Dream Theater

    Act I



Scene One:

Regression



Hypnotherapist

"Close your eyes and begin to relax.

Take a deep breath, and let it out slowly.

Concentrate on your breathing.

With each breath you become more relaxed.

Imagine a brilliant white light above you,

focusing on this light as it flows through your body.

Allow yourself to drift off as you fall deeper and deeper into a more relaxed state of mind. Now as I count backward from ten to one,

you will feel more peaceful, and calm.

Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six.

You will enter a safe place where nothing can harm you.

Five. Four. Three. Two.

If at any time you need to come back, all you must do is open your eyes.

One."





Nicholas

Safe in the light that surrounds me

Free of the fear and the pain

My subconscious mind

Starts spinning through time

To rejoin the past once again



Nothing seems real

I'm starting to feel

Lost in the haze of a dream



And as I draw near

The scene becomes clear

Like watching my life on a screen



Hello Victoria so glad to see you

My friend.



Scene Two:

I. Overture 1928



(Instrumental)



II. Strange Deja Vu



Nicholas:

Subconscious Strange Sensation

Unconscious relaxation

What a pleasant nightmare

And I can't wait to get there again



Every time I close my eyes

There's another vivid surprise

Another whole life's waiting

Chapters unfinished, fading



Closer now- Slowly coming into view

I've arrived- Blinding sunshine beaming through



There's a house I'm drawn to

Familiar settings nothing new

There's a pathway leading there

With a haunting chill in the air



There's a room at the top of the stairs

Every night I'm drawn up there

There's a girl in the mirror

Her face is getting clearer

Young child won't you tell me why I'm here?



In her eyes- I sense a story never told

Behind the disguise- There's something tearing

At her soul



<i>Victoria</i>:

Tonight I've been searching for it

A feeling that's deep inside me

Tonight I've been searching for

The one that nobody knows

Trying to break free



I just can't help myself

I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head

Tears my heart into two

I'm not the one the sleeper thought he knew



<i>Nicholas</i>:

Back on my feet again

Eyes open to the real world

Metropolis surrounds me

The mirror's shattered the girl



Why is this other life

Haunting me every day

I'd break through to the other side

If only I'd find the way



Something's awfully familiar

The feeling's so hard to shake

Could I have lived in that other world

It's a link that I'm destined to make



I'm still searching but I don't know what for

The missing key to unlock my mind's door



Today I am searching for it

A feeling that won't go away

Today I am searching for it

The only one I know

Trying to break free



I just can't help myself

I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head

Tears my heart into two

I'm not the one I thought I always knew



I just can't help myself

I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head

Uncanny, Strange Deja Vu

But I don't mind- I hope to find the truth



Scene Three:

I. Through My Words



<i>Nicholas</i>:

All your eyes have ever seen

All you've ever heard

Is etched upon my memory

I spoken through my words



All that I take with me

Is all you've left behind

We're sharing one eternity

Living in two minds

Linked by an endless thread

Impossible to break



II. Fatal Tragedy



<i>Nicholas</i>:

Alone at night

I feel so strange

I need to find

All the answers to my dreams



When I sleep at night

I hear the cries

What does this mean?



I shut the door and traveled to another home

I met an older man, he seemed to be alone

I felt that I could trust him

He talked to me that night;



"Lad did you know a girl was murdered here?"

"This fatal tragedy was talked about for years"

Victoria's gone forever

Only memories remain

She passed away

She was so young



Without love

Without truth

There can be no turning back



Without faith

Without hope

There can be no peace of mind



As the night went on

I started to find my way

I learned about a tragedy

A mystery still today



I tried to get more answers

But he said, "You're on your own."

Then he turned away and left me

As I stand there all alone

He said, "You'll know the truth

As you future days unfold"



Without love

Without truth

There can be no turning back



Without faith

Without hope

There can be no peace of mind



<i>Hypnotherapist</i>:

"Now it is time to see how you died. Remember that death is not the end but only a transition."



Scene Four:

Beyond This Life



<i>Headline:

"Murder, young girl killed

Desperate shooting at Echo's Hill

Dreadful ending, killer died

Evidently suicide."



A witness heard a horrifying sound

He ran to find a woman dead and

Lying on the ground



Standing by her was a man

Nervous, shaking, gun in hand

Witness says he tried to help

But he'd turned the weapon on himself



His body fell across that poor young girl

After shouting out in vain

The witness ran to call for assistance

A sad close to a broken love affair</i>



Our deeds have traveled far

What we have been is what we are



Our deeds have traveled far

What we have been is what we are



She wanted love forever

But he had another plan

He fell into an evil way

She had to let him down

She said, "I can't love a wayward man."



She may have found a reason to forgive

If he had only tried to change

Was their fatal meeting prearranged?



Had a violent struggle taken place?

There was every sign that lead there

Witness found a switchblade on the ground

Was the victim unaware?

They continued to investigate

They found a note in the killer's pocket

It could have been a suicide letter

Maybe he had lost her love



I feel there's only one thing left to do

I'd sooner take my life away

Than live with losing you



Our deeds have traveled far

What we have been is what we are



Our deeds have traveled far

What we have been is what we are



All that we learn this time

(What we have been is what we are)

Is carried beyond this life



All that we learn this time

(What we have been is what we are)

Is carried beyond this life



Our deeds have traveled far

What we have been is what we are



Our deeds have traveled far

What we have been is what we are



All that we learn this time

(What we have been is what we are)

Is carried beyond this life



All that we learn this time

(What we have been is what we are)

Is carried beyond this life



Scene Five:

Through Her Eyes



<i>Nicholas</i>:

She never really had a chance

On that fateful moonlit night

Sacrificed without a fight

A victim of her circumstance



Now that I've become aware

And I've exposed this tragedy

A sadness grows inside of me

It all seems so unfair



I'm learning all about my life

By looking through her eyes



Just beyond the churchyard gates

Where the grass is overgrown

I saw the writing on her stone

I felt like I would suffocate



Inloving memory of our child

So innocent, eyes open wide

I felt so empty as I cried

Like part of me had died



I'm learning all about my life

By looking through her eyes



And as her image

Wandered through my head

I wept just like a baby

As I lay awake in bed



And I know what it's like

To lose someone you love

And this felt just the same



She wasn't given any choice

Desperation stole her voice

I've been given so much more in life

I've got a son, I've got a wife



I had to suffer one last time

To grieve for her and say goodbye

Relive the anguish of my past

To find out who I was at last



The door has opened wide

I'm turning with the tide

Looking through her eyes



<h3>Act II</h3> Scene Six:

Home



<i>The Sleeper</i>:

Shine- lake of fire

Lines take me higher

My mind drips desire

Confined and overtired



Living this charade

Is getting me nowhere

I can't shake this charade

The city's cold blood calls me home

Home

It's what I long for

Back homewhere I belong



The city- it calls to me

Decadent scenes from my memory

Sorrow- eternity

My demons are coming to drown me



Help- I'm falling, I'm crawling

I can't keep away from its clutch

Can't have it, this habit

It's calling me back to my home



<i>The Miracle</i>:

I remember the first time she came to me

Poured her soul out all night and cried



I remember I was told there's a new love that's born

For each one that has died



I never thought that I

Could carry on with this life

But I can't resist myself

No matter how hard I try



Living their other life

Is getting them nowhere

I'll make her my wife

Her sweet temptation calls me home

Home

It's what I long for

My homewhere she belongs



Her ecstasy- means so much to me

Even decieving my own blood

Victoria watches and thoughtfully smiles

She's taking me to my home



Help- he's my brother, but I love her

I can't keep away from her touch

Deception, dishonor

It's calling me back to my home



<i>Nicholas</i>:

Her story- it holds the key

Unlocking dreams from my memory

Solving this mystery

Is everything that is a part of me



Help- regression, obsession

I can't keep away from her touch

Leave no doubt, to find out

It's calling me back to my home



Scene Seven:

I. The Dance Of Eternity



(Instrumental)



II. One Last Time



<i>Nicholas</i>:

It doesn't make any sense

This tragic ending

In spite of the evidence

There's something still missing



Heard some of the rumors told

A taste of one's wealth

Did Victoria wound his soul?

Did she bid him farewell?



<i>Victoria</i>:

One last time

We'll lay down today

One last time

Until we fade away

One last time

We'll lay down today

One last time

We slowly fade away



<i>Nicholas</i>:

Here I am inside his home

It holds the many clues

To my suspicions

And as I'm standing here right now

I'm finally shown what I have always known



Coincidence I can't believe

As my childhood dreams slowly come true



Are these her memories

Awakened through my eyes

This house has brought back to life



An open door

I walk on through

Into his bedroom



Feeling as cold as outside

The walls disappear

To some woman who's screaming

A man pleads forgiveness

His words I cannot hear



Scene Eight:

The Spirit Carries On



<i>Nicholas</i>:

Where did we come from?

Why are we here?

Where do we go when we die?

What lies beyond

And what lay before?

Is anything certain in life?



They say, "Life is too short,"

"The here and the now"

And "You're only given one shot"

But could there be more,

Have I lived before,

Or could this be all that we've got?



If I die tomorrow

I'd be allright

Because I believe

That after we're gone

The spirit carries on



I used to be frightened of dying

I used to think death was the end

But that was before

I'm not scared anymore

I know that my soul will transcend



I may never find all the answers

I may never understand why

I may never prove

What I know to be true

But I know that I still have to try



If I die tomorrow

I'd be allright

Because I believe

That after we're gone

The spirit carries on



<i>Victoria</i>:

"Move on, be brave

Don't weep at my grave

Because I am no longer here

But please never let

Your memory of me disappear"



<i>Nicholas</i>:

Safe in the light that surrounds me

Free of the fear and the pain

My questioning mind

Has helped me to find

The meaning in my life again

Victoria's real

I finally feel

At peace with the girl in my dreams

And now that I'm here

It's perfectly clear

I found out what all of this means

If I die tomorrow

I'd be allright

Because I believe

That after we're gone

The spirit carries on



Scene Nine:

Finally Free



<i>Hypnotherapist</i>:

"You are once again surrounded by a brilliant white light.

Allow the light to lead you away from your past and into this lifetime.

As the light dissipates you will slowly fade back into consciousness remembering all you have learned.

When I tell you to open your eyes you will return to the present, feeling peaceful and refreshed. Open your eyes, Nicholas."



<i>The Miracle</i>:

Friday evening

The blood still on my hands

To think that she would leave me now

For that ungrateful man



Sole survivor

No witness to the crime

I must act fast to cover up

I think that there's still time



He'd seem hopeless and lost with this note

They'll buy into the words that I wrote



"This feeling inside me

Finally found my love, I've finally broke free

No longer torn in two

I'd take my own life before losing you"



<i>Victoria</i>:

Feeling good this Friday afternoon

I ran into Julian

Said we'd get together soon



He's always had my heart

He needs to know

I'll break free of the Miracle

It's time for him to go



This feeling inside me

Finally found my love, I've finally broke free

No longer torn in two

He'd kill his brother if he only knew



Their love renewed

They'd rendezvous

In a pathway out of view

They thought no one knew

Then came a shot out of the night



<i>The Sleeper</i>:

One last time

We'll lay down today

One last time

Until we fade away

One last time

We'll lay down today

One last time

We fade away



As their bodies lie still

And the ending draws near

Spirits rise through the air

All their fears disappear, it all becomes clear

A blinding light comes into view

An old soul exchanged for a new

A familiar voice comes shining through



<i>Nicholas</i>:

This feeling inside me

Finally found my life, I'm finally free

No longer torn in two

I learned about my life by living through you

This feeling inside me

Finally found my life, I'm finally free

No longer torn in two

Living my own life by learning from you



We'll meet again my friend someday soon







<i>CNN report:</i> "news in London, France, Russia and Italy have deleted their lead story, all anticipating the outcome of the man considered to be a member of American nobility. And as you can imagine, as the skies have grown darker here over Washington, the mood has grown darker as well and people here are beginning to resign themselves to the possibility that they are witnessing yet another tragedy in a long string of misfortunes. Reaction from everywhere, from Washington and certainly from around the world has gues..."



<i>Hypnotherapist</i>:

"Open your eyes, Nicholas."



<i>Nicholas</i>:

"AAAH!"