A Mind Beside Itself lyrics

Artist  : Dream Theater 
Song : A Mind Beside Itself
 


I. Erotomania
(instrumental)

II.
Voices
'Love, just don't stare'
He used to
say to me
Every Sunday morning
The spider
in the window
The angel in the pool
The old
man takes the poison
Now the widow makes the
rules

'So speak, I'm right here'
She
used to say to me
Not a word, not a
word
Judas on the ceiling
The devil in my
bed
I guess Easter's never coming
So I'll
just wait inside my head

Like a scream but
sort of silent
living off my
nightmares

Voices repeating me
'Feeling
threatened?
We reflect your hopes and
fears'
Voices discussing me
'Others steal
your thoughts
They're not confined
within
your mind'

Thought disorder
Dream
control
Now they read my mind on the
radio
But where was the garden of
Eden?

I feel elated
I feel
depressed
Sex is death, death is sex
Says
it right here on my crucifix

Like a scream
but sort of silent
Living off my
nightmares

Voices protecting me
'Good
behavior
brings the savior
to his
knees'
Voices rejecting me
'Others steal
your thoughts
They're not confined
to your
own mind'

[Dialogue by rap artist Prix-mo
reading from the book "Cultural
Revolution".]

"I don't wanna be here,
'cause of my
suffering, 'cause of my
illness.
Only love is worth having,
only
love is what matters, loving
every
people on equal terms."
"You've got
to know who you're
dealin' with, because, like
a stranger,
a-heh, just might come in
through
here with a gun... and then,
what
would you do? (Heh.)"
"Everything is
immaterial..."
"'n' you know that reality is
immaterial."
"This is not
reality..."

I'm kneeling on the
floor
Staring at the wall
Like the spider
in the window
I wish that I could speak
Is
there fantasy in refuge?
God in
politicians?
Should I turn on my
religion?
These demons in my head tell me
to

I'm lying here in bed
Swear my skin
is inside out
Just another Sunday
morning

Seen my diary on the
newsstand
Seems we've lost the truth to
quicksand
It's a shame no one is
praying
'cause these voices in my head
keep
saying...

'Love, just don't
stare.'
'Reveal the Word when you're supposed
to.'
Withdrawn and introverted
Infectiously
perverted
'Being laughed at and
confused
keeps us pleasantly amused
enough
to stay.'

Maybe I'm just Cassandra
fleeting
Twentieth century Icon
bleeding
Willing to risk salvation
To
escape from isolation

I'm witness to
redemption
Heard you speak but never
listened
Can you rid me of my
secrets?
Deliver us from
darkness?

Voices repeating me
'Feeling
threatened?
We reflect your hopes and
fears.'
Voices discussing me
Don't expect
your own Messiah
This neverworld which you
desire
Is only in your mind.

III. The
Silent Man

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 seperates 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
But if they have to suffer
There lies
the Silent Man