Dream Theater Testi by Antonio Angioi

A CHANGE OF SEASONS
  - Mike Portnoy - Drums & Percussion
- James LaBrie - Vocals
- John Myung - Bass
- John Petrucci - Guitars
- Derek Sherinian - Keyboards
 

A Change Of Seasons (23 :06) 

- lyrics transcribed by Fulvio Anselmi - 

Music by Dream Theater
Lyirics by Mike Portnoy

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
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 mind
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

I'll always remember
The chill of November
The news of the fall
The sounds in the hall
The clock on the wall "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 steel around
We can learn from the past
But those days are gone
We can hope for the future
But there might to 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"
 
 

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 the 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 baby
And i don't need your simpathy
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
Many years have come and gone
I've lived my life, but now must move on
He's 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"
A Change Of Seasons, taken from the new version.
(Lyrics transcribed by Brian Cox, bvc8995@tam2000.tamu.edu)

[4:55]
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
trenched in the depths of winter snow
innocence caressing me
i've never been so ( )
there is so much life ( )
( ) is not ( )
[6:00]
those days are gone now
changed like a leaf on a tree
blown away forever
into the cool autumn breeze
the snow has been falling
and my sun's not so bright
i struggle to hold on
with the last (time ever)
[6:45]
in my day of inequity
this is not ( ) [not "some delicacy"]
struggle to ease the pain
struggle to (fall asleep)
[7:03]
ignorance surrounding me
( )
there is so much life can bring
the end ( )
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 and hear the sounds",
"cherish your life while you're still around"
[8:50]
we can learn from the past
but those days are gone
[9:20]
then i heard in my mind
the lesson was i learned
i have to seize the day
before i return
[10:03]
prepare for the flight
i have with all my might
here in 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...goodbye..."
["please dont go" is missing]
[13:50]
so far so it seems
all is lost with nothing fulfilled
off the pages and the TV screen
another world where nothing's true
tripping through the light fantastic
lose a step and never get old
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 old man told me
deep in sorrow, wondering why
[15:15]
oh come let us adore him
abuse and then ignore him
no matter what, dont let him be
let's feed upon his misery
...and string him up for all the world to see
[15:40]
i'm sick of all you hypocrites
for holding me at bay
and i don't need your mass you fuck
to get me through the day
seasons change and so can i
i want more no time to cry
i ( ) reach ( ) now
( ) day yeah
[17:00]
oh come let us adore him
abuse and then ignore him
no matter what dont let him be
let's feed upon his misery
...now it's time for love to change me
[21:05]
much wiser now
lifetime of memories
run through my head
they taught me (how)
for better or worse
our love will (stay)
i realize there's no turning back
life goes on love (reaches death)
[21:52]
i sit down with my son
(share) to see the crimson sunset
now my lifetime is done
no one can seize the day
[not sure about this whole last part, labrie is screaming it] :)
now that my time has come
he is my only one
we look into the sun
seize the day
now is the time
( )
( )
[song ends 23:10]
Song: (To Live) Forever
Lyrics taken from YML
If I'd started from the top
And worked my way down
There'd be no reason
To live forever
To live forever
The starvation has turned
Me outside in
And the wind has blown
Me halfway across the world
Across the world
< Why was I born
In an age of distrust
I'd offered some change
For a photograph
It will always stay the same
You will always be the same
Until I saw the desire for revenge
My heart never once went astray
As long as I have to die in the attempt
Then there is no reason
To live forever
(Solo)
I found you where
They left you there
A passing word that's gone forever
And searching my memory for answers
I saw the words of a letter you wrote
She said "You don't have to live forever'
You don't want to live forever"
And everything's changing now
I don't want to live forever
- John Petrucci -