I. SOMEONE LIKE HIM
Lyrics - John Petrucci

I never wanted to
become someone like
him so secure
Content to live each day
just like the last
I was sure I knew that
This was not for me
And I wanted so much more
Far beyond what I could see
So I swore that I'd
Never be someone like him

So many years have passed
Since I proclaimed
My independence
My mission
My aim
And my vision
So secure
Content to live each day
like it's my last
It's wonderful to know
That I could be
Something more than
what I dreamed
Far beyond what I could see
Still I fear that I'm
Missing out this time

As far as I could tell
There's nothing more I need
But still I ask myself
Could this be everything?
Then all I swore
That I would never be was now
So suddenly
The only thing
I wanted
To become
To be someone just like him

II. MEDICATE (Awakening)
Lyrics - James LaBrie

A Doctor sitting next to me
He asks me how I feel
Not sure I understand
his questioning
He says I've been away a while
But thinks he has cured me
From a state of catatonic sleep

For 30 years
Where I have been
Eyes open
But not getting through to me

Medicate me
Infiltrate me
Side effects appear
As my conscience slips away

Medicate me
Science failing
Conscience fading fast
Can't you stop what's happening?

A higher dosage he prescribes
But there's no guarantee
I fell it starting
to take over me
I tell him not to be ashamed
There's no one who's to blame
A second shot
A brief awakening

I feel the relapse
Can't break free
Eyes open
But not gettin through to me

III. FULL CIRCLE
Lyrics - Mike Portnoy

Spoken:
Isn't this where we began?
Sailing on the seven
seize the day tripper
diem's ready
jack the ripper owens
wilson phillips and my
supper's ready
lucy in the sky
with diamond dave's
not here i come to
save the
day for nightmare
cinema show me the way
to get back home
again

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Falling back
Spinning round and round
Looking outward
Reaching in
Scream without a sound

Leaning over
Crawling up
Stumbling all around
Losing my place
Only to find I've
come full circle

flying off the handle
with careful with
that axe eugene gene
the dance machine
messiah light my fire gabba gabba
hey hey my
generation's home
again

Running forward
Falling back
Spinning round and round
Looking outward
Reaching in
Scream without a sound

Leaning over
Crawling up
Stumbling all around
Losing my place
Only to find I've
come full circle

IV. INTERVALS
Lyrics - Mike Portnoy

Root
Our deadly sins feel
his mortal wrath
Remove all obstacles
from our path

Second
Asking questions
Search for clues
The answer's been right
in front of you

Third
Try to break through
Long to connect
Fall on deaf ears and
failed muted breath

Fourth
Loyalty, trust, faith and desire
Carries love through
each darkest fire

Fifth
Tortured Insanity
A smothering bell
Try to escape but to no avail

Sixth
The calls of admirers
Who claim they adore
Drain all your
lifeblood while
begging for more

Seventh
Innocent victims of
merciless crimes
Fall prey to some madmen's
impulsive designs

Eighth
Step after step
We try controlling our fate
When we finally start
living it has become
too late

Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium

V. RAZOR'S EDGE
Lyrics - John Petrucci

We move in circles
Balanced all the while
On a gleaming razor's edge

A perfect sphere
Colliding with our fate
This story ends where it began