The Glass Prison lyrics

Artist  : Dream Theater 
Song : The Glass Prison
 


I. Reflection

Cunning, Baffling,
Powerful
Been beaten to a pulp
Vigorous,
Irresistable
Sick and tired and laid
low
Dominating, Invisible
Black-out, loss
of control
Overwhelming, Unquenchable
I'm
powerless, have to let go

I can't escape
it
It leaves me frail and worn
Can no
longer take it
Senses tattered and
torn

Hopeless surrender
Obsession's got
me beat
Losing the will to live
Admitting
complete defeat

Fatal Descent
Spinning
around
I've gone too far
To turn back
round

Desperate attempt
Stop the
progression
At any length
Lift this
obsession

Crawling to my glass prison
A
place where no one knows
My secret lonely world
begins

So much safer here
A place where
I can go
To forget about my daily
sins

Life here in my glass prison
A
place I once called home
Fall in nocturnal
bliss again

Chasing a long lost
friend
I no longer can control
Just waiting
for this hopelessness to end

II.
Restoration

Run – fast from the
wreckage of the past
A shattered glass prison
wall behind me
Fight – past walking
through the ashes
A distant oasis before
me

Cry – desperate crawling on my
knees
Begging God to please stop the
insanity
Help me – I'm trying to
believe
Stop wallowing in my own self
pity

"We've been waiting for you my
friend
The writing's been on the wall
All
it takes is a little faith
You know you're the
same as us all"

Help me – I can't
break out this prison all alone
Save me
– I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my
own
Heal me – I can't restore my sanity
alone

Enter the
door
Desperate
Fighting no more
Help me
restore
To my sanity
At this temple of
hope

I need to learn
Teach me
how
Sorrow to burn
Help me return
To
humanity
I'll be fearless and thorough
The
enter this temple of
hope

Believe
Transcend the
pain
Living the live
Humility
Opened my
eyes
This new odyssey
Of rigorous
honesty

Serenity
I never
knew
Soundness of mind
Helped me to
find
Courage the change
All the things that
I can

"We'll help you perform this
miracle
But you must set your past free
You
dug the hole, but you can't bury your soul
Open
your mind and you will see"

Help me –
I can't break out this prison all alone
Save me
– I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my
own
Heal me – I can't restore my sanity
alone

III. Revelation

Way off in
the distance I saw the door
I tried to
open
I tried forcing with all of my will and
still
The door wouldn't open

Unable to
trust in my faith
I turned and walked
away
I looked around, felt a chill in the
air
Took my will and turned it over

The
glass prison which once held me is now gone
A
long lost fortress
Armed only with
liberty
And the key of my
willingness

Fell down on my knees and
prayed
"Thy will be done"
I turned around,
saw a light shining through
The door was wide
open