Falling Into Infinity lyrics

A single star behind me
A red sky burns ahead
A lonely light below me
Awake among the dead
An overwhelming feeling
Leaves me numb and strange
A sense of new beginning
I sense a wind of change

Out with the old useless
People so cold ruthless
Welcome in a new millennium
How many times must I
Live out this nightmare I
Can't wait until a new millennium

I've got this feeling

I. It's Raining

Under the sun
There's nothing to hide
Under the moon
A stranger waits inside
People disappear
The music fades away
Splashing through the rain
I'll dream with them one day

It's raining, raining
On the streets of New York City
It's raining, raining
Raining deep in heaven

I may have wasted all those years
They're not worth their time in tears

A single star behind me
A red sky burns ahead
A lonely light below me
Awake among the dead
An overwhelming feeling
Leaves me numband strange
A sense of new beginning
I sense a wind of change

Out with the old useless
People so cold ruthless welcome
In a new millennium
How many times must i
Live out this nightmare i
Can't wait until a new millennium

I've got this feeling

- John Petrucci

He's just the kind of man
You hear about
Who leaves his family for
An easy out
They never saw the signs
He never said a word
He couldn't take another day

Carry me to the shoreline
Bury me in the sand
Walk me across the water
And maybe you'll understand

Once the stone
You're crawling under
Is lifted off your shoulders
Once the cloud that's raining
Over your head disappears

Open your eyes
And turn off your mind
Step right up folks and you will find
Agrowing trend
An epidemic
Spread with zen
And hypodermics

Just close your mind
You can find all you need with your eyes

The big machines take care of
You until you kill yourself
And then the sales go through the roof
Calculated, formulated
Feed my head with simple thoughts
And let me breathe instead of being taught

(instrumental)

[Backing vocals by Doug Pinnick of King's X.]
- John Petrucci

Sometimes, for a moment of bliss
And the passion, we're craving
There's a message we miss
Sometimes when, the spirits left alone
We must believe in something
To find if we've grown

Tragic reflex, shattered calm
Static progress, senses gone
Numb awareness, final psalm

Swept away with the tide
(Swept away with the tide)

Being 'round you is driving me crazy
Watching you run is making me lazy
You're trying to buy a place in my head
Telling me lines I've already read
Speaking my name to try to confuse me
Say it again you're starting to lose me

That's alright, I'm okay
It happens every single day
It's all the same
But I'm not blind

It's all about you
Not me

A thorn in my side
A chip on my shoulder
A lump in my throat
The size of a boulder
The chill up my spine
Can't get any colder
And you wonder why I can't smile

A knot in my gut
An ape on my back
In the heat of the moment
I'm knocked off the track
You drop the ball
I pick up the slack
And you ask me why my hair's gray

Twisting, turning
Losing all sense of yearning

- James LaBrie

Helpless child
They invite your hands to fill their needs
Will you be the same
Shameless smile
To steal from you the innocence that bleeds
Will they feel your pain

Trying to believe
The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don't know how you'll live a life alone

She keeps holding on
Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air

[Studio demo from 1997, recorded during the making of the album ]

[Falling Into Infinity. Available on the Fan Club Christmas CD 1997.]

- John Petrucci

I was sitting on the edge of his bed
Staring at the headlines on the paper

He said, 'Look at poor Gene Kelly

I guess he won't be singing in the rain.'

[Studio demo from 1997, recorded during the making of the album ]

[Falling Into Infinity. Available on the Fasten Your Seatbelts ]

[live bootleg. ]

- John Petrucci

Sometimes, for a moment of bliss

And the passion, we're craving

There's a message we miss

Sometimes when, the spirits left alone

[Studio demo from 1997, recorded during the making of the album ]

[Falling Into Infinity. Available on the Fasten Your Seatbelts ]

[live bootleg. ]

- John Petrucci

He's just the kind of man

You hear about

Who leaves his family for

An easy out

They never saw the signs

He never said a word

[Studio demo from 1997, recorded during the making of the album ]

[Falling Into Infinity. Available on the Fasten Your Seatbelts ]

[live bootleg. A live version is also available on the Japanese ]

[Hollow Years CD single. ]

- Mike Portnoy
[The screamed repeats of the phrase 'Burning my soul' are done by ]

[I. IT'S RAINING]

Under the sun, there is nothing to hide
Under the moon, the stranger waits inside
People disappear
The music fades away
Splashing through the rain
I'll dream with them one day
It's raining, raining,
On the streets of New York city
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven
I may have wasted all those years
They're not worth their time in tears