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Endless Sacrifice Lyrics
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
[CHORUS] 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
[CHORUS]
Moments wasted, isolated
Time escaping, endless sacrifice
(x2)
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
(x2)
This is my first review here on Song Meanings.
I just wanted to say this is the first song i have ever heard of Dream Theater, basically my introduction to one of the greatest bands ever.
The song is just so beautiful and heartfelt and meaningful!
A classic DT song, what a gem.
This lyric is about all the sacrifice of JP's wife so he could live his dream - to be with Dream Theater, to produce music and play it all around the world.<p><b><i>Edited by YtseJam on May 31 2004, at 02:32AM</i></b></p>
Meant to upvote, since this is exactly what it is about and has been confirmed.
Meant to upvote, since this is exactly what it is about and has been confirmed.
This is mine and my Girlfriends song...
YtseJam is absolutely right but the song is deeper than that. The first verse "cold lying in my bed" is from JP's wife's perspective and the chorous is shared between their mutual feelings. The second verse is wrote through John's eyes on tour.
Thanks for the info, YtseJam, didn't know that
I've been revisiting the "Train of Thought" album and I must reiterate my first comment here.
This song is a GEM in DT history. Simple a-m-a-z-i-n-g feeling to it. I love it. :)
I feel more connected to it now than before due to some personal longing to a certain person... sigh...
Yeah, it's great. What a kick-ass chorus too.
my personal favorite Dream Theater song! i think it has the best lyrics of all their songs.
the beginning of it sounds a bit like the beginning of welcome home (sanitarium) by metallica, or is that just me?
Great song, one of my favorites from Train of Thought (behind As I Am). Dream Theater continues to impress with excellent musicianship and brilliant lyrics. I can certainly relate to this song on a very personal level ...