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> Watch the full 27 minute performance of the Metropolis Pt.2 Scenes From A Memory encore including 'Overture 1928', 'Strange Deja Vu', 'The Dance of Eternity' and 'Finally Free' from Dream Theater's 2014 concert film 'Breaking The Fourth Wall'.
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> Taken From "Special Bonus" from Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York. > > LYRICS: > > I. The Crimson Sunrise > (Instrumental) > > II. Innocence > I remember a time > My frail, virgin mind > watched the crimson sunrise > Imagined what it might find > Life was filled with wonder > I felt the warm wind blow > I must explore the boundaries > Transcend the depth of winter's snow > Innocence caressing me > I never felt so young before > There was so much life in me > Still I longed to search for more > But those days are gone now > Changed like a leaf on a tree > Blown away forever > into the cool autumn breeze > The snow has now fallen > and my sun's not so bright > I struggle to hold on > with the last of my might > In my den of inequity > viciousness and subtlety > struggle to ease the pain > struggle to find the sane > Ignorance surrounding me > I've never been so filled with fear > All my life's been drained from me > The end is drawing near.... > > III. Carpe Diem > 'Carpe diem, seize the day' > I'll always remember > The chill of November > The news of the fall > The sounds in the hall > The clock on the wall ticking away > 'Seize the Day' > I heard him say > Life will not always be this way > Look around > Hear the sounds > Cherish your life while you're still around > > "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, > Old Time is still a-flying; > And this same flower that smiles today, > Tomorrow will be dying." > > We can learn from the past > But those days are gone > We can hope for the future > But there may not be one > The words stuck in my mind > alive from what I've learned > I have to seize the day > To home I returned > Preparing for her flight > I held with all my might > Fearing my deepest fright > She walked into the night > She turned for one last look > She looked me in the eye > I said, 'I Love You...Good-bye' > > "It's the most awful thing you'll > ever hear." > "If you're lying to me..." > "Oh, you dearly love her." > "...just have to leave... all our lives." > "Seize the day!" > "Something happened. > "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may." > "She was killed." > > IV. The Darkest of Winters > (Instrumental) > > V. Another World > So far or so it seems > All is lost with nothing fulfilled > Off the pages and a T.V. screen > Another world where nothing's true > Tripping through the life fantastic > Lose a step and never get up > Left alone with a cold blank stare > I feel like giving up > I was blinded by a paradise > Utopia high in the sky > A dream that only drowned me > Deep in sorrow, wondering why > Oh come let us adore him > Abuse and then ignore him > No matter what, don't let him be > Let's feed upon his misery > Then string him up for all the world to see > I'm sick of all you hypocrites > holding me at bay > And I don't need your sympathy > to get me through the day > Seasons change and so can I > Hold on boy, No time to cry > Untie these strings, I'm climbing down > I won't let them push me away > Oh come let us adore him > Abuse and then ignore him > No matter what, don't let him be > Let's feed upon his misery > Now it's time for them to deal with me > > VI. The Inevitable Summer > (Instrumental) > > VII. The Crimson Sunset > I'm much wiser now > A lifetime of memories > run through my head > They taught me how > for better or worse, alive or dead > I realize there's no turning back > Life goes on the offbeaten track > I sit down with my son > Set to see the Crimson Sunset > (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) > Many years have come and gone > I've lived my life, but now must move on > (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may) > He is my only one > Now that my time has come > Now that my life is done > We look into the sun > 'Seize the day and don't you cry, > Now it's time to say good-bye > Even though I'll be gone, > I will live on, live on.'
Question: I've been thinking about "The Count of Tuscany." One theory takes it all literally: the Count's brother (and possibly the Count?) are, in fact, cannibals. They appear to have inadvertently become so when they drank the soldier-flavored wine. But I'm not fully clear on why they let the narrator go. Perhaps they only drink the wine, but not actually eat people? Another read on the story is that the Count tells is explaining to the narrator that the whole story - the cannibalism for sure, but maybe even the soldiers and the wine, the chapel and the saint - is a fable. It's been repeated so often that he's asking the narrator to tell the world the truth, that the Count and his brother are *not* cannibals. What's your read on what happens in this song?
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Sounds like 2024 might be the year!