Wait For Sleep
Yearning in Silence: Unveiling the Emotions Behind Dream Theater's 'Wait For Sleep'
Lyrics
Standing by the window
Contemplating near the window
Eyes upon the moon
Fixating on the moon
Hoping that the memory
Hoping that the painful memory
Will leave her spirit soon
Will eventually fade from her spirit
She shuts the doors and lights and lays her body on the bed
Closing doors and turning off lights, lying on the bed
Where images and words are running deep
Where thoughts and emotions are profound
She has too much pride to pull the sheets above her head
Refusing to hide under the sheets due to pride
So quietly she lays and waits for sleep
Quietly waiting for sleep
She stares at the ceiling and tries not to think
Staring at the ceiling, attempting not to think
And pictures the chain she's been trying to link again
Imagining the broken chain she's trying to mend
But the feeling is gone
Realizing that the emotional connection is lost
And water can't cover her memory
Water and ashes can't erase the painful memory
And ashes can't answer her pain
Irreparable pain remains unanswered
God give me the power to take breath from a breeze
Seeking divine intervention to bring life to the lifeless
And call life from a cold metal frame
Asking for the power to create life from a sterile existence
In with the ashes
Considering the remains of the past
Or up with the smoke from the fire
Or rising like smoke from a past fire
With wings up in heaven
Imagining transcending earthly troubles
Or here, lying in bed
Or staying in the current reality, lying in bed
Palm of her hand to my head
A gesture of comfort, palm on the head
Now and forever curled
Forever holding the memory in the heart
In my heart and the heart of the world
Enduring the pain in her heart and the collective human experience
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