Octavarium - Dream Theater

這首歌有二十四分鐘之長
可能很多人不太能接受這麼長的一首歌曲
可是我還滿喜歡他們這首創作

連續的音樂
沒有一絲讓人喘息的機會
耐人尋味的轉折
聲聲入扣

而他的歌詞....就自己看吧我懶得翻譯
哈哈哈～因為要聽到音樂才知道
原來他的歌詞是這麼貼切

以前不希望變成哪樣的人
長大之後卻往往變成了那種人
這似乎是常有的事
而我們又會走到哪一個故事去輪迴呢？

人往往對於自己了解不夠
就像朋友說得其實一生你都看不見你自己
可是人卻非常想要知道別人
鑽破頭的想了解
卻無法掌握或了解
一絲絲的自己

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Octavarium
Octavarium/ 2005
Dream Theater

I never wantedto become someone like him so secure
Content to live each day just like the last
I was sure I knew that
This was not for me
And I wanted so much more
Far beyond that I could see
So I swore that I'd
Never be someone like him

So many years have passed
Since I proclaimed
My independence My mission My aim
And my vision So secure
Content to live each day like it's my last
It's wonderful to know
That I could be Something more than what I dreamed
Far beyond what I could see
Still I swear that I'm Missing out this time

As far as I could tell
There's nothing more i need
But still I ask myself
Could this be everything
The all I swore
That I would never be was now
So suddenly
The only thing I wanted To become
To be someone just like him

A Doctor sitting next to me
He asks me how I feel
Not sure I understand his questioning
He says I've been away a while
But thinks he has cured me
From a state of catatonic sleep

For 30 years
Where I have been
Eyes open
But not getting through to me

Medicate me, Infiltrate me
Side effects appear
As my conscience slips away

Medicate me, Science failing
Conscience fading fast
Can't you stop what's happening

A higher dosage he prescribes
But there's no guarantee
I feel it starting to take over me
I tell him not to be ashamed
There's no one who's to blame
A second shot
A brief awakening

I feel the relapse
Can't break free
Eyes open
But not getting through to me

Sailing on the seven sieze the day tripper diem's ready
Jack the ripper owens Wilson Phillips and my supper's ready
Lucy in the sky with diamond
Dave's not here I come to save the day for nightmare
Cinema show me the way to get back home again

Running forward
Falling back
Spinning round and round
Looking outward
Reaching in
Scream without a sound

Leaning over
Crawling up
Stumbling all around
Losing my place
Only to find I've come full circle

flying off the handle with careful with
that axe eugene gene the dance machine
messiah light my fire gabba gabba
hey hey my my generation's home again

Running forward
Falling back
Spinning round and round
Looking outward
Reaching in
Scream without a sound

Leaning over
Crawling up
Stumbling all around
Losing my place
Only to find I've come full circle

Our deadly sins feel his mortal wrath
Remove all obstacles from our path

Asking questions
Search for clues
The answer's been right in front of you

Try to break through
Long to connect
Fall on deaf ears and failed muted breath

Loyalty, trust, faith and desire
Carries love through each darkest fire

Tortured Insanity
A smothering hell
Try to escape but to no avail

The calls of admirers
Who claim they adore
Drain all your lifeblood while begging for more

Innocent victims of merciless crimes
Fall prey to some madmen's impulsive designs

Step after step
We try controlling our fate
When we finally start living it has become too late

Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium

We move in circles
Balanced all the while
On a gleaming razor's edge

A perfect sphere
Colliding with our fate
This story ends where it began

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