The Smile of Dawn arrived early May.

[coloradodem2005]

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
But 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 stay alive

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

Dream Theater, Images and Words, 1992

[JohnnyCougar]

1. I.......LOVE.....That band!!!!

[coloradodem2005]

2. They are extremely talented.

n/t

[JohnnyCougar]

4. Man....I have loved them since 8th grade

They have been my favorite band since about 9th....

and that was 10 years ago!

Awake was what got me into them...specifically "Lie"

But actually, I now consider "Images and Words" their best album. But they are all so good!!!

Everyone on DU listen to Dream Theater!!!!

[coloradodem2005]

6. You were in 9th grade 10 years ago?

I was too. During the 1994-1995 school year. I think that was the year "Awake" came out too. Sadly I did not know about them until years later.

[JohnnyCougar]

8. Well, I just turned 24

I was class of 1999 in High School, so that would put me at Fall of 1995 entering 9th grade. I got Awake a year before that (1994), but they didn't become my favorite band until a year later. I have loved them ever since. I even worked all summer between 9th and 10th grade to save up and buy a 7 string guitar so I could play Dream Theater songs.

I spent $1,333 of my own money the summer after 9th grade to buy the Ibanez "Universe" guitar. It was well worth it. I still have it today, and it is a great guitar.

[coloradodem2005]

9. For me, I graduated in 1998 from High School.

n/t

[JohnnyCougar]

11. I've now got 6 degrees of inner turbulence on (the song)

I am prepared to fall asleep to 42 minutes of pure musical genius.

[JohnnyCougar]

3. Trial of Tears

Under the sun, there is nothing to hide
Under the moon, the stranger waits inside
People disappear
The music fades away
Splashing through the rain
I'll dream with them one day
It's raining, raining,
On the streets of New York city
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven

I may have wasted all those years
They're not worth their time in tears
I may have spent too long in darkness
In the warmth of my fears

Take a look at yourself
Not at anyone else
And tell me what you see
I know the air is cold
I know the streets are cruel
But i'll enjoy the ride today

It's raining, raining,
On the streets of New York city
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven

I may have wasted all those years
They're not worth their time in tears
I may have spent too long in darkness
In the warmth of my fears

As i walk through all my myths
Rising and sinking like the waves
With my thoughts wrapped around me
Through a trial of tears

Hidden by disguise, stumbling in a world
Feeling uninspired, he gets into his car
Not within his eyes to see, open up, open up
Not much better than the man you hate





Still awake
I continue to move along
Cultivating my own nonsense
Welcome to the wasteland
Where you'll find ashes, nothing but ashes
Still awake
Bringing change, bringing movement,
Bringing life
A silent prayer thrown away,
Disappearing in the air
Rising, sinking, raininc deep inside me
Nowhere to turn,
I look for a way back home
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven

[coloradodem2005]

5. Here is a Dream Theater song that applies to the Right Wing.

How can this be?
Why is he the chosen one?

Saint gone astray
With a scepter and a gun

Learn to believe
In the might and the strong

Come bleed the beast
Follow me it won't be long

Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God

Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God

Straight is the path
Leading to your salvation
Slaying the weak
Ethnic elimination

Any day we'll all be
Swept away
You'll be saved
As long as you obey

Lies
Tools of the devil inside
Written in Holy disguise
Meant to deceive and divide
Us all

Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God

Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God

Blurring the lines
Between virtue and sin
They can't tell
Where God ends
And mankind begins

They know no other
Life but this
From the cradle
They are claimed

Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God

Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God
Hundreds of believers
Lured into a doomsday cult

All would perish
In the name of God

Self-proclaimed messiah
Led his servants
To their death
Eighty murdered
In the name of God

Forty sons and daughters
Un-consenting plural wives
Perversions
In the name of God

Underground religion
Turning toward
The mainstream light
Blind devotion
In the name of God

Justifying violence
Citing from the Holy Book
Teaching hatred
In the name of God

Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God

Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God

Religious beliefs
Fanatic obsession
Does following faith
Lead us to violence?

Unyielding crusade
Divine revelation
Does following faith
Lead us to violence?

[JohnnyCougar]

7. What is their political affiliation?

I find it hard to believe they support Bush at all. I don't think they liked Clinton much, though either. They were ripping on him on one of their Christmas CD's.

But they are too intelligent to support shrub.

[arcane1]

10. "A question well-served..."

A question well-served
Is silence like a fever,
A voice never heard
Or a message with no receiver?

Pray they won't ask
Behind the stained glass
There's always one more mask

Has man been a victim
Of his woman, of his father?
If he elects not to bother
Will he suffocate their faith?

Desperate to fall
Behind the great wall
That separates us all

When there is reason tonight I'm awake
When there's no answer arrive the silent man
If there is balance tonight he's awake
If they have to suffer there lies the silent man

Sin without deceivers
A god with no believers
I could sail by on the winds of silence
And maybe they won't notice
But this time I think it'd be better if I swim

When there is reason tonight I'm awake
When there's no answer arrive the silent man
If there is balance tonight he's awake
If they have to suffer there lies the silent man
There lies the silent man

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