
In higher lives we seem to be always a moment too late
We're past the time, when we looked on
Now we're the ones who help to set the sun