Dream Theater - Parasomnia Album Lyrics
Dream Theater - Parasomnia Lyrics
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Night Terror
Spiders seeking shelter
Fading with the dawn
Vanishing at sunrise
As morning light shines on
Sacrificial martyr
Victim dressed in white
Headed for the slaughter
Angels cry for her tonight
To the cross
At the stake
To the lions
On the rack I break
I break
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see
Mind awake
Body at rest
Drifting through sleep transitions
Borderland state
Swimming through waves
Sensory dream condition
Without warning
I fall down the bottomless well
Flesh is crawling
Need to claw my way out of this hell
By the sword on the wheel
Twisting in the wind
Pierce the silence
With a scream
Why can't I remember anything?
Anything
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see
I can't see
Fading with the dawn
Vanishing at sunrise
As morning light shines on
Sacrificial martyr
Victim dressed in white
Headed for the slaughter
Angels cry for her tonight
To the cross
At the stake
To the lions
On the rack I break
I break
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see
Mind awake
Body at rest
Drifting through sleep transitions
Borderland state
Swimming through waves
Sensory dream condition
Without warning
I fall down the bottomless well
Flesh is crawling
Need to claw my way out of this hell
By the sword on the wheel
Twisting in the wind
Pierce the silence
With a scream
Why can't I remember anything?
Anything
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see
I can't see
Writer: John Myung, James LaBrie, Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
A Broken Man
Feel the heat intensify
Steel piercing the skin
Sky on fire, electrified
War inside begins
Wrought with guilt, abandoning
Comrades lying still
Soulless eyes stare back at me
Broken, sick I feel
What of the dreams?
A haunting curse
Toxic and bleak, I'm getting worse
Dead inside
Though I've tried, I know I am
A broken man
Suffering, suffering inside and shaking
I'm sweating at night
Just trying to find an answer
To feel comfortable with, what um
Like what did I witness?
Swaying, praying
Trying to escape
Laughing, crying
More than one can take
Haunting, taunting
Will not let me be
Hypnotizing
And not letting go of me
Stranglehold, dreams unfold
Helpless, can't break free
Memories, blood red sky
Rain down on me
Battle cry, war inside
Senseless tragedy
Shock and awe, numb and raw
Suffocating me
(Nightmare) will this never end?
(Flashback) I'm unravelling
Misery can't break free
Wasted lives cast aside
What of the dreams?
A haunting curse
Toxic and bleak, I'm getting worse
Dead inside
Though I've tried, I know I am
A broken man
What of the dreams?
What can I learn? (What can I learn?)
Nor can erase, forever burn (forever burn)
What of the dreams?
Inflamed and torn (inflamed and torn)
And now I wish I had never been born (never been born)
All is lost, I've done all I can, I swear
This cross is mine to bare
Broken man, only one remedy
He waits patiently
Peaceful and free for eternity
Steel piercing the skin
Sky on fire, electrified
War inside begins
Wrought with guilt, abandoning
Comrades lying still
Soulless eyes stare back at me
Broken, sick I feel
What of the dreams?
A haunting curse
Toxic and bleak, I'm getting worse
Dead inside
Though I've tried, I know I am
A broken man
Suffering, suffering inside and shaking
I'm sweating at night
Just trying to find an answer
To feel comfortable with, what um
Like what did I witness?
Swaying, praying
Trying to escape
Laughing, crying
More than one can take
Haunting, taunting
Will not let me be
Hypnotizing
And not letting go of me
Stranglehold, dreams unfold
Helpless, can't break free
Memories, blood red sky
Rain down on me
Battle cry, war inside
Senseless tragedy
Shock and awe, numb and raw
Suffocating me
(Nightmare) will this never end?
(Flashback) I'm unravelling
Misery can't break free
Wasted lives cast aside
What of the dreams?
A haunting curse
Toxic and bleak, I'm getting worse
Dead inside
Though I've tried, I know I am
A broken man
What of the dreams?
What can I learn? (What can I learn?)
Nor can erase, forever burn (forever burn)
What of the dreams?
Inflamed and torn (inflamed and torn)
And now I wish I had never been born (never been born)
All is lost, I've done all I can, I swear
This cross is mine to bare
Broken man, only one remedy
He waits patiently
Peaceful and free for eternity
Writer: John Myung, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, Jordan Rudess, James Labrie
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Dead Asleep
In a waterside village
In the heat of July
A man and his wife settled down for the night
In the morning, he woke to a horrible sight
It's all just so tragic, an unusual case
The violent result of a fatal mistake
How can he be to blame?
He was never awake
Wake up
What have I done?
I was dead asleep
Wake up
Can you send someone?
I'm not insane, I was dead asleep
Scrambling in the darkness, in fear for his life
Certain a killer broke in
He fumbles for a weapon, reaches for a knife
A sleepwalking murder begins
It was a vivid encounter, a realistic fight
And now he's got blood on his hands
He stands over the body, sees it's his wife
A nightmare he can't understand
I must confess, it was me
I needed to silence the screams
She suffered a brutal attack
A shockingly violent act
Wake up
What have I done?
I was dead asleep
Wake up
Can you send someone?
I'm not insane, I was dead asleep
Out of my mind, out of my body
Someone's been killed, I am sorry
Out of control, all out of answers
Maybe one day you'll forgive me
Wake up
What have I done?
I was dead asleep
I must have been dreaming
I have no memory of anything
We strongly suspect you're feeling a sense of despair
No one knows of the guilt that you bear
In the eyes of the law, you are free
You are innocent
In the heat of July
A man and his wife settled down for the night
In the morning, he woke to a horrible sight
It's all just so tragic, an unusual case
The violent result of a fatal mistake
How can he be to blame?
He was never awake
Wake up
What have I done?
I was dead asleep
Wake up
Can you send someone?
I'm not insane, I was dead asleep
Scrambling in the darkness, in fear for his life
Certain a killer broke in
He fumbles for a weapon, reaches for a knife
A sleepwalking murder begins
It was a vivid encounter, a realistic fight
And now he's got blood on his hands
He stands over the body, sees it's his wife
A nightmare he can't understand
I must confess, it was me
I needed to silence the screams
She suffered a brutal attack
A shockingly violent act
Wake up
What have I done?
I was dead asleep
Wake up
Can you send someone?
I'm not insane, I was dead asleep
Out of my mind, out of my body
Someone's been killed, I am sorry
Out of control, all out of answers
Maybe one day you'll forgive me
Wake up
What have I done?
I was dead asleep
I must have been dreaming
I have no memory of anything
We strongly suspect you're feeling a sense of despair
No one knows of the guilt that you bear
In the eyes of the law, you are free
You are innocent
Writer: Jordan Charles Rudess, John Ro Myung, John P Petrucci, Michael Anthony Mangini, Kevin James La Brie
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Midnight Messiah
That's why I feel like I'm trapped
I keep thinking that I'm waking up but I'm still in a dream
Like it's going on forever, I can't get out of it
I want to wake up for real, how do you really wake up?
When I finally woke up, I was like, whoa, that wasn't a dream
That was a visitation to this real place, the Land of the Dead
Lost time, thought I lost my mind
How the hell did I end up here?
Rewind, help to remind
The last thing I can remember
Dreamtime, floating cloud nine
Heavenly bliss, utopia
Sublime, feeling so divine
Just another pleasant nightmare
In my dreams there's a song I once knew
Like an uncanny strange deja vu
Memories flashing all through my brain
Over and over and over again
Midnight messiah
Darkness descends
Eternally wired
The dream never ends
Twilight desires
Midnight messiah
Moon shine, time to come alive
No rest for the wicked
Downtown, have a look around
Feeding the obsession in my head
There's a place that I go
Where no one's afraid
It's a feeling that we all know
But everyone's ashamed to say
In my dreams there's a flame burning bright
Constant motion shines into the night
Forevermore blistering out of control
Over and over and over it goes
Midnight messiah
Darkness descends
Eternally wired
The dream never ends
Twilight desires
Midnight messiah
Back in the waking life
A midsummer night's dream
I realize I can no longer fly alone
Help find my destiny
Take me back into the dream
For all eternity
It's calling me back to my home
In my life I've lost all self-control
Like a sword piercing this dying soul
Breaking and shaking and left in the cold
Watch this compulsive obsession unfold
Midnight messiah
Darkness descends
Eternally wired
The dream will never end
I can't stand the pressure
The daytime collectors
I'll never go back there again
Keep those eyes closed
You're not going home
Forever alive in your head
Twilight eternal
Midnight messiah
I keep thinking that I'm waking up but I'm still in a dream
Like it's going on forever, I can't get out of it
I want to wake up for real, how do you really wake up?
When I finally woke up, I was like, whoa, that wasn't a dream
That was a visitation to this real place, the Land of the Dead
Lost time, thought I lost my mind
How the hell did I end up here?
Rewind, help to remind
The last thing I can remember
Dreamtime, floating cloud nine
Heavenly bliss, utopia
Sublime, feeling so divine
Just another pleasant nightmare
In my dreams there's a song I once knew
Like an uncanny strange deja vu
Memories flashing all through my brain
Over and over and over again
Midnight messiah
Darkness descends
Eternally wired
The dream never ends
Twilight desires
Midnight messiah
Moon shine, time to come alive
No rest for the wicked
Downtown, have a look around
Feeding the obsession in my head
There's a place that I go
Where no one's afraid
It's a feeling that we all know
But everyone's ashamed to say
In my dreams there's a flame burning bright
Constant motion shines into the night
Forevermore blistering out of control
Over and over and over it goes
Midnight messiah
Darkness descends
Eternally wired
The dream never ends
Twilight desires
Midnight messiah
Back in the waking life
A midsummer night's dream
I realize I can no longer fly alone
Help find my destiny
Take me back into the dream
For all eternity
It's calling me back to my home
In my life I've lost all self-control
Like a sword piercing this dying soul
Breaking and shaking and left in the cold
Watch this compulsive obsession unfold
Midnight messiah
Darkness descends
Eternally wired
The dream will never end
I can't stand the pressure
The daytime collectors
I'll never go back there again
Keep those eyes closed
You're not going home
Forever alive in your head
Twilight eternal
Midnight messiah
Writer: Jordan Charles Rudess, John Ro Myung, John P Petrucci, Michael Anthony Mangini, Kevin James La Brie
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Are We Dreaming?
(Is that it?)
(I like your mind)
(Please stay)
(Do you love me?)
(Go, don't go)
(Is that it?)
(We never had a chance)
(Are we dreaming?)
(Are we dreaming?)
(Are we dreaming?)
(I like your mind)
(Please stay)
(Do you love me?)
(Go, don't go)
(Is that it?)
(We never had a chance)
(Are we dreaming?)
(Are we dreaming?)
(Are we dreaming?)
Writer: Jordan Charles Rudess, John Ro Myung, John P Petrucci, Michael Anthony Mangini
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Bend the Clock
Worn down, wearing thin
Hellish dreams, tormenting scenes
Shadows looming
I'm paralyzed, can't move
Scared and confused
If I, if I could bend the clock
The passageway of time
Leave it all behind
No more, no more paralyzing dreams
The midnight screams always haunting me
But I sink deeper each day
Cold, hallowed place
Dark shadows, vast haunting landscapes
In a frantic state
Tired of feeling lost, alone and out of place
This circle I can't break
Every night, lie comatose
But wide awake
I'm paralyzed again
Darkness creeping in
If I, if I could bend the clock
The passageway of time
Leave it all behind
No more, no more paralyzing dreams
The midnight screams always haunting me
But I sink further today
The witching hour begins
Can't escape, I find myself again
Prisoner in the end
Sinking further than I've ever been
And if I, if I could bend the clock
The passageway of time
A better place I'd find
And no more, no more paralyzing dreams
The midnight screams break this hold on me
But I can't get away
Can't find my way
Sinking further every day
Hellish dreams, tormenting scenes
Shadows looming
I'm paralyzed, can't move
Scared and confused
If I, if I could bend the clock
The passageway of time
Leave it all behind
No more, no more paralyzing dreams
The midnight screams always haunting me
But I sink deeper each day
Cold, hallowed place
Dark shadows, vast haunting landscapes
In a frantic state
Tired of feeling lost, alone and out of place
This circle I can't break
Every night, lie comatose
But wide awake
I'm paralyzed again
Darkness creeping in
If I, if I could bend the clock
The passageway of time
Leave it all behind
No more, no more paralyzing dreams
The midnight screams always haunting me
But I sink further today
The witching hour begins
Can't escape, I find myself again
Prisoner in the end
Sinking further than I've ever been
And if I, if I could bend the clock
The passageway of time
A better place I'd find
And no more, no more paralyzing dreams
The midnight screams break this hold on me
But I can't get away
Can't find my way
Sinking further every day
Writer: Jordan Charles Rudess, John Ro Myung, John P Petrucci, Michael Anthony Mangini, Kevin James La Brie
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
The Shadow Man Incident
A frightened child
Pulls his blanket over head
His mind runs wild
Amidst the silence
He can feel his stare
Intruder in the room
But no one's there
He could hardly move
Frozen like a stone
This is more than just a terrifying dream
The shadow's always watching
Embrace the shadow
She's half asleep
Bedroom window open wide
Can hardly breathe
As a figure creeps inside
She sees no face
An expressionless black hole
She's too afraid to run or speak or hide
Can he peer into her soul?
This is more than just a terrifying dream
The shadow's always watching
(That is not dead, which can eternal lie)
(And with strange aeons, even death may die)
Standing at seven feet tall, he's a sight to behold
Tales of the man in the hat surfaced centuries ago
Wearing a flowing black cloak and a watch on a chain
He stands in the corner, in darkness as you go insane
Fighting for breath as the incubus sits on your chest
The night demon waits as you dream, standing over your bed
Night, it will be forever changed
Will the shadow be revealed?
Can we ever know his name?
Endless night
Not a soul will hear you scream
And you never will escape
From the devil in your dreams
Endless night
Endless night
The vision that lives off your fear
Making you panic and sweat
He hides in the mist, but does he exist?
A stranger you'll never forget
He waits at the end of the hall
A presence you cannot explain
One minute he's there
Turn your back and he's gone
You'd better pray
He never calls out your name
(In the darkness every faint noise of the night seemed magnified)
Night, it will be forever changed
Will the shadow be revealed?
Can we ever know his name?
Endless night
Not a soul will hear you scream
And you never will escape
From the devil in your dreams
Endless night
Endless night
Endless night
Terrifying nightmares shared around the world
Stories of a faceless man
Who goes by many names
And traps us in his fearful gaze
A stranger in the mist
In the darkness of the night
Who leaves us paralyzed
As you fall asleep
Better keep a watchful eye
And maybe leave a light on tonight
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Pulls his blanket over head
His mind runs wild
Amidst the silence
He can feel his stare
Intruder in the room
But no one's there
He could hardly move
Frozen like a stone
This is more than just a terrifying dream
The shadow's always watching
Embrace the shadow
She's half asleep
Bedroom window open wide
Can hardly breathe
As a figure creeps inside
She sees no face
An expressionless black hole
She's too afraid to run or speak or hide
Can he peer into her soul?
This is more than just a terrifying dream
The shadow's always watching
(That is not dead, which can eternal lie)
(And with strange aeons, even death may die)
Standing at seven feet tall, he's a sight to behold
Tales of the man in the hat surfaced centuries ago
Wearing a flowing black cloak and a watch on a chain
He stands in the corner, in darkness as you go insane
Fighting for breath as the incubus sits on your chest
The night demon waits as you dream, standing over your bed
Night, it will be forever changed
Will the shadow be revealed?
Can we ever know his name?
Endless night
Not a soul will hear you scream
And you never will escape
From the devil in your dreams
Endless night
Endless night
The vision that lives off your fear
Making you panic and sweat
He hides in the mist, but does he exist?
A stranger you'll never forget
He waits at the end of the hall
A presence you cannot explain
One minute he's there
Turn your back and he's gone
You'd better pray
He never calls out your name
(In the darkness every faint noise of the night seemed magnified)
Night, it will be forever changed
Will the shadow be revealed?
Can we ever know his name?
Endless night
Not a soul will hear you scream
And you never will escape
From the devil in your dreams
Endless night
Endless night
Endless night
Terrifying nightmares shared around the world
Stories of a faceless man
Who goes by many names
And traps us in his fearful gaze
A stranger in the mist
In the darkness of the night
Who leaves us paralyzed
As you fall asleep
Better keep a watchful eye
And maybe leave a light on tonight
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Writer: Jordan Charles Rudess, John Ro Myung, John P Petrucci, Michael Anthony Mangini, Kevin James La Brie
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Parasomnia is the sixteenth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on February 7, 2025. It is the band's first studio album to feature original drummer Mike Portnoy since Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009), nearly sixteen years earlier; it is also the first album with Portnoy to not feature him as co-producer since Falling into Infinity (1997).
Instead of being a conventional concept album based around a cohesive narrative, it is a thematic concept album about parasomnia, encompassing a wide range of unusual and undesirable experiences and behaviors people experience in their sleep, also known as disruptive sleep disorders.
On October 10, 2024, Dream Theater released "Night Terror" as the first single for the album and announced the title, track list and release date. A second single, "A Broken Man", was released on December 3, 2024, followed by "Midnight Messiah" on January 22, 2025.
Parasomnia has received mostly positive reviews. Dom Lawson of Blabbermouth.net gave the album a rating of nine out of ten, and wrote, "Dream Theater are back—despite, in truth, never going anywhere—and the magic that informed their early, timeless classics is plastered all over this absolute triumph of a recorded return."
Parasomnia was highly anticipated, with Loudwire, Stereogum and Ultimate Guitar naming it in their lists of the most anticipated albums of 2025.
-Wikipedia
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Dream TheaterInstead of being a conventional concept album based around a cohesive narrative, it is a thematic concept album about parasomnia, encompassing a wide range of unusual and undesirable experiences and behaviors people experience in their sleep, also known as disruptive sleep disorders.
On October 10, 2024, Dream Theater released "Night Terror" as the first single for the album and announced the title, track list and release date. A second single, "A Broken Man", was released on December 3, 2024, followed by "Midnight Messiah" on January 22, 2025.
Parasomnia has received mostly positive reviews. Dom Lawson of Blabbermouth.net gave the album a rating of nine out of ten, and wrote, "Dream Theater are back—despite, in truth, never going anywhere—and the magic that informed their early, timeless classics is plastered all over this absolute triumph of a recorded return."
Parasomnia was highly anticipated, with Loudwire, Stereogum and Ultimate Guitar naming it in their lists of the most anticipated albums of 2025.
-Wikipedia
Genre(s): Progressive metal
Producer(s): John Petrucci
Released: February 7th, 2025
Year: 2025