Dream Theater Lyrics
"The Glass Prison"

I Reflection

Cunning, baffling, powerful
Been beaten to a pulp
Vigorous, irresistable
Sick and tired and laid low
Dominating, invincible
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
Then 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