Dream Theater

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Rhythm	10.0
Melody	10.0
Instruments	10.0
Lyrics	9.5
Vocal	9.8
This song has been reviewed 12 times. Overall score for this song, 9.9.

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Dream Theater - The Glass Prison Lyrics

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Song details
Title	The Glass Prison
Artist	Dream Theater
Album	Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002) , Track 1
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Song lyrics

Send "The Glass Prison" ringtones to your cell

I Reflection 

Cunning, baffling, powerful 
Been beaten to a pulp 
Vigorous, irresistable 
Sick and tired and laid low 
Dominating, invincible 
Black-out, loss of control 
Overwhelming, unquenchable 
I'm powerless, have to let go 

I can't escape it 
It leaves me frail and worn 
Can no longer take it 
Senses tattered and torn 

Hopeless surrender 
Obsession's got me beat 
Losing the will to live 
Admitting complete defeat 

Fatal descent 
Spinning around 
I've gone too far 
To turn back round 

Desperate attempt 
Stop the progression 
At any length 
Lift this obsession 

Crawling to my glass prison 
A place where no one knows 
My secret lonely world begins 

So much safer here 
A place where I can go 
To forget about my daily sins 

Life here in my glass prison 
A place I once called home 
Fall in nocturnal bliss again 

Chasing a long lost friend 
I no longer can control 
Just waiting for this hopelessness to end 

II Restoration 

(Run) fast from the wreckage of the past 
A shattered glass prison wall behind me 
(Fight) past walking through the ashes 
A distant oasis before me 

(Cry) desperate crawling on my knees 
Begging God to please stop the insanity 
(Help me) I'm trying to believe 
Stop wallowing in my own self pity 

We've been waiting for you my friend 
The writing's been on the wall 
All it takes is a little faith 
You know you're the same as us all 

Help me 
I can't break out this prison all alone 
Save me 
I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own 
Heal me 
I can't restore my sanity alone 

(Enter the door) 
Desperate 
(Fighting no more) 
Help me restore 
(To my sanity) 
At this temple of hope 

(I need to learn) 
Teach me how 
(Sorrow to burn) 
Help me return 
(To humanity) 
I'll be fearless and thorough 
Then enter this temple of hope 

Believe 
(Transcend the pain) 
Living the live 
(Humility) 
Opened my eyes 
(This new odyssey) 
Of rigorous honesty 

(Serenity) 
I never knew 
(Soundness of mind) 
Helped me to find 
(Courage the change 
All the things that I can) 

We'll help you perform this miracle 
But you must set your past free 
You dug the hole, but you can't bury your soul 
Open your mind and you will see 

Help me 
I can't break out this prison all alone 
Save me 
I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own 
Heal me 
I can't restore my sanity alone 

III Revelation 

Way off in the distance I saw the door 
I tried to open 
I tried forcing with all of my will and still 
The door wouldn't open 

Unable to trust in my faith 
I turned and walked away 
I looked around, felt a chill in the air 
Took my will and turned it over 

The glass prison which once held me is now gone 
A long lost fortress 
Armed only with liberty 
And the key of my willingness 

Fell down on my knees and prayed 
Thy will be done 
I turned around, saw a light shining through 
The door was wide open

Send "The Glass Prison" ringtones to your cell

lyrics submitted by Marcus Anderbrant

lyrics corrected by Miles Gabriel on 30-06-2007

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22-05-2004 21:03 dyingblue
143 posts	now u have f.cked my brain... congratulations for noticin DT and glass prison... yea, DT is a talented band... terrific songs, magnificent lyrics... life and furter = Dream Theater... in the last album, train of thought, i love "as i am" and "this dying soul" a lot...
22-05-2004 21:04 kun
1,415 posts	good choices, I also liked Honor thy Father
22-05-2004 21:11 dyingblue
143 posts	oh, ure right.. i forgot.. which DT song do you love most? estimates: the mirror, pull me under, metropolis, space-dye vest... ?
22-05-2004 21:15 kun
1,415 posts	actually it's this one, The Glass Prison but I also like a lot Pull Me Under, Overture 1928, Beyond This Life, Erotomania, The Dance of Eternity, and many others I have a band, and I didn't know DT until our drummer arrived, he's cousin of the bassist, and he listens a lot to progressive bands (Rush, DT, Pink Floyd), and that's how I got hooked with DT
22-05-2004 21:19 dyingblue
143 posts	pauhuahaa... i like erotomania, too...
22-05-2004 21:50 fishmunky
22,063 posts	awesom e song...under a glass moon or the silent man gets me going
22-05-2004 22:01 dyingblue
143 posts	yeah, silent man.. i think so
22-05-2004 22:13 dyingblue
143 posts	now im listenin to voices...
06-07-2004 15:33 jeterfan545
92 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal not a big fan but i like this guitar in this song and mike portnoy is one of the best drummers but travbis barker is better. hands down
28-11-2004 15:51 Amelie7590
26 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Jordan Rudess=god (of keyboard, that is)
07-12-2004 00:57 MagikCoyote
31 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal travis barker being better than mike portnoy is one of the most ignorant things i've read here barker is a decent punk rock drummer but he could never play songs dream theater songs like erotomania ive heard some solos by him and it was pratically only some snare rolls plus he always stayed in 4/4... www.mikeportnoy.com .... and see by yourself ...... btw 5/5 for glass prison
07-12-2004 23:23 MagikCoyote
31 posts	ok i didn't meant ignorant.... travis barker is still one of the best drummer around BUT.. not better than portnoy
28-12-2004 21:39 Laiman
7 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal My favorite song on "Train of Thought" was "Endless Sacrifice", because I believed that one had the most meaning, and it came at a time where I could relate to the lyrics.. The whole album is great though, and this song is clearly the superior track on this album..
02-01-2005 18:14 Navarone
26 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal This song, ROCKS. And, someone mentioned This Dying Soul? Well, you notice how that song is similar to this one? That's because they are related. The Glass Prison is about the first 3 steps in the Alcohol Anon. recovery process. This Dying Soul is about steps 4 and 5. I can't wait for Dream Theater to finish up this cycle of songs.
18-02-2005 08:22 dudekrulz
3,618 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Well, Dream Theater, what can I say....music at its best...and that's an understatement. I think "As I am"'s slightly better but hey, all Dream Theather song's are well...bliss
18-02-2005 08:26 fishmunky
22,063 posts	* offtopic : I'm curious, anyone here heard of Liquid Tension Experiment, its a side project featuring Petrucci, Rudess and Portnoy of DT...Petrucci i find especially turn up to eleven in LTE...amazing stuff
20-02-2005 01:23 Stefanye
13 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Everything about this song rules. The implied symbolism, lyrics, vocals, ESPECIALLY guitars on this one. Petrucci really (IMO) is the best guitarist out there. Those really fast scales, they never cease to amaze me. He's inspiring to learn guitar when I have more time.
20-02-2005 02:43 kun
1,415 posts	* offtopic : fishmunky, i've listened to LTE, it's just pure awesomeness
23-02-2005 02:28 Navarone
26 posts	i can't believe in all that discussion of songs, no one mentioned a Change of Seasons! go listen to it, now, for your own good. that song is just too perfect. do it! and LTE rocks, acid rain is so cool
24-02-2005 07:18 fishmunky
22,063 posts	* offtopic : thank god...finally people who can appreciate progressive metal
27-03-2005 20:05 A_Guy
39 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal A Glass Prison was the first Dream Theater song i ever heard, this song got me hooked on DT. Although to do this day i have heard songs that i like more(i wouldn't say better, when your relating DT songs to eachother, its hard to say one is better then the other, there just all simply brilliant) this song deserves tons of recognition. And i'll back up what Navarone was saying about The Glass Prison and This Dying Soul, about a year ago i was comparing them and the lyrics cause they sounded like they fit in toghether and i was pretty sure it was what Navarone said about it, so i looked it up on www.mikeportnoy.com and an interview with Mike Portnoy that i was reading confirmed this. Did you know that Mike Portnoy used to be an alcholic, which is why he finds these two songs so sacred? Another thing, Travis Barker is good, but not in any way is he better then Mike Portnoy, just like MagikCoyote said, i've heard (me being a drummer too) a couple alright solo's by barker (nothing special) and all he really does is do some snare roles and a few rolls across the toms and such. Mike Portnoy is one of the best drummers i've ever heard. FishMunky - i've never heard Liquid Tension Experiment myself, i've heard there wicked awesome though, and i was looking for one of there cds at my local future shop (i don't pirate music) but i couldn't find any, so i think i'll order one, anyone know what a good LTE album is?
02-10-2005 17:01 louie4life
2,913 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this is one of their masterpieces! DT is art....Damn ART!
03-12-2005 05:39 ignacio
14,843 posts	I heard this song on my friends Ipod for the first time on Thursday. It's absolutely amazing. I love the guitar. Once again, Dream Theater have not failed to amaze me with their skills. I wish they'd come to australia though
24-02-2006 06:46 Kochipahk
52 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal First Dream Theater song I ever heard was "The Root of All Evil." After hearing that, I went out and bought [iScenes from a Memory[/i] through Octavarium. I've also got Live at Budokan. Anyway, this is a pretty brilliant song. 5's across.
15-03-2006 22:55 SilverStar001
776 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal louie4life 02-10-2005 17:01 2,908 posts offline rhythm:5 melody:5 instruments:5 lyrics:5 vocal:5 this is one of their masterpieces! DT is art....Damn ART! amen louie-friend!