Build Me Up, Break Me Down Lyrics

- Mike Portnoy "Pawn is in the womb???" (Burning my soul) A thorn in my side, a chip on my shoulder A lump in my throat, the size of a boulder The chill up my spine, can't get an...Read Full Lyrics

[Studio demo from 1997, recorded during the making of the album ] [Falling Into Infinity. Available on the Fasten Your Seatbelts ] [live bootleg. A live version is also available ...Read Full Lyrics

Seven years ago In a foreign town Far away from home I met the Count of Tuscany A young eccentric man Bred from royal blood Took me for a ride Across the open countryside Get int...Read Full Lyrics

- james labrie and john petrucci Silence disguised I watch you Show me the hurt That haunts you Would you despise the thrill If all you hide were mine? I can't hold on any longer...Read Full Lyrics

Tunnel vision at blinding speed Controlling my thoughts, obsessing me Void of any uncertainty Throughout my very soul Lost illusions of my control Resisting all hope of letting go...Read Full Lyrics

Why, tell me the reasons why Try, still I don't understand Will I ever feel this again? Blue sky, I'll meet you in the end Free them, free the memories of you Free me and rest 'til...Read Full Lyrics

[Recorded live at the Limelight, ny, March 4, 1993. ] [The samples are from a reading of James Joyce's book, ] ["Dedalus - Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man". ] "Chapter...Read Full Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] [?] under water, memories disparage I begin to open, darkness drifts away Time and space like roses, huge [?] drop and fade And fall into the ...Read Full Lyrics

Cold Lying in my bed Staring into darkness Lost I hear footsteps overhead And my thoughts return Again Like a child who's run away And won't be coming back Time keeps passing by As...Read Full Lyrics

[Demo from 1989/90, with John Hendricks on vocals. Also available ] [with James Labrie on vocals on the "Antiquities" cd. ] - Kevin Moore "I don't know, I feel a lot o...Read Full Lyrics