A CHANGE OF SEASONS
Music by Dream Theater
Lyrics by Mike Portnoy

I. The Crimson Sunrise [at 0:00]
(Instrumental)

II. Innocence [at 3:49]
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

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
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 same

Ignorance surrounding me
The end is drawing near...

III. Carpe Diem [at 7:16]
The chill of November
The news of the fall
The sounds in the hall
The clock on the wall ticking away
I heard him say
Life will not always be this way
Look around
Hear the sounds

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
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

IV. The Darkest Of Winters [at 9:48]
(Instrumental)

V. Another World [at 13:02]
So far or so it seems
All is lost with nothing fulfilled
Off the pages and the T.V. screen

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
Then string him up for all the world to see

holding me at bay
to get me through the day

Seasons change and so can I
Hold on Boy.  No time to cry

Oh come let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him

VI. The Inevitable Summer [at 16:59]
(Instrumental)

VII.  The Crimson Sunset [at 20:13]
A lifetime of memories
run though my head
They taught me how
for better or worse, alive or dead
Life goes on the offbeaten track

I sit down with my son
Set to see the Crimson Sunset
May years have come and gone
Now that my time has come
Now that my life is done
We look into the sun