Shattered Fortress Lyrics - Black Clouds & Silver Linings - Dream Theater

X. Restraint 

Freedom calls my name 

Serenity keeps me sane 

Happiness it dulls the pain 

Honest to see my place 

Open to other ways 

Willingness to understand 

Justice but do not judge 

Courtesy for others' flaws 

Kindness it's not that hard 

Self-restraint of tongue and pen 

Inventory my daily friend 

Analysis let down your guard 

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Look in the mirror 

What do you see? 

The shattered fortress 

That once bound me 

Fateful ascent 

Through darkest fires 

I've found the path 

To take me higher 

You're smart enough for me to trust go live your life now 

Just keep these steps in your life and you'll know how 

If you're not sure, ask yourself 

"Have I done to them 

As I would have them do to me?" 

Look in the mirror 

What's that you see? 

The shattered fortress 

Fly now be free 

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Fateful ascent 

Through darkest fires 

I've found the path 

To take me higher 

I once thought it better to be right 

But now I have finally seen the light 

Sometimes you've got to be wrong 

And learn from mistakes 

I live with serenity now 

Not self-righteous hate 

XI. Receive 

(Help me be a channel of Thy peace 

That where there is hatred, I may bring love 

That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness 

That where there is discord, I may bring harmony 

That where there is error, I may bring truth 

That where there is doubt, I may bring faith) 

Now that you can see all you have done 

(That where there is despair, I may bring hope 

That where there is shadows, I may bring light) 

It's time to take that step into the kingdom 

(That where there is sadness, I may bring joy) 

All your sins will help to make you strong 

(That I may seek rather to comfort, than to be comforted 

That I may seek to understand, rather than to be understood) 

And help you break right through the prison wall 

(That I may seek to love, rather than to be loved, 

For it is by self-forgetting that one finds, 

And it is by forgiving that one is forgiven) 

Keep all of me 

The desires that once burned me deep inside 

Help me live today 

And help to give me grace 

To carry out your way 

I am ready 

Help me be all I can be 

I am ready 

Help guide me and keep me free 

XII. Responsible 

I am responsible 

When anyone, anywhere 

Reaches out for help 

I want my hand to be there 

I am responsible 

When anyone, anywhere 

Reaches out for help 

I want my hand to be there