[Music by Dream Theater]
[Lyrics 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 findenter added
Life was filled with wonder
I felt the warm wind blow
I must explore the boundaries
Transcend the depthenter deleted
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 breezeenter added
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 same sane

Ignorance surrounding me
I've never been soenter deleted
filled with fear
All my life's beenenter deleted
drained from me
The end is drawing near... near
[III.Carpe Diem]

"Carpe diem
Seize diem, seize the day" 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
Ticking away
"Seize the Day"
day", I heard him say
Life will not always be this way
Look around
Hear around, hear the sounds
Cherish your life
While while you're still around
("GatherGather yeenter deleted
rosebuds while ye may) may
(Old TimeOld time is still a-flying;) a-flying
(AndAnd this same flowerenter deleted
that smiles today) today
(TomorrowTomorrow will be dying") dying

We can learn
From from the past
But those days
Are are gone
We can hope
For for the future
But there might 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 nightenter added
She turned for one last look
She looked me in the eye
I said, "I Love You...
Good-bye" love you, goodbye"
("It's(It's the mostenter deleted
awful thing you'll ever hear
ever hear")
("If If you're lying to me
to me...")
("Oh, Oh, you dearly love her
love her")
("...just Just have to leave...) leave all our lives
(All our lives")Seize the day
("Seize the day!")Something happened
("Something happened")
("Gather Gather yeenter deleted
rosebuds while ye may
may")
("She She was killed")

[IV. The Darkest Of Winters]

[Instrumental]

[V. Another World] killed)

So far or so it seems
All is lost
With with nothing fulfilled
Off the pages and the
T.V. a TV screen
Another world
Where where nothing's true

Tripping through
The the life fantastic
Lose a step
And and never get up
Left alone
With 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 come, let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what
Don't what, don't let him be
Let's feed upon his misery
Then string him up forenter deleted
all the world to see

I'm sick of all
Your you hypocrites
Holding me at bay
And I don't need
Your your sympathy
To get me through the day

Seasons change and so can I
Hold on Boy
No boy, no time to cry
Untie these strings
strings, I'm climbing down
I won't let them push me away

Oh come come, let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what
Don't what, don't let him be
Let's feed upon
His his misery
Now it's time for them
To to deal with me

[VI. The Inevitable Summer]

[Instrumental]

[VII. The Crimson Sunset]

I'm much wiser now
A lifetime of memories
Run though through my head
They taught me how
For better or worse
Alive worse, alive or dead
I realize
There's there's no turning back
Life goes on
The the offbeaten track

I sit down with my son
Set to see the Crimson Sunset crimson sunset
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
Many years have come and gone
I've lived my life, butenter deleted
now must move on
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
He's
He is my only one
Now that my time has come
Now that my life is done
We look into the sun
"SeizeSeize the day
And and don't you cry
Now it's time
To to say good-bye goodbye
Even thoughenter deleted
I'll be gone
I will live on, live on
Live on"