Realization. Overdue enlightenment on a transcendental level. It's about that feeling where you've been in one state of mind, and then you suddenly warp into a new, preferred state. Paradigm shift, and the aura it brings. This sounds like the anthem of a person who has been under a very negative or burdening influence for a long period of time, and now they've finally broken away from that force which has kept him or her binded. It sounds like he could have been the one at fault for his initial condition being so bad, but now he's fixed things up and has gotten himself out of what was going on. Possibly, he is learning to love life and could have possibly rejected religion (which is what I believe is the burdening force [it is supported within the metaphors]). One of the more beautifully cryptic examples of Dream Theater lyricism.
Realization. Overdue enlightenment on a transcendental level. It's about that feeling where you've been in one state of mind, and then you suddenly warp into a new, preferred state. Paradigm shift, and the aura it brings. This sounds like the anthem of a person who has been under a very negative or burdening influence for a long period of time, and now they've finally broken away from that force which has kept him or her binded. It sounds like he could have been the one at fault for his initial condition being so bad, but now he's fixed things up and has gotten himself out of what was going on. Possibly, he is learning to love life and could have possibly rejected religion (which is what I believe is the burdening force [it is supported within the metaphors]). One of the more beautifully cryptic examples of Dream Theater lyricism.