Dream Theater - The Glass Prison lyrics

Cunning, baffling, powerful
(Been beaten to a pulp)
Vigorous, irresistible
(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

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 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 to
Enter this temple of hope

Believe transcend the pain
Living the life humility
Opened my eyes this new odyssey
Of rigorous honesty serenity
I never knew soundness of mind
Helped me to find courage to 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'll 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

Way off in the distance I saw a door
I tried to open
I tried forcing with all of my will but 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 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