[I. Someone Like Him]
I never wanted to become someone like him so secure
Content to live each day just like the
last
I was sure I knew that
This was not for me
And I wanted so much more
Far beyond what I could see
So I swore that
I'd
Never be someone like him
So many years have passed
Since I proclaimed
My independence
My mission
My aim
And
my vision
So secure
Content to live each day like it's my last
It's wonderful to know
That I could be
Something more than I
dreamed
Far beyond what I could see
Still I swear that I'm
Missing out this time
As far as I could tell
There's nothing
more I need
But still I ask myself
Could this be everything
Then all I swore
That I would never be was now
So
suddenly
The only thing
I wanted
To become
To be someone just like him
[II. Medicate (Awakening)]
A Doctor
sitting next to me
He asks me how I feel
Not sure I understand his questioning
He says I've been away a while
But thinks he
has cured me
From a state of catatonic sleep
For 30 years
Where have I been
Eyes open
But not getting through to
me
Medicate me
Infiltrate me
Side effects appear
As my conscience slips away
Medicate me
Science
failing
Conscience fading fast
Can't you stop what's happening
A higher dosage he prescribes
But there's no guarantee
I
feel it starting to take over me
I tell him not to be ashamed
There's no one who's to blame
A second shot
A brief
awakening
I feel the relapse
Can't break free
Eyes open
But not getting through to me
[III. Full
Circle]
Sailing on the seven seize the day tripper diem's ready
Jack the ripper owns Wilson Phillips and my supper's
ready
Lucy in the sky with diamond dave's not here I come to save the
Day for nightmare cinema show me the way to get back home
again
Running forward
Falling back
Spinning round and round
Looking outward
Reaching in
Scream without a
sound
Leaning over
Crawling up
Stumbling all around
Losing my place
Only to find I've come full circle
Flying
off the handle with careful with
That axe Eugene gene the dance machine
Messiah light my fire gabba gabba
Hey hey my my
generation's home again
Running forward
Falling back
Spinning round and round
Looking outward
Reaching in
Scream
without a sound
Leaning over
Crawling up
Stumbling all around
Losing my place
Only to find I've come full
circle
[IV. Intervals]
[First]
Our deadly sins feel his mortal wrath
Remove all obstacles from our
path
[Second]
Asking questions
Search for clues
The answer's been right in front of you
[Third]
Try to break
through
Long to connect
Fall on deaf ears and fails muted breath
[Fourth]
Loyalty, trust, faith and desire
Carries love
through each darkest fire
[Fifth]
Tortured Instanity
A smothering hell
Try to escape but no avail
[Sixth]
The
calls of admirers
Who claim they adore
Drain all your lifeblood while begging for more
[Seventh]
Innocent victims of
merciless crimes
Fall prey to some madmen's impulsive designs
[Eighth]
Step after step
We try controlling our fate
When
we finally start living it has become too late
Trapped inside this Octavarium
[V. Razor's Edge]
We move in
circles
Balanced all the while
On a gleaming razor's edge
A perfect sphere
Colliding with our fate
Whose story ends
where it began