[Lyrics by Mike Portnoy]
[IV. Reflections of Reality (Revisited)]
Hello, Mirror - so glad to see you my friend, it's
been a while
Searching, Fearless - where do I begin to heal this wound of self-denial
Face yourself man!
Brace yourself and
trace your hell back
You've been blinded, living lie a one way cold existence all the while
Now it's time to stare the problem
right between the eyes you long lost child
I wanna feel your body breaking
Wanna feel your body breaking and shaking and left in
the cold
I want to heal your conscience making a change o fix this dying soul
Born into this world a broken home
Surrounded
by love yet all alone
Forced into a life that's split in two
A mother and a father both pulling you
Then you had to deal with
loss and death
Everybody thinking they know best
Coping with this s**t at such an age
Can only fill a kid with pain and
rage
Family disease pumped through your blood
Never had the chance you thought you could
Running all the while with no
escape
Turning all that pain in to blame and hate
Living on your own by twenty one
Not a single care and having
fun
Consuming all the life in front of you
Burning out the fuse and smoking the residue
Possessive obsessions selfish
childish games
Vengeful resentments
Passing all the blame
Living out a life of decadence
Acing without thought of
consequence
Spreading all your lies from coast to coast
While spitting on the ones that matter most
Running power mad with no
control
Fighting for the credit they once stole
No one can ever tell you what to do
Ruling other's lives while the can't stand
the thought of you
A living reflection seen from miles away
A hopeless affliction having run astray
I wanna feel your
body breaking
Wanna feel your body breaking and shaking and left in the cold
I want to heal your conscience making a change o fix
this dying soul
Now that you can see all you have done
It's time to take that step into the kingdom
All your sins will only
make you strong
And help you break right through the prison wall
[V. Release]
Come to me my friend (Listen to me)
I'll
help this torture end (Help to set me free)
Let your ego go (I can't carry this load)
You can't go through this alone (I feel so
hopeless and exposed)
You'll find your peace of mind (Give me some direction)
You can no longer hide (Break out of this
isolation)
Let humility (Openness, honesty)
And become what you can be (A healing tranquility)
Help me
Save me
Heal
me
I can't break out of this prison all alone
These tormenting ghosts of yesterday
Will vanish when exposed
You can't hold
onto your secrets
They'll only send you back alone
Your fearless admissions
Will help expel your destructive
obsessions
With my help I know you can
Be at one with God and man
Hear me
Believe me
Take me
I'm ready to break
right through this prison wall
Dedicated to Bill W. and all of his friends