Metal Metropolis

Una nueva letra, esta vez de su último álbum, Octavarium. Se trata de "I walk beside you", el tercer corte. Es un tema con una influencia clarísima de U2 (que nunca han ocultado, pero que esta vez es prácticamente demasiado evidente), con una letra escrita por John Petrucci. Interpretada a mi manera, me llega mucho, especialmente estos últimos días.

La interpretación más clara que creo que se puede hacer es que trate sobre un tema religioso, que dios te acompañe (sabiendo que John es creyente y ya en Awake mostraba letras de ese estilo), aunque yo la veo como una descripción de lo que es ( o debería ser) la amistad.

I Walk Beside you (John Petrucci )

There's a story in your eyes
I can see the hurt behind your smile
For every sign I recognize
Another one escapes me

Let me know what plagues your mind
Let me be the one to know you best
Be the one to hold you up
When you feel like you're sinking

Tell me once again
What's beneath the pain you're feeling
Don't abandon me
Or think you can't be saved

I walk beside you
Wherever you are
Whatever it takes
No matter how far

Through all that may come
And all that may go
I walk beside you
I walk beside you

Summon up your ghosts for me
Rest your tired thoughts upon my hand
Step inside the sacred place
When all your dreams seem broken

Resonate inside this temple
Let me be the one who understands
Be the one to carry you
When you can walk no further

Tell me once again
What's below the surface bleeding
If you've lost your way
I will take you in

I walk beside you
Wherever you are
Whatever it takes
No matter how far

Through all that may come
And all that may go
I walk beside you
I walk beside you

Oh when everything is wrong
Oh when hopelessness surrounds you
Oh the sun will rise again
The tide you swim against will carry you back home
So don't give up
Don't give in

I walk beside you
Wherever you are
Whatever it takes
No matter how far

Through all that may come
And all that may go
I walk beside you
I walk beside you

Etiquetas: dream-theater, lyrics, octavarium

Nueva letra, otra vez de Kevin Moore. "Lie" es el 8 tema de "Awake" (1994), un tema con bastante mala leche, tanto musicalmente como en la letra.

Daybreak
at the bottom of lake
it's a hundred degrees I can't breathe
And I won't get out
'til I figure it out
Though I'm weak like I can't believe
So you tell me 'trust me' l can trust you
Just let me show you
But I gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt
'cause I don't know if I know you

Doing fine but don't waste my time
Tell me what it is you want to say
You sin, you win, just let me in - hurry
I've been out in the rain all day
So you tell me 'trust me' I can trust you
as far as I can throw you
And I'm trying to get out of a shadow of doubt
'cause I don't know if I know you

Don't tell me you wanted me
Don't tell me you thought of me
I won't, I swear I won't
(Did)
I'll try, I swear I'll try

Mother Mary quite contrary
Kiss the boys and make them wary
Things are getting just a little bit scary
It's a wonder I can still breathe
Never been much of a doubting Thomas
but nothing breaks like a broken promise
You tell me 'bout your two more coming
but once is just enough for me

I had gotten used to being a soul destroyed
She comes in apparently to fill the void
All dogs need a leash and
at least I'll forget it
And she would never hurt me though
she's never said it
But I'm not gonna ask her today
I don't wanna scare her away
Your town, I'm all alone
and I just can't stare at the phone
I wanna talk about lifelong mistakes
and you can tell your stepfather I said so

Etiquetas: dream-theater, letra, lie

Inauguro este nuevo tema, donde pondré las letras que más me gustan de Dream Theater. Empezaré con Space-Dye Vest, el último corte de Awake (1994), compuesta, tanto la letra como la música, por Kevin Moore. Como curiosidad decir que este tema no se ha tocado en directo nunca, debido a que justo después de grabar este álbum Kevin decidió dejar la banda, y los demás no quisieron tocarla nunca por ser un tema enteramente suyo.

SPACE-DYE VEST:

Falling through pages of Martens on angels
felling my heart pull west
I saw the future dressed as a stranger
love in a space-dye vest
Love is an act of blood and I'm bleeding
a pool in the shape of a heart
Beauty projection in the reflection
always the worst way to start
Now that you're gone I'm trying to take it
learning to swallow the rage
Found a new girl I think we can make it
as long as she stays on the page
This is not how I wanted to end
and I'll never be open again
There's no one to take my blame
if they wanted to
Nothing to keep me sane
and it's all the same to you
There's nowhere to set my aim
so I'm everywhere
Never come near me again
do you really think I need you?
And I'll smile and I'll learn to pretend
And I'll never be open again
And I'll have no more dreams to defend
And I'll never be open again

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