Lyric To Live Forever
- john petrucci
[studio demo, available on the cd single for the song "lie". ]
[additional verse on this version, starting at 03:37, is kevin ]
[moore s last lyrical contribution to dream theater. ]
[a live version is also available on the fan club christmas cd 1998.]
If i d started from the top
And worked my way down
There d be no reason
To live forever
To live forever
The starvation has turned
Me outside in
And the wind has blown
Me halfway across the world
Across the world
Why was i born
In an age of distrust
I d offered some change
For a photograph
It will always stay the same [**a**]
You will always be the same
Until i saw the desire for revenge
My heart never once went astray
As long as i have to die in the attempt
Then there is no reason
To live forever
I found you where [03:37]
They left you there
A passing word that s gone forever
And searching my memory for answers
I saw the words of a letter you wrote
She said you don t have to live forever,
You don t want to live forever.
And everything s changing now,
I don t want to live forever.
[alternate ending - (live in tokyo home video)]
[beginning at **a** above. ]
It will always stay the same
Always be the same
Until i saw the desire for revenge
My heart never once went astray
As long as i have to die in the attempt
Then there is no reason
To live forever
Until i saw the desire for revenge
As long as i have to die in the attempt
If i had to charge the attack
Let me
No reason
No reason
No reason
No reason
To live forever
[alternate ending - (studio acoustic version - "subconscious" cd)]
[recorded as james labrie s vocal audition in 1990. ]
[beginning at **a** above. ]
It will always stay the same
Always be the same
Until i show desire for revenge
My heart never once went astray
As long as i have to die in the attempt
Then there d be no reason
To live forever
Until i show desire for revenge
As long as i have to die in the attempt
As long as i have to die in the attempt
Then there d be no reason
No reason
No reason
To live forever
To live forever
this just in from baghdad... seven patriot missiles
Have been spotted above cuba.
[studio demo, available on the cd single for the song "lie". ]
[additional verse on this version, starting at 03:37, is kevin ]
[moore s last lyrical contribution to dream theater. ]
[a live version is also available on the fan club christmas cd 1998.]
If i d started from the top
And worked my way down
There d be no reason
To live forever
To live forever
The starvation has turned
Me outside in
And the wind has blown
Me halfway across the world
Across the world
Why was i born
In an age of distrust
I d offered some change
For a photograph
It will always stay the same [**a**]
You will always be the same
Until i saw the desire for revenge
My heart never once went astray
As long as i have to die in the attempt
Then there is no reason
To live forever
I found you where [03:37]
They left you there
A passing word that s gone forever
And searching my memory for answers
I saw the words of a letter you wrote
She said you don t have to live forever,
You don t want to live forever.
And everything s changing now,
I don t want to live forever.
[alternate ending - (live in tokyo home video)]
[beginning at **a** above. ]
It will always stay the same
Always be the same
Until i saw the desire for revenge
My heart never once went astray
As long as i have to die in the attempt
Then there is no reason
To live forever
Until i saw the desire for revenge
As long as i have to die in the attempt
If i had to charge the attack
Let me
No reason
No reason
No reason
No reason
To live forever
[alternate ending - (studio acoustic version - "subconscious" cd)]
[recorded as james labrie s vocal audition in 1990. ]
[beginning at **a** above. ]
It will always stay the same
Always be the same
Until i show desire for revenge
My heart never once went astray
As long as i have to die in the attempt
Then there d be no reason
To live forever
Until i show desire for revenge
As long as i have to die in the attempt
As long as i have to die in the attempt
Then there d be no reason
No reason
No reason
To live forever
To live forever
this just in from baghdad... seven patriot missiles
Have been spotted above cuba.
