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	Current version of Dream Theater Lyrics The Glass Prison (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/d/dream-theater/degree/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Dream Theater Lyrics The Glass Prison (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/d/dream-theater/degree/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	Cunning, baffling, powerful						[music by Myung,	1
1							Petrucci, Portnoy,	1
2							Rudess]	2
3							[lyrics by Mike Portnoy]	3
4								4
5							[I. REFLECTION]	5
6								6
7							Cunning, Baffling, Powerful	7
	Been beaten to a pulp						Been beaten to a pulp
2	Vigorous, irresistible						Vigorous, Irresistable	2
	Sick and tired and laid low						Sick and tired and laid low
3	Dominating, invincible						Dominating, Invincible	3
4	Black out, loss of control						Black-out,       loss of control	4
5	Overwhelming, unquenchable						Overwhelming, Unquenchable	5
	I'm powerless, have to let go						I'm powerless, have to let go
6	I can't escape it, it leaves me frail and worn						I can't escape it	6
7	Can no longer take it, senses tattered and torn						It leaves me frail                        and worn	7
8	Hopeless surrender, obsession's got me beat						Can no longer take it	8
9	Losing the will to live, admitting complete defeat						Senses tattered and torn	9
1								1
10	Fatal descent, spinning around						Hopeless surrender	10
11	I've gone too far, to turn back round						Obsession's got me beat	11
12	Desperate attempt, stop the progression						Losing                 the will to live	12
13	At any length, lift this obsession						Admitting complete defeat	13
8								8
9							Fatal Descent	9
10							Spinning around	10
11							I've gone too far	11
12							To turn back round	12
13								13
14							Desperate attempt	14
15							Stop the progression	15
16							At any length	16
17							Lift this obsession	17
	Crawling to my glass prison						Crawling to my glass prison
	A place where no one knows						A place where no one knows
	My secret lonely world begins						My secret lonely world begins
18								18
	So much safer here						So much safer here
	A place where I can go						A place where I can go
	To forget about my daily sins						To forget about my daily sins
	Life here in my glass prison						Life here in my glass prison
	A place I once called home						A place I once called home
	Fall in nocturnal bliss again						Fall in nocturnal bliss again
19								19
	Chasing a long lost friend						Chasing a long lost friend
	I no longer can control						I no longer can control
14	Just waiting for this hopelessness to end						Just waiting for this	14
20							hopelessness to end	20
21								21
22							[II. RESTORATION]	22
15	Run    fast from the wreckage of the past						Run - fast from the	15
16	A shattered glass prison wall behind me						wreckage of the past	16
17	Fight past walking through the ashes						A shattered glass	17
18	A distant Oasis before me						prison wall behind         me	18
19							Fight - past walking through the ashes	19
20	Cry, desperate crawling on my knees						A distant oasis before me	20
2	Begging God to please stop the insanity							2
21	Help me, I'm trying to believe						Cry - desperate crawling on my knees	21
23							Begging God to please	23
24							stop the insanity	24
25							Help me - I'm trying to believe	25
	Stop wallowing in my own self pity						Stop wallowing in my own self pity
22	"We've been waiting for you my friend						"We've been waiting	22
26							for you my friend	26
	The writing's been on the wall						The writing's been on the wall
	All it takes is a little faith						All it takes is a little faith
23	You know you're the same as us all"						You know you're the same	23
24	Help me, I can't break out this prison all alone						as us all"	24
3	Save me, I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own							3
25	Heal me,    I can't restore my sanity alone						Help me - I can't break out	25
27							this prison all alone	27
28							Save me - I'm drowning and	28
29							I'm hopeless on my own	29
30							Heal me - I can't	30
31							restore my sanity alone	31
	Enter the door						Enter the door
	Desperate						Desperate
	Fighting no more						Fighting no more
	Help me restore						Help me restore
	To my sanity						To my sanity
	At this temple of hope						At this temple of hope
32								32
	I need to learn						I need to learn
26	Teach me how?						Teach me how	26
	Sorrow to burn						Sorrow to burn
	Help me return						Help me return
	To humanity						To humanity
	I'll be fearless and thorough						I'll be fearless and thorough
	To enter this temple of hope						To enter this temple of hope
	Believe						Believe
	Transcend the pain						Transcend the pain
	Living the life						Living the life
	Humility						Humility
	Opened my eyes						Opened my eyes
	This new odyssey						This new odyssey
	Of rigorous honesty						Of rigorous honesty
33								33
	Serenity						Serenity
27	That I never knew						I never knew	27
	Soundness of mind						Soundness of mind
	Helped me to find						Helped me to find
	Courage to change						Courage to change
	All the things that I can						All the things that I can
28	"We'll help you perform this miracle						"We'll help you	28
34							perform this miracle	34
	But you must set your past free						But you must set your past free
29	You dug the hole, but you can't bury your soul						You dug the hole, but you	29
35							can't bury your sole	35
	Open your mind and you'll see"						Open your mind and you'll see"
4	Help me, I can't break out this prison all alone							4
30	Save me, I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own						Help me - I can't break out	30
31	Heal me, I can't restore my sanity alone						this prison all                             alone	31
36							Save me - I'm drowning and	36
37							I'm hopeless on my own	37
38							Heal me - I can't	38
39							restore my sanity alone	39
40								40
41							[III. REVELATION]	41
	Way off in the distance I saw a door						Way off in the distance I saw a door
	I tried to open						I tried to open
32	I tried forcing with all of my will but still						I tried forcing with all of	32
42							my will and still	42
	The door wouldn't open						The door wouldn't open
43							[replaced with	43
44							"but" in this	44
45							line]	45
	Unable to trust in my faith						Unable to trust in my faith
	I turned and walked away						I turned and walked away
33	I looked around, felt a chill in the air						I looked around, felt a	33
46							chill in the air	46
	Took my will and turned it over						Took my will and turned it over
34	The glass prison which once held me is gone						The glass prison which once	34
47							held me is now gone	47
48							["now" is not	48
49							heard in this line]	49
	A long lost fortress						A long lost fortress
	Armed only with liberty						Armed only with liberty
	And the key of my willingness						And the key of my willingness
	Fell down on my knees and prayed						Fell down on my knees and prayed
	"Thy will be done"						"Thy will be done"
35	I turned around, saw a light shining through						I turned around, saw a	35
50							light shining through	50
	The door was wide open						The door was wide open

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