Contents:
No Mail? ("Gary G. Moegling" <gmoeglin@bigcat.missouri.edu>)
(stefan-a@dsv.su.se)
Spreading the disease. (pdaugher@mcl.bdm.com (Pat Daugherty))
Anything going on? (lee@ecn.purdue.edu (Lee T Sprague))
bootlegs (Michael Bahr <garion@indirect.com>)
lyrics (Michael Bahr <garion@indirect.com>)
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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 1994 23:40:31 -0600 (CST)
From: "Gary G. Moegling" <gmoeglin@bigcat.missouri.edu>
Subject: No Mail?
What's up with this? I haven't recieved anything from the mailing list in
three days, and I'm getting worried, the DT mailing list was the entire
reson for even checking my E-mail, and to not recieve anything for three
days is a complete nightmare!! Please somebody send something!!! Later all
of you DT fanatics!
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Date: Thu, 03 Mar 94 08:49:02 +0100
From: stefan-a@dsv.su.se
Subject:
subscribe ytsejam Stefan Andersson S
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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 94 09:09 EST
From: pdaugher@mcl.bdm.com (Pat Daugherty)
Subject: Spreading the disease.
I feel that if we want to keep music like DT and Fates around then we
must spread the word. Try to get everyone we know to take a listen
to them and probably they will like them.]
I don't know how many times when I am wearing my concert tee and I am
asked "Who is Dream Theater" or "What is a Dream Theater". Of course
I have to tell them.
This past Friday, when I was at happy hour, I was talking to this girl and
we got around to talking about music. She asked me who I collected. I
said Dream Theater. "Who?". Fates Warning. "Who?".
Get out there and spread the disease. Remember FW was or is on the verge
of splitting up due to lack of record sales. If we don't get people to
buy the albums there won't be any DT or FW left and we will be stuck
with grunge.
--Pat Daugherty
pdaugher@bdmserver.mcl.bdm.com
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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 94 12:02:34 -0500
From: lee@ecn.purdue.edu (Lee T Sprague)
Subject: Anything going on?
I haven't got any stuff from here for a while...is there any discussion or
news?
Lee
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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 11:45:01 -40962758 (MST)
From: Michael Bahr <garion@indirect.com>
Subject: bootlegs
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Dream Theater BOOTLEG LISTING
Maintained by the FAQ folks - email garion@indirect.com for more info.
Disclaimer: don't accept money for bootlegs. It's illegal. We don't.
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LEGEND:
LP - Record; CT - Cassette; CD - 5" Compact Disc; MD - 2.5" Mini Disc
C3 - 3" Compact Disc - CS - Cassette Single; 2CD - Double CD set; V - Video
CONFIRMED BOOTLEGS
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A Fortune Pulled Under, 1992, LP (USA)
Classics Live, 1993, CD (USA)
Consciously Unreal, 1993, 2CD (Italy)
The Dance of Eternity, 1993, 2CD (Italy)
Dimension Shift, 1993, CD (Unknown)
Images & Tour!, 1993, CD (USA)
Live in Long Island (Home At Last) ptI, 1993, CD (USA)
Live in Long Island (Home At Last) ptII, 1993, CD (USA)
The Majesty Demos, 1986-88, CD (Italy)
Runes, 1993, CD (USA)
Skyway of Nightmares, 1993, CD (Germany)
Unplugged, 1993, VHS (USA)
(not detailed in extended section): various venue recordings incl:
Washington, D.C.; Buffalo, NY; Sacramento, CA; Ogden, UT;
Talahassee, FL; Terre Haute, IN; Tempe, AZ; El Paso, TX;
Extended listing
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Dream Theater songs (refer to list for song order)
1. A Fortune In Lies
2. Status Seeker
3. Ytse Jam
4. The Killing Hand
5. Light Fuse and Get Away
6. After Life
7. The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun ("The Death of Spark/Spock")
8. Only A Matter of Time
9. Pull Me Under
10. Another Day
11. Take The Time
12. Surrounded
13. Metropolis part 1
14. Under A Glass Moon
15. Wait For Sleep
16. Learning to Live
17. To Live Forever
18. Eve
19. A Change of Season
20. Moon Bubbles
21. Pup
22. Bombay Vindaloo
23. Another Won
24. Your Majesty
25. A Vision
26. Two Far
27. Vital Star
28. March of the Tyrant
29. A Late Summer Rain
30. Schizophrenia
31. Cry For Freedom
32. "Resurrection of Ernie"
33. Mission: Impossible Theme
34. Golden Slumbers (The Golden Weight)
35. Don't Look Past Me
36. O Holy Night
37. Wanted: Dead or Alive (cover)
38. Freewill (cover)
39. Another Hand
40. Theme from The Simpsons
The Majesty demos, 1986-89 (Not produced.)
Members of the Band:
John Petrucci (guitars)
Mike Portnoy (drums)
John Myung (bass)
Kevin Moore (keys)
Chris Collins (vocals)
::23-30,6-7,3,31,4,32-34
A Fortune Pulled Under (USA) 1992, LP
Need a mfr. and catalog # (it was submitted)
1 LP Recorded in Paris, France, October 1992
::11,6,3,8,1,14,12,9
It is VERY likely that this is a regional title, possibly a boot
taken from a radio show that has been reproduced by more than one
bootleg manufacturer. This is because another boot, "Dimension
Shift" is nearly identical to this one, and this one is next to
impossible to find.
Images & Tour! (USA) 1993, CD (Big Red Records #48733-DT)
1 CD Recorded from soundboard evaluation tapes (unknowingly?) provided
by the band itself. Sound quality excellent.
::13,1,14,22,15,12,3,17,20,21,11,9
A whole show is not included; absent is Learning to Live and
Another Hand/The Killing Hand.
Runes (USA) 1993, CD (The Camera's Ear Productions, #9103)
1 CD Recorded in Sacramento, CA, USA, no date given.
Can be distinguished by lack of good bass in the first three tracks.
::13,14,17,15,12,1,11,9,16
I need to know who is vending this.
The Dance of Eternity (Italy) 1993, 2CD (Why Not? Records WOT2014/15)
2 CD's - Soundboard, easily the best DT boot available.
Recorded at the Limelight, New York, March 4 1993
::13,1,14,12,3,17,11 ::18,9,10,39,4,19,15,16
Consciously Unreal (Italy) 1993, 2CD
Classical Shots on CD
Worldwide distribution by Robespierre, Srl, Italy
CD #1 - CSCD009; CD #2 - CSCD010
Tracks 1-11 recorded in Milan, Italy on 5 April 1993. LaBrie on
vocals. Tracks 12-16 recorded during the Dream & Day tour, Dominici vocals.
::13,1,14,12,3,10,39,4,9,11 ::15,16,13,6,17,3,4
Skyway of Nightmares (UK) 1993, CD
Recorded at Augsbug Rockfabrik, 7 April 1993, Germany
::13,1,14,12,3,10,9,11,15,16
Live In Long Island: Home At Last
Recorded at the Sparks Club, 4 October 1992
Deer Park, Long Island, NY (The humble place of origin of DT)
Part I ::40,13,14,8,12,9,3,20,10,39,4
Part II::11,15,16,19,23,24,26,28
Dimension Shift
Nothing known about this--seen in a magazine ad. Suspected to be the
same boot as A Fortune Pulled Under.
::13,11,2,6,14,3,8,10,1,12,9
Classics Live
(1993 REBORN CLASSICS: RC1045)
Recorded at Plus 5, Ft. Lauderdale, Sat. 5 1992
It has the same cover as LATM, with text 'Classics Live' instead of LATM
::14,8,12,9,3,10,39,4,11,27
Dream Theater "Unplugged": WHJY R'n'R Auction
14 December 1993
Audio curtesy of WHJY, Providence, RI
Video curtesy of WNAS, Channel 64 (RI Fox affiliate)
::12,36
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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 11:45:26 -40962758 (MST)
From: Michael Bahr <garion@indirect.com>
Subject: lyrics
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LYRICS LISTING
Maintained by the FAQ folks. Email garion@indirect.com for more info.
Songs listed:
A Fortune In Lies
Status Seeker
The Killing Hand
Light Fuse and Get Away
After Life
The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun
Only a Matter of Time
Pull Me Under
Another Day
Take The Time
Surrounded
Metropolis part I: The Miracle and the Sleeper
Under a Glass Moon
Wait For Sleep
Learning to Live
Eve
A Change of Season
@ALBUM: When Dream And Day Unite
Enclosed are the lyrics to Dream Theater's _When Dream and Day Unite_.
These are taken directly from the CD insert and all capitalization
and indentions are exactly as in the booklet.
Send any corrections to mds5142@ultb.isc.rit.edu...
When Dream And Day Unite 1989 MCAD-42259 ADD
A Fortune In Lies (5:10)
Status Seeker (4:15)
The Ytse Jam (5:43)
The Killing Hand (8:40)
Light Fuse And Get Away (7:23)
Afterlife (5:27)
The Ones Who Help Set The Sun (8:04)
Only A Matter Of Time (6:35)
Charlie Dominici - Vocals
Kevin Moore - Keyboards
John Myung - Bass
John Petrucci - Guitars
Mike Portnoy - Drums and Percussion
@SONG: A Fortune In Lies
I can remember when,
In the unity of our five-day sessions
Not even once did we hear the siren song
What kind of imagination
Asleep in some lyrical coma
Who's vain futile memory
Could have been so wrong?
You can make a fortune in lies
You can keep a giant alive
You can ride the red
Until everybody smiles
A trifling euphoria
was such an untimely religion
maybe your life can explain
the reason for my indecision
Here is a poor man
the heart of this monster creation
He said we both will be heroes
and I was led into temptation
You can make a fortune in lies
You can keep a giant alive
You can ride the red
Until everybody smiles
Can you show me your gold
and your silver?
A hero in frozen water
Now you've made a fortune in lies
and you kept a giant alive
You rode the red
You rode the red
@SONG: Status Seeker
Heart sick at the sight of the
Status Seeker
In a sense I'm not beyond reproach
the aspiration to drop a name
When any rose might smell the same
Maybe you'll figure it out someday
"I want to know you now...
You know I've always believed in you."
Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were unable to see
In a garden where the seeds were spilled
I favored the few that stood strong in the sun
As I reached for the profit of my prize
I found I had trampled the forgotten ones.
Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were unable to see
You're running in circles
And I'm turning away
You refused to believe
Now I'm turning away
Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were unable to see
You're running in circles
And I'm turning away
You refused to believe
Now I'm turning away
@SONG: The Ytse Jam
(instrumental)
@SONG: The Killing Hand
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?
IV. Thorns
Evil genius this secret plan
Mercy dealt with the losing hand
Will he ever fell?
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 toward 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
@SONG: Light Fuse and Get Away
Would you like to sit and talk to me
about the way things change so
suddenly
when your senses come and the feeling goes?
can you remember feeling much too close?
Stop your hands from shaking
Look at me
Are your senses racing endlessly
tracing
past impressions? So were mine
Have you ever been used
or will this be the first time?
It's come so clear to me
Light fuse and get away
No gain, no pain
It's a fatal game
and the true lose everything
I can see
what trust and loyalty have done for me
falling miles from the mark
with a thirst for revenge
and a dangerous heart
I've tried to wash from memory
feelings of betrayal and the incidents
that plague me since I lost my sense
of innocence
A history of changes now I'm loving
now I'm losing keeps me constantly
in fear of hearing "I can't see where
this is going"
You lie alone with the memory
feeling the ceiling and walls closing
in on
Your Conscience -- my ally
the guilt -- your affliction
from preying on praise as you fed
an attention addiction
Someone told me
Light fuse and get away
No gain, no pain
and when it's lust to dust you can
crawl from the wreckage
I can see
what trust and loyalty have done for me
lying bleeding in the dark
with a thirst for revenge
and a dangerous heart
It's come so clear to me
Light fuse and get away
No gain, no pain
It's a fatal game
and the true lose everything
I can see
what trust and loyalty have done for me
falling miles from the mark
with a thirst for revenge
and a dangerous heart
@SONG: Afterlife
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
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
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.
Behind closed eyes
some comfort lies
In knowing the truth never spoken
Through this world with its
hidden conclusion
we'll keep moving like mice through a maze
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.
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.
@SONG: The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun
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
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
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
As I walked away
I wondered what had really happened
had I run out of time
did I push myself to 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
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
@SONG: Only A Matter Of Time
A suited man smiled said:
"It's just a matter of time
You can have the world at your feet by tomorrow
just sign on this line."
Hold tight...limelight!
Approaching the paramount
with the sun in our eyes
fearing family ties, legalies, compromise
In a dimly lit room with a stool as his stage
a dream-stricken prince of a pauper's descent
haunts the eavesdropping silence
that presses his window
as he sweats a performance
to an audience that ticks on the walls
To the practical observer
It's just a matter of time
"You can deviate from the commonplace
only to fall back in line."
I understand mine's a risky plan
and your system can't miss
But is security after all a cause or symptom of happiness?
Brave, yet afraid, his eyes on horizon
in a steady-set gaze
a mariner soon from an open cocoon
takes a moment to summon his courage
to stifle his grave apprehension and
trembling, approaches the surf
A father's benediction as his hopeful son departs
to brave the sea of rage and conquer at all costs
lingers in his memory
and visions still surviving in a logic-proof shell
that should have been held sacred, safe and hidden well
are compromised in usury
with every rising sun that yields no sight of land
the hesitation cultivates within the tired man
and rumors spread of mutiny
and though the time will come when dream and day unite
tonight the only consolation causing him to fight
in fearless faith in destiny
Even when plan fall to pieces
I can still find the courage
with promise I've found in my faith
Likely or not, it's a dream that we keep
and at odds with our senses we'll climb
But if faith is the answer, we've already reached it
@ALBUM: images and words
Enclosed are the lyrics to Dream Theater's _Images and Words_. I copied them
directly from the liner notes, so they should be right. Comments, corrections
and all that to jewright@mtu.edu.
-PeeWee
@SONG: PULL ME UNDER
Lost in the sky
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Arrows fly
Seas increase and then fall again
This world is spinning around me
This world is spinning without me
Every day sends future to past
Every breath leaves one less to my last
Watch the sparrow falling
Gives new meaning to it all
If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day
I'll take seven lives for one
And then my only father's son
As sure as I ever did love him
I am not afraid
This world is spinning around me
The whole world keeps spinning around me
All life is future to past
Every breath leaves me one less to my last
Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
All that I feel in honor and spite
All I can do is set it right
Dust fills my eyes
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Centuries cry
Orders fly and I fall again
This world is spinning inside me
The whole world is spinning inside of me
Every day sends future to past
Every step brings me closer to my last
Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
Living my life too much in in the sun
Only until your will is done
@SONG: ANOTHER DAY
Live another day
Climb a little higher
Find another reason to stay
Ashes in your hands
Mercy in your eyes
If you're searching for a silent sky...
Chorus:
You won't find it here
Look another way
You won't find it here
So die another day
The coldness of his words
The message in his silence
"Face the candle to the wind..."
This distance in my voice
Isn't leaving you a choice
So if you're looking for a time to run away...
Chorus
They took pictures of our dreams
Ran to hide behind the stairs
And said maybe when it's right for you, they'll fall
But if they don't come down
Resist the need to pull them in
And throw them away
Better to save the mystery
Than surrender to the secret
Chorus
@SONG: TAKE THE TIME
Just let me catch my breath
I've heard the promises
I've seen the mistakes
I've had my share of tough breaks
I need a new voice, a new law, a new way
To take the time, reevaluate
It's time to pick up the peices,
Go back to square one
I think it's time for a change
There is something that I feel
To be something that is real
I feel the heat within my mind
And craft new challenges with my eyes
Giving freely wandering promises
A place with decisions I'll fashion
I won't waste another breath
You can feel the waves coming on
(It's time to take the time)
Let them destroy you or carry you on
(It's time to take them time)
You're fighting the weight of the world
But no one can save you this time
Close your eyes
You can find all you need in your mind
The unbroken spirit
Obscured and disquiet
Finds clearness this trial demands
And at the end of this day sighs an anxious relief
For the fortune lies still in his hands
If there's a pensive fear, a wasted year
A man must learn to cope
If his obsession's real,
Supression that he feels must turn to hope
Life is no more assuring than love
(It's time to take the time)
You're fighting the weight of the world
And no one can save you this time
Close your eyes
You can find all that you need in your mind
I close my eyes
And feel the water rise around me
Drown in the beat of time
Let my senses fall away
I cna see much better now, I'm blind
Find all you need in your mind
If you can take the time
@SONG: SURROUNDED
Morning comes too early and nighttime falls too late
And sometimes all I want to do is wait
The shadow I've been hiding in has fled from me today
I know it's easier to walk away than look it in the eye
But I will raise a shelter to the sky
and beneath this
star tonight I'll lie
She will slowly yield the light
As I awaken from the longest night
Dreams are shaking
Set sirens waking up tired eyes
With the light memories all rush into his head
By a candle stands a mirror
Of his heart and soul she dances
She was dancing through the night above his bed
And walking to the window
he throws the shutters out
against the wall
And from an ivory tower hears her call
"Let the light surround you"
It's been a long, long time
He's had awhile to hink it over
In the end he only sees the change
Light to dark
Dark to light
Light to dark
Dark to light
Heaven must be more than this
When angels waken with a kiss
Sacred hearts won't take the pain
But mine will never be the same
He stands before the window
His shadow slowly fading from the wall
And from an ivory tower he hears her call
"Let the light surround you"
Once lost but I was found
When I heard the stained glass shatter all around me
I sent the spirits tumbling down the hill
But I will hold this one on high above me still
I once could see but now at last I'm blind
I know it's easier to walk away than look it in the eye
But I had given all than I could take
And now I've only habits left to break
Tonight I'll still be lying here
Surrounded in all the light
@SONG: METROPOLIS - PART I "The Miracle and the Sleeper"
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 my heart in your eyes and we'll survive
The third arrives...
Before the leaves have fallen
Before we lock the doors
There must be a 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 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
@SONG: UNDER A GLASS MOON
Tell me
Remind me
Chase the water racing from the sky
Always beside me
Taste the memories running from my eyes
Nervous flashlights scan my dreams
Liquid shadows silence their screams
I smile at the moon
Chasing water from the sky
I argue with the clouds
Stealing beauty from my eyes
Outside the soundness of your mind
Bathing your soul in silver tears
Beneath a blackened summer sky
Praying for time to disappear
Beneath a summer sky
Under glass moonlight
Night awaits the lamb's arrival
Liquid shadows crawl
Silver teardrops fall
The bride subsides to her survival
By your hand
I've awakened
Bear this honor in my name
@SONG: WAIT FOR SLEEP
Standing by the window
Eyes upon the moon
Hoping that the memory will leave her spirit alone
She shuts the doors and lights
And lays her body on the bed
Where images and words are running deep
She has too much pride to pull the sheets above her head
So quietly the lays and waits for sleep
She stares at the ceiling
And tries not to think
And pictures the chain
She's been trying to link again
But the feeling is gone
And water can't cover her memory
And ashes can't answer her pain
God giveme the power to take breath from a breeze
And call life from a cold metal frame
In with the ashes
Or up with the smoke from the fire
With wings up in heaven
Or here, lying in bed
Palm of her hand to my head
Now and forever curled in my heart
And the heart of the world
@SONG: LEARNING TO LIVE
There was no time for pain
No energy for anger
The sightlessness of hatred slips away
Walking through winter streets alone
He stops and takes a breath
With confidence and self control
I look at the world and see no understanding
I'm waiting to find some sense of strength
I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart to show some understanding
I need to live life
Like some people never will
So find me kindness
Find me beauty
Find me truth
When temptation brings me to my knees
And I lay here drained on stength
Show me kindness
Show me beauty
Show me truth
The ways that your heart sounds makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel
The way that your heart beats makes all the difference
In learning to live
Here before me is my soul
I'm learning to live
I won't give up
Till I've no more to give
Listening to the city
Whispering its violence
I set out watching from above
The 90's bring new questions
New solutions to be found
I fell in love to be let down
Once again we dance in the crowd
At times a step away
>From a common fear that's all spread out
It won't listen to what you say
Once you're touched and you stand alone
To face the bitter fight
Once I reached for love
And now I reach for life
Another chance to lift my life
Free the sensation in my heart
To ride the wings of dreams into changing horizons
It brings inner peace within my mind,
As I'm lifted from where I've split my life
I hear an innocnet voice
I hear kindness, beauty and truth
The way your heart sounds makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel
The way your heart beats makes all the difference
In learning to live
Spread before you is your soul
So forever hold the dreams within our hearts
Through nature's inflexible grace
Song: EVE (live)
The lyrics are from "Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce.
The "moo cow" part is from somewhere else, the "ivory tower" part from
somewhere else still, and the "Our Father" part from the Lord's Prayer. The
transcription is as follows.
[soft piano]
Chapter One. Once upon a time, and a very good time it was,
There was a moo cow coming along down the road.
[instrumental]
So He came Himself in weakness, not in power,
And He sent thee, the creature, in His stead.
With the creature's comeliness, and luster,
Suited to our state.
[brief break]
And now, thy very face and form dear mother
Speak to us of the eternal.
Not like earthly beauty, dangerous to look upon;
But like the morning star, which is thy heirloom,
Bright, and musical, breathing purity,
Telling of Heaven and its easing peace.
[brief break]
O harbinger of day! O light of the pilgrim!
Lead us still, as thou hast led,
In the dark night, across the bleak wilderness;
Guide us on to our Lord Jesus; guide us home.
[instrumental]
"Tower of Ivory?" they used to say, "House of Gold?"
"How could a woman be a tower of ivory or a house of gold?"
[instrumental]
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name,
Lead us not into temptation, and deliver us from evil.
[fadeout]
This has been used live as an intro to both Pull Me Under (on the
Dance of Eternity bootleg, which is also the most complete version) and
Learning to Live (at any number of shows, including both Phoenix shows of
March and May 1993, among others, and skips the Tower of Ivory part) The
above is the composite transcription. At times, it has been performed
without the voice samples altogether.
Song: A Change Of Season
* indicates that the version that I am taking the lyrics from has this
line in a different background voice (very soft) I am not sure if Dances
of Eternity version contains these lines.
Times given in brackets are the start or end time of the section.
??? indicates that I am not sure of the word, or part of the world
(?) indicates that I think that this word is correct
there are also some notes given in brackets.
I remember a time [1:46]
my ????ed virgin mind.
Watch the crimson sunrise
imagine what it might find
Life was filled with wonder
I've felt the warm wind blow
I must explore the boundaries
tredged in the depths of winter snow
innoscence caressing me
I never felt so young before
there was so much life to see
yet I knew there must be more. [2:35]
But these days are gone now [2:42]
changed like a leaf on a tree
gone away forever
into the cool autumn breeze
the snow has now fallen
and I know where I stand
all of my childhood memories
left lying in the sand. [3:12]
In my gang(?) of in??egratity [3:25]
?????? sent delicacy
struggled to find the seam
struggled to ease the pain
and the rich are robbing me
I've never been so filled with fear
now I know that there is more
the warmth is gone
but the t????l forever healed [4:00]
*do you know what carpe diem is?
*Seize the day
I'll always remember [4:20]
the chill of November
the noose(?) 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, and hear the sound
another time like this can't be found [5:10]
*life is too short to dwell on out tragedies
*what's the use of looking back
*what's the use of looking ahead
*today's the day
we can learn from the past [5:19]
but those days are gone
*we can hope for the future
*though there may not be one
words ??? ??? in the night [5:40]
the rest ??? to learn
I have seized the day
to home I return
preparing for the fight [6:20]
I have with all my might
here in 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
goodbye [6:39]
[short instrumental section]
Please don't go [6:55]
[long instrumental section]
[strange mumblings] [9:53]
So far so few between
my eyes filled full
with desire fulfilled
all my dreams came true
all the world
and all of you
everyday there's a constant reminder
with all the pleasures we shared together
love is not just a passing word
Is a state of heart that goes on forever
[this next section was not in my version, so this is from DoE]
I was blinded by a paradise [10:55]
you took me up high in the sky
the love there will ne'er come down
deep in sorrow, wandering faraway
[back to the origional]
I stood outside in the rain for us [11:20]
I tried to work out all of the pain for us
I sat alone and took the blame for us
my mind has torn and gone insane for us
innoscent sinner [11:45]
repeat offender
promisques promiser
faith lender
indecisive decessions
torn with heartless division
shattering all of my visions of love
all of the world, I give to you [12:59]
all of the world,
all of the world, I give to you
all of the world,
please don't go.
[long instrumental section] [13:25]
*children of yesterday, errors of tomorrow
*what do you mean, ladden of sorrow
*look to your loneliness again faster and faster
*???? with ???? prepared by the master.
[short instrumental section]
I'm much wiser now [17:30]
a lifetime of memories
run through my head
memories they taught me
for better or worse, alive or dead
I realize, there's no turning back
life goes on,
they all meet at 12 [not sure about this phrase]
[short instrumental section]
I sit down with my son [18:11]
can't you see the crimson sunset
he's my only one
now that my time has come
now that my day is done
looking into the sun he said
"don't go
don't go
please don't go
don't go
NOW
don't go"
[there are a few more don't go's in DoE version, but this is close]
* for the first time in a long time
* I felt at peace
[song ends at 19:33]
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