Build Me Up, Break Me Down Lyrics

Lyric discussion by CashMeIn 

Cover art for Build Me Up, Break Me Down lyrics by Dream Theater

I think in part that this is actually about touring, about the toll it takes from Petrucci's point of view...

"The price I pay To live this way And the fantasy stays alive..."

Basically using these lines, trying to interpret touring and band life, sacrificing time with his wife and daughters to live in the dream that is Dream Theater...

My Interpretation

That's exactly what I thought it's about.