Endless Sacrifice

Album: Train Of Thought (2003)
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  • Cold, lying in my bed
    Staring into darkness
    Lost, I hear footsteps overhead
    And my thoughts return again

    Like a child who's run away
    And won't be coming back
    Time keeps passing by
    As night turns into day

    I'm so far away and so alone
    I need to see your face
    To keep me sane
    To make we whole

    Try to stay alive, until I hear your voice
    I'm gonna lose my mind
    Someone tell me why, I chose this life
    This superficial lie, constant compromise
    Endless sacrifice

    Pain, it saddens me to know
    The helplessness you feel
    Your light shines on my soul
    While a thousand candles burn

    Outside this barren room
    The rain is pouring down
    The emptiness inside
    Is growing deeper still

    You're so far away and so alone
    You long for love's embrace
    To keep you sane
    To make you whole

    Try to stay alive until I hear your voice
    I'm gonna lose my mind
    Someone tell me why I chose this life
    This superficial lie, constant compromise
    Endless sacrifice

    Moments wasted, isolated
    Time escaping, endless sacrifice
    Moments wasted, isolated
    Time escaping, endless sacrifice

    Over the distance, we try to make sense
    Of surviving together, while living apart
    Striving for balance, we rise to the challenge
    Of staying connected in spite of circumstance

    All you've forsaken, and all that you've done
    So that I could live out this undying dream
    Won't be forgotten, or taken for granted
    I'll always remember your endless sacrifice

    Moments wasted, isolated
    Time escaping, endless sacrifice
    Moments wasted, isolated
    Time escaping, endless sacrifice Writer/s: JOHN MYUNG, JOHN PETRUCCI, JOHN RO MYUNG, JORDAN CHARLES RUDESS, JORDAN RUDESS, MICHAEL PORTNOY
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Jason from Sydney, AustraliaThe opening riff is the same as Suicidal Tendencies - How will I laugh tomorrow....when I can't even smile today (heavy emotion version)
    Which was released 1988, a couple of years before Michael Jackson - Give in to me .
  • Chris from Plainfield, InThis song has become my "theme song" if you will...my favorite song EVER...LaBrie's voice in the last couple minutes is the best sounding ever in any song...
  • Lloyd from Manila, PhilippinesJohn Petrucci is a genius for me not only in his instrument as a guitar player but also as a lyricists!
  • Devon from Westerville, OhDream theater is freakin' sweet. they are all excellent musicians. it definitley is a rocking love song
  • Austin from Orem, UtIm pretty dang sure that the song is written for his wife. I mean, cmon, its obvious("I need to see your face, to keep me sane to make me whole"). I have always thought that the strongest part of this song was the lyrics, followed by the amazing guitar playing.Its definately one of the best "love songs" i have ever heard, despite it being so heavy.
  • James from Vancouver, CanadaThe opening riff is the same as Michael Jackson - Give in to Me.. check it out
  • Kenneth from Mo I Rana, NorwayI believe this song is a "love song" by John Petrucci, written to his wife, where he awknowledges her sacrifices thorugh their marriage to make him be what he wants to be, and that he'll always remember her endless sacrifice
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