Songtext Scenes from a memory (complete) Dream Theater

Scenes from a memory (complete)

Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory Act I: Scene One: I - Regression Hypnotherapist:"Close your eyes and begin to relax. Take a deep breath, and letit out slowly. Concentrate on your breathing. With each breathyou become more relaxed. Imagine a brilliant white light aboveyou, focusing on this light as it flows through your body. Allowyourself to drift off as you fall deeper and deeper into a morerelaxed state of mind. Now as I count backward from ten to one,you will feel more peaceful, and calm. Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven.Six. You will enter a safe place where nothing can harm you.
Five. Four. Three. Two. If at any time you need to come back, allyou must do is open your eyes. One." Nicholas:Safe in the light that surrounds me
Free of the fear and the pain
My subconscious mind
Starts spinning through time
To rejoin the past once again Nothing seems realI'm starting to feel
Lost in the haze of a dream And as I draw near
The scene becomes clear
Like watching my life on a screen Hello Victoria so glad to see you
My friend. Scene Two: I - Overture 1928 II - Strange Deja Vù Nicholas:Subconscious Strange SensationUnconscious relaxation
What a pleasant nightmare
And I can't wait to get there again Every time I close my eyesThere's another vivid surprise
Another whole life's waiting
Chapters unfinished, fading Closer now- Slowly coming into viewI've arrived- Blinding sunshine beaming through There's a house I'm drawn to
Familiar settings nothing newThere's a pathway leading there
With a haunting chill in the air There's a room at the top of the stairs
Every night I'm drawn up thereThere's a girl in the mirror
Her face is getting clearer
Young child won't you tell me why I'm here? In her eyes- I sense a story never told
Behind the disguise- There's something tearing
At her soul Victoria:Tonight I've been searching for it
A feeling that's deep inside me
Tonight I've been searching for
The one that nobody knows
Trying to break free I just can't help myselfI'm feeling like I'm going out of my head
Tears my heart into twoI'm not the one the sleeper thought he knew Nicholas:Back on my feet again
Eyes open to the real world
Metropolis surrounds me
The mirror's shattered the girl Why is this other life
Haunting me every dayI'd break through to the other side
If only I'd find the way Something's awfully familiar
The feeling's so hard to shake
Could I have lived in that other worldIt's a link that I'm destined to make I'm still searching but I don't know what for
The missing key to unlock my mind's door Today I am searching for it
A feeling that won't go away
Today I am searching for it
The only one I know
Trying to break free I just can't help myselfI'm feeling like I'm going out of my head
Tears my heart into twoI'm not the one I thought I always knew I just can't help myselfI'm feeling like I'm going out of my head
Uncanny, Strange Deja VuBut I don't mind- I hope to find the truth Scene Three: I - Through My Words Nicholas:All your eyes have ever seen
All you've ever heard
Is etched upon my memory
I spoken through my words All that I take with me
Is all you've left behindWe're sharing one eternity
Living in two minds
Linked by an endless thread
Impossible to break II - Fatal Tragedy Nicholas:Alone at night
I feel so strange
I need to find
All the answers to my dreams When I sleep at night
I hear the cries
What does this mean? I shut the door and travelled to another home
I met an older man, he seemed to be alone
I felt that I could trust him
He talked to me that night; "Lad did you know a girl was murdered here?""
This fatal tragedy was talked about for years"Victoria's gone forever
Only memories remain
She passed away
She was so young Without love
Without truth
There can be no turning back Without faith
Without hope
There can be no peace of mind As the night went on
I started to find my way
I learned about a tragedy
A mystery still today I tried to get more answers
But he said, "You're on your own."
Then he turned away and left me
As I stand there all alone
He said, "You'll know the truth
As you future days unfold" Without love
Without truth
There can be no turning back Without faith
Without hope
There can be no peace of mind Hypnotherapist:"Now it is time to see how you died. Remember that death is notthe end but only a transition." Scene Four: I - Beyond This Life Headline: "Murder, young girl killed
Desperate shooting at Echo's HillDreadful ending, killer died
Evidently suicide." A witness heard a horrifying sound
He ran to find a woman dead and
Lying on the ground Standing by her was a man
Nervous, shaking, gun in hand
Witness says he tried to help
But he'd turned the weapon on himself His body fell across that poor young girl
After shouting out in vain
The witness ran to call for assistance
A sad close to a broken love affair Our deeds have travelled far
What we have been is what we are Our deeds have travelled far
What we have been is what we are She wanted love forever
But he had another plan
He fell into an evil way
She had to let him down
She said, "I can't love a wayward man." She may have found a reason to forgive
If he had only tried to change
Was their fatal meeting prearranged? Had a violent struggle taken place'There was every sign that lead there
Witness found a switchblade on the ground
Was the victim unaware'They continued to investigate
They found a note in the killer's pocket
It could have been a suicide letter
Maybe he had lost her love I feel there's only one thing left to doI'd sooner take my life away
Than live with losing you Our deeds have travelled far
What we have been is what we are Our deeds have travelled far
What we have been is what we are All that we learn this time(
What we have been is what we are)
Is carried beyond this life All that we learn this time(
What we have been is what we are)
Is carried beyond this life Our deeds have travelled far
What we have been is what we are Our deeds have travelled far
What we have been is what we are All that we learn this time(
What we have been is what we are)
Is carried beyond this life All that we learn this time(
What we have been is what we are)
Is carried beyond this life Scene Five: I - Through Her Eyes Nicholas:She never really had a chance
On that fateful moonlit night
Sacrificed without a fight
A victim of her circumstance Now that I've become aware
And I've exposed this tragedy
A sadness grows inside of me
It all seems so unfair I'm learning all about my life
By looking through her eyes Just beyond the churchyard gates
Where the grass is overgrown
I saw the writing on her stone
I felt like I would suffocate In loving memory of our child
So innocent, eyes open wide
I felt so empty as I cried
Like part of me had died I'm learning all about my life
By looking through her eyes And as her image
Wandered through my head
I wept just like a baby
As I lay awake in bed And I know what it's like
To lose someone you love
And this felt just the same She wasn't given any choice
Desperation stole her voiceI've been given so much more in lifeI've got a son, I've got a wife I had to suffer one last time
To grieve for her and say goodbye
Relive the anguish of my past
To find out who I was at last The door has opened wideI'm turning with the tide
Looking through her eyes Act II: Scene Six: I - Home The Sleeper:Shine- lake of fire
Lines take me higher
My mind drips desire
Confined and overtired Living this charade
Is getting me nowhere
I can't shake this charade
The city's cold blood calls me home
Home itàs what I long for
Back home where I belong The city- it calls to me
Decadent scenes from my memory
Sorrow- eternity
My demons are coming to drown me Help- I'm falling, I'm crawling
I can't keep away from its clutchCan't have it, this habitIt's calling me back to my home The Miracle:I remember the first time she came to me
Poured her soul out all night and cried I remember I was told there's a new love that's born
For each one that has died I never thought that ICould carry on with this life
But I can't resist myself
No matter how hard I try Living their other life
Is getting them nowhereI'll make her my wife
Her sweet temptation calls me home
Home itàs what I long for
My home where she belongs Her ecstasy- means so much to me
Even deceiving my own blood
Victoria watches and thoughtfully smilesShe's taking me to my home Help- he's my brother, but I love her
I can't keep away from her touch
Deception, dishonourIt's calling me back to my home Nicholas:Her story- it holds the key
Unlocking dreams from my memory
Solving this mystery
Is everything that is a part of me Help- regression, obsession
I can't keep away from her touch
Leave no doubt, to find outIt's calling me back to my home II - The Dance Of Eternity Scene Seven: I - One Last Time Nicholas:It doesn't make any sense
This tragic ending
In spite of the evidenceThere's something still missing Heard some of the rumours told
A taste of one's wealth
Did Victoria wound his soul'Did she bid him farewell? Victoria:One last timeWe'll lay down today
One last time
Until we fade away
One last timeWe'll lay down today
One last time
We slowly fade away Nicholas:Here I am inside his home
It holds the many clues
To my suspicions
And as I'm standing here right nowI'm finally shown what I have always known Coincidence I can't believe
As my childhood dreams slowly come true Are these her memories
Awakened through my eyes
This house has brought back to life An open door
I walk on through
Into his bedroom Feeling as cold as outside
The walls disappear
To some woman who's screaming
A man pleads forgiveness
Hi swords I cannot hear II - The Spirit Carries On Nicholas:Where did we come from?
Why are we here?
Where do we go when we die?
What lies beyond
And what lay before?
Is anything certain in life? They say, "Life is too short,""
The here and the now"
And "You're only given one shot"
But could there be more,
Have I lived before,
Or could this be all that we've got? If I die tomorrowI'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on I used to be frightened of dying
I used to think death was the end
But that was beforeI'm not scared anymore
I know that my soul will transcend I may never find all the answers
I may never understand why
I may never prove
What I know to be true
But I know that I still have to try If I die tomorrowI'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on Victoria:"Move on, be braveDon't weep at my grave
Because I am no longer here
But please never let
Your memory of me disappear" Nicholas:Safe in the light that surrounds me
Free of the fear and the pain
My questioning mind
Has helped me to find
The meaning in my life againVictoria's real
I finally feel
At peace with the girl in my dreams
And now that I'm hereIt's perfectly clear
I found out what all of this means If I die tomorrowI'd be all right
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on Scene Eight: I - Finally Free Hypnotherapist:"You are once again surrounded by a brilliant white light. Allowthe light to lead you away from your past and into this lifetime.
As the light dissipates you will slowly fade back intoconsciousness remembering all you have learned. When I tellyou to open your eyes you will return to the present, feelingpeaceful and refreshed. Open your eyes, Nicholas." The Miracle:Friday evening
The blood still on my hands
To think that she would leave me now
For that ungrateful man Sole survivor
No witness to the crime
I must act fast to cover up
I think that there's still time He'd seem hopeless and lost with this noteThey'll buy into the words that I wrote "This feeling inside me
Finally found my love, I've finally broke free
No longer torn in twoI'd take my own life before losing you" Victoria:Feeling good this Friday afternoon
I ran into JulianSaid we'd get together soon He's always had my heart
He needs to knowI'll break free of the MiracleIt's time for him to go This feeling inside me
Finally found my love, I've finally broke free
No longer torn in twoHe'd kill his brother if he only knew Their love renewedThey'd rendezvous
In a pathway out of view
They thought no one knew
Then came a shot out of the night The Sleeper:One last timeWe'll lay down today
One last time
Until we fade away
One last timeWe'll lay down today
One last time
We fade away As their bodies lie still
And the ending draws near
Spirits rise through the air
All their fears disappear, it all becomes clear
A blinding light comes into view
An old soul exchanged for a new
A familiar voice comes shining through Nicholas:This feeling inside me
Finally found my life, I'm finally free
No longer torn in two
I learned about my life by living through you This feeling inside me
Finally found my life, I'm finally free
No longer torn in two
Living my own life by learning from you We'll meet again my friend someday soon CNN report:"news in London, France, Russia and Italy have deleted theirlead story, all anticipating the outcome of the man considered tobe a member of American nobility. And as you can imagine, asthe skies have grown darker here over Washington, the moodhas grown darker as well and people here are beginning toresign themselves to the possibility that they are witnessing yetanother tragedy in a long string of misfortunes. Reaction fromeverywhere, from Washington and certainly from around theworld has gues..." Hypnotherapist: "Open your eyes, Nicholas." Nicholas: "AAAH!"