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
   Changed like a leaf on a tree
   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 might
   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....


   'Carpe diem, seize the 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
   '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 still around

  "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,        
   Old Time is still a-flying;            
   And this same flower that smiles today,
   Tomorrow will be dying."                
                                           

   We can learn from the past
   But those days are gone
   We can hope for the future
   But there might 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 night
   She turned for one last look
   She looked me in the eye
   I said, 'I Love You...Good-bye'

  "It's the most awful thing you'll        
   ever hear."                            
  "If you're lying to me..."              
  "Oh, you dearly love her."              
  "...just have to leave... all our lives."
  "Seize the day!"
  "Something happened."
  "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."
  "She was killed."


   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 bay
   And I don't need your sympathy
   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


   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
   (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
   Many years have come and gone
   I've lived my life, but now must move on
   (Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
   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, live on.'

Wow.

dream theater


[headbang]

I
never could stand this kind of prose.

Even stoned.
Especially stoned...[;D]

Ah yes, Dream Theater. One of the finest collections of musicians I've had the pleasure of listening to. Their new album, [i]Train of Thought[/i] is very interesting. Completely different from their older stuff.

IBTL

MODS-

If you locked "1351" (which was a funny thread) for being a waste of bandwidth, you are duty bound to lock this one.

IBTL for a consecutive waste of bandwidth.  Borderline at best at being legit.

We had two bags of grass, seventy-
five pellets of mescaline, five
sheets of high powered blotter
acid, a salt shaker half full of
cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-
colored uppers, downers, screamers,
laughers... Also a quart of tequila,
a quart of rum, a case of beer, a
pint of raw ether and two dozen
amyls.

Not that we needed all that for the
trip, but once you get locked into
a serious drug collection, the
tendency is to push it as far as
you can.

The only thing that really worried
me was the ether.  There is nothing
in the world more helpless and
irresponsible and depraved than a
man in the depths of an ether binge.
And I knew we'd get into that
rotten stuff pretty soon.

An overdose of heroin was listed as
the official cause of death for
pretty 19 year old Diane Hanby
whose body was found stuffed in a
refrigerator last week...

"One toke over the line, sweet
Jesus."

One toke.  You poor fool.  Wait
till you see those goddamn bats.

Let's give that boy a lift.

We can't stop here - this is bat
country!

To long of a read....I'll wait for the movie.

Sgtar15

[lolabove] IBTL[wave]

You need to hear it in its' musical context, melody and such.

What not locked yet?!??

Wow man, that's like....poetry....

Why would it be?  Your two useless posts?

+1



I'd hit it TWO times.



IBTL

Deep.....[rolleyes]

Would you mind repeating that? [;D]




[devil]

 Not only that, but to lock a thread concerning Dream Theater is just bad cricket.

 Anyone here ever check out Spock's Beard?  Phenomenal band also....a mind numbing array of talent.  Saw them open for Dream Theater at the Web in Phoenix, AZ a few years ago....the most amazing show I have ever seen.

Nope.  Three posts.  [:D]

Not at all! [:)]

Sleepy, very sleepy...