Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence Lyrics - Dream Theater

6th Degree - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence 

I. OVERTURE 

II. ABOUT TO CRASH - 

She can't stop pacing 

She never felt so alive 

Her thoughts are racing 

Set on overdrive 

It takes a village 

This she knows is true 

they're expecting her 

And she's got work to do 

He helplessly stands by 

It's meaningless to try 

As he rubs his red-rimmed eyes 

He says I've never seen her get this bad 

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Even though she seems so high 

He knows that she can't fly 

and when she falls out of the sky 

He'll be standing by 

She was raised in a small midwestern town 

By a charming and eccentric loving father 

She was praised as the perfect teenage girl 

And everyone thought highly of her 

And she tried everyday 

With endless drive 

To make the grade 

Then one day 

She woke up to find 

The perfect girl 

Had lost her mind 

Photos 

Once barely taking a break 

Now she sleeps the days away 

She helplessly stands by 

It's meaningless to try 

All she wants to do is cry 

No one ever knew she was so sad 

Cause even though she gets so high 

And thinks that she can fly 

She will fall out of the sky 

But in the face of misery 

She found hopefulness 

Feeling better 

She had weathered 

This depression 

Much to her advantage 

She resumed her frantic pace 

Boundless power 

Midnight hour 

She enjoyed the race 

III. WAR INSIDE MY HEAD - 

Napalm showers 

Showed the cowards 

We weren't there to mess around 

Through heat exhaustion 

And mind distortion 

A military victory mounted on innocent ground 

Hearing voices from miles away 

Saying things never said 

Seeing shadows in the light of the day 

Waging a war inside my head 

Years and years of 

Bloodshed and warfare 

Our mission was only to get in and kill 

A free vacation 

Of palmtrees and shrapnel 

Trading innocence for permanent psychotic hell 

Hearing voices from miles away 

Saying things never said 

Seeing shadows in the light of the day 

Waging a war inside my head 

Feeling strangers staring my way 

Reading minds never read 

Tasting danger with each word I say 

Waging a war inside my head 

IV. THE TEST THAT STUMPED THEM ALL - 

Standing in the darkness 

Waiting for the light 

The smell of pure adrenaline 

Burning in the night 

Random blinding flashes 

Aiming at the stage 

tape begins to roll 

Igniting sonic rage 

Still they keep me between these hollow walls 

Hoping to find in me 

The answers to the test that stumped them all 

"The boy is simply crazy 

Suffering from delusions 

We honestly think that maybe 

He might need an institution 

He lives in a world of fiction 

And really could use some help 

We have just the place to fix him 

To save him from himself" 

Curled up in the darkness 

Searching for the light 

The smell of stale sweat and shit 

Streaming through the night 

Random urine testing 

Pills red, pink and blue 

Counseling and therapy 

Providing not a clue 

Still they keep me between these hollow walls 

Hoping to find in me 

The answers to the test that stumped them all 

"We can't seem to find the answers 

He seemed such a clear cut case 

We cannot just let him leave here 

And put all this work to waste 

Why don't we try shock treatment 

It really might do some help 

We have just the tools to fix him 

To save him from himself" 

V. GOODNIGHT KISS - 

Goodnight kiss in your nightgown 

Lavender in your bed 

So innocent as you lie down 

Sweet dreams that run through your head 

Are you lonely without Mommy's love? 

I want you to know I'd die for that moment 

You're just a poor girl 

Afraid of this cruel world 

Taken away from it all 

It's been 5 years to the day and 

My tainted blood's still the same 

I can't help acting this way and 

Those bastard doctors are gonna pay 

I'm so lonely without baby's love 

I want you to know I'd die for one more moment 

I'm just a poor girl 

Afraid of this cruel world 

Taken away from it all 

VI. SOLITARY SHELL - 

He seemed no different from the rest 

Just a healthy normal boy 

His mama always did her best 

And he was daddy's pride and joy 

He learned to walk and talk on time 

But never cared much to be held 

and steadily he would decline 

Into his solitary shell 

As a boy he was considered somewhat odd 

Kept to himself most of the time 

He would daydream in and out of his own world 

but in every other way he was fine 

He's a Monday morning lunatic 

Disturbed from time to time 

Lost within himself 

In his solitary shell 

A temporary catatonic 

Madman on occasion 

When will he break out 

Of his solitary shell 

He struggled to get through his day 

He was helplessly behind 

He poured himself onto the page 

Writing for hours at a time 

As a man he was a danger to himself 

Fearful and sad most of the time 

He was drifting in and out of sanity 

But in every other way he was fine 

He's a Monday morning lunatic 

Disturbed from time to time 

Lost within himself 

In his solitary shell 

A momentary maniac 

With casual delusions 

When will he be let out 

Of his solitary shell 

VII. ABOUT TO CRASH (REPRISE) - 

I'm alive again 

The darkness far behind me 

I'm invincible 

Despair will never find me 

I feel strong 

I've got a new sense of elation 

Boundless energy 

Euphoria fixation 

Still it's hard to just get by 

It seems so meaningless to try 

When all I want to do is cry 

Who would ever know I felt so sad 

Even though I get so high 

I know that I will never fly 

And when I fall out of the sky 

Who'll be standing by 

Will you be standing by 

VIII. LOSING TIME/GRAND FINALE - 

She dresses in black everyday 

She keeps her hair simple and plain 

She never wears makeup 

But no one would care if she did anyway 

She doesn't recall yesterday 

Faces seem twisted and strange 

But she always wakes up 

Only to find she'd been miles away 

Absence of awareness 

Losing time 

A lapse of perception 

Losing time 

Wanting to escape 

She had created a way to survive 

She learned to detach from herself 

A behavior that kept her alive 

Hope in the face of our human distress 

Helps us to understand the turbulence deep inside 

That takes hold of our lives 

Shame and disgrace over mental unrest 

Keeps us from saving those we love 

The grace within our hearts 

And the sorrow in our souls 

Deception of fame 

Vengeance of war 

Lives torn apart 

Losing oneself 

Spiraling down 

Feeling the walls closing in 

A journey to find 

The answers inside 

Our illusive mind