A Change Of Seasons
Dream Theater

- Mike Portnoy

I. The Crimson Sunrise
(Instrumental)

II. Innocence
I remember a time
My frail, virgin mind
watched the crimson sunrise
Imagined what it might find
Life was filled with wonder
I felt the warm wind blow
I must explore the boundaries
Transcend the depth of winter's snow
Innocence caressing me
I never felt so young before
There was so much life in me
Still I longed to search for more
But those days are gone now
Changed like a leaf on a tree
Blown away forever
into the cool autumn breeze
The snow has now fallen
and my sun's not so bright
I struggle to hold on
with the last of my might
In my den of inequity
viciousness and subtlety
struggle to ease the pain
struggle to find the sane
Ignorance surrounding me
I've never been so filled with fear
All my life's been drained from me
The end is drawing near....

III. Carpe Diem
'Carpe diem, seize the day'
I'll always remember
The chill of November
The news of the fall
The sounds in the hall
The clock on the wall ticking away
'Seize the Day'
I heard him say
Life will not always be this way
Look around
Hear the sounds
Cherish your life while you're still around

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.

We can learn from the past
But those days are gone
We can hope for the future
But there may not be one
The words stuck in my mind
alive from what I've learned
I have to seize the day
To home I returned
Preparing for her flight
I held with all my might
Fearing my deepest fright
She walked into the night
She turned for one last look
She looked me in the eye
I said, 'I Love You...Good-bye'

It's the most awful thing you'll
ever hear.
If you're lying to me...
Oh, you dearly love her.
...just have to leave... all our lives.
Seize the day!
Something happened.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
She was killed.

IV. The Darkest of Winters
(Instrumental)

V. Another World
So far or so it seems
All is lost with nothing fulfilled
Off the pages and a T.V. screen
Another world where nothing's true
Tripping through the life fantastic
Lose a step and never get up
Left alone with a cold blank stare
I feel like giving up
I was blinded by a paradise
Utopia high in the sky
A dream that only drowned me
Deep in sorrow, wondering why
Oh come let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what, don't let him be
Let's feed upon his misery
Then string him up for all the world to see
I'm sick of all you hypocrites
holding me at bay
And I don't need your sympathy
to get me through the day
Seasons change and so can I
Hold on Boy, No time to cry
Untie these strings, I'm climbing down
I won't let them push me away
Oh come let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what, don't let him be
Let's feed upon his misery
Now it's time for them to deal with me

VI. The Inevitable Summer
(Instrumental)

VII. The Crimson Sunset
I'm much wiser now
A lifetime of memories
run through my head
They taught me how
for better or worse, alive or dead
I realize there's no turning back
Life goes on the offbeaten track
I sit down with my son
Set to see the Crimson Sunset
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
Many years have come and gone
I've lived my life, but now must move on
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
He is my only one
Now that my time has come
Now that my life is done
We look into the sun
'Seize the day and don't you cry,
Now it's time to say good-bye
Even though I'll be gone,
I will live on, live on.'


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Lyrics by Dream Theater

  6: 00   6:00   A Better Life   A Change Of Seasons (Original Live Version )   A Change Of Seasons II: Innocence   A Change of Seasons II: Innocence (Live)   A Change Of Seasons VII: The Crimson Sunset   A Change of Seasons VII: The Crimson Sunset (Live)   A Fortune In Lies   A Mind Beside Itself   A Mind Beside Itself: III. The Silent Man   A Mind Beside Itself: The Silent Man   A Mind Beside Itself: Voices   A Nightmare To Remember   A Rite of Passage   A Tempting Offer   A Vision   About To Crash   About To Crash (Reprise)   Act of Faythe   Afterlife   Alone   Along For The Ride   Anna Lee   Another Day   Another Hand / The Killing Hand   Another Won   As I Am   Astonishing   Bad   Begin Again   Behind The Veil   Beneath The Surface   Best Of Times   Beyond This Life   Blind Faith   Bombay Vindaloo   Breaking All Illusions   Bridges In The Sky   Brother, Can You Hear Me?   Build Me Up, Break Me Down   Burning My Soul   Burning My Soul (demo Version)   Carpe Diem   Caught In A New Millennium   Caught In A Web   Chosen   Closing Scene   Constant Motion   Count Of Tuscany   Cover My Eyes   Cry for Freedom   Damage, Inc.   Dark Eternal Night   Descent of the Nomacs   Different Strings / Analog Kid / La Villa Strangia...   Disappear   Dissapear   Don't Look Past Me   Don't Look Past Me   Easter   Endles Sacrifice   Endless Sacrifice   Enigma Machine   Erotomania   Eve   False Awakening Suite   Far From Heaven   Fatal Tragedy   Finally Free   Finally Free (Live)   Forsaken   Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding   Gates Of Babylon   Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight   Goodbye Yellow Brick Road   Goodnight Kiss   Happiness Is A Warm Gun   Heaven's Cove   Hell's Kitchen   Hey You   Hollow Years   Hollow Years (demo Version)   Home   Home (edited Version)   Honor Thy Father   I Walk Beside You   II. Voices   III. The Silent Man   III. War Inside My Head   Illumination Theory   In Presence Of Enemies Pt. 2   In The Dead Of Night   In The Flesh   In The Name Of God   In The Presence Of Enemies Part 1   In the Presence of Enemies Part 2   In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 1   In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 2   In the Presence of Enemies Pt.1   In the Presence of Enemies Pt.2   In the Presence of Enemies, Pt. 1   In the Presence of Enemies, Pt. 2   Innocence Faded   Instrumedley   Invisible   IV. The Test That Stumped Them All   Just Let Me Breathe   Just Let Me Breathe (Live)   Learning To Live   Learning to Live (Live)   Led Zeppelin Medley: The Rover/Achilles Last Stand...   Lie   Lifting Shadows Off A Dream   Light Fuse and Get Away   Lines In The Sand   Lines In The Sun   Losing Faythe   Losing Time / Grand Finale   Losing Time/grand Finale   Lost Not Forgotten   March of the Tyrant   Mean Street   Medley: Metropolis   Metropolis   Metropolis - Part I   Metropolis - Part I 'The Miracle and the Sleeper'   Metropolis (Live)   Metropolis Part 1   Metropolis Pt. 1   Metropolis, Pt. 1 (Live)   Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper   Ministry Of Lost Souls   Misunderstood   Moment of Betrayal   My Last Farewell   Never Enough   New Millenium   New Millennium   O Holy Night   Octavarium   On The Backs Of Angels   One Last Time   Only A Matter Of Time   Our New World   Outcry   Overture   Overture 1928   Panic Attack   Perfect Strangers   Perfect Strangers (Live)   Peruvian Skies   Peruvian Skies (Live)   Power Down   Prophets Of War   Pull Me Under   Puppies on Acid   Raise The Knife   Ravenskill   Raw Dog   Red Hill Mining Town   Regression   Repentance   Resurrection of Ernie   Rite Of Passage   Sacrificed Sons   Scarred   Scene Five: Through Her Eyes   Scene Four: Beyond This Life   Scene One: Regression   Scene Seven: II. One Last Time   Scene Three: I. Through My Words   Scene Two: II. Strange Deja Vu   Shattered Fortress   Since I've Been Loving You   Since I've Been Loving You   Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence   Six O'Clock   Solitary Shell   Sorrounded   Space-Dye Vest   Speak To Me   Status Seeker   Strange Deja Vu   Stream of Consciousness   Surrender To Reason   Surrounded   Take Away My Pain   Take Away My Pain (alternate   Take Away My Pain (Live)   Take The Time   Take Your Fingers From My Hair   Tears   Tenement Funster/Flick Of The Wrist/Lily Of The Va...   The 3 Silent Man   The Answer   The Answer Lies Within   The Best of Times   The Big Medley   The Bigger Picture   The Count of Tuscany   The Crimson Sunset   The Dance of Eternity   The Dark Eternal Night   The Enemy Inside   The Gift Of Music   The Glass Prison   The Great Debate   The Hovering Sojourn   The Killing Hand   The Looking Glass   The Ministry Of Lost Souls   The Minsitry Of Lost Souls   The Mirror   The Mirror (Live)   The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun   The Path That Divides   The Road to Revolution   The Root of All Evil   The Rover , Achilles Last Stand , The Song Remains   The Rover / Achilles Last Stand / The Song Remains   The Rover / Achilles Last Stand / The Song Remains...   The School Song   The Shaman’s Trance   The Shattered Fortress   The Silent Man   The Spirit Carried On   The Spirit Carries On   The Spirit Carries On (Live)   The Test That Stumped Them All   The Walking Shadow   The Way It Used To Be   The X Aspect   The Ytse Jam   These Walls   This Dying Soul   This Is The Life   Three Days   Through Her Eyes   Through My Words   To Live Forever   To Tame A Land   Trial Of Tears   Two Far   Under A Glass Moon   Vacant   VII. About To Crash (Reprise)   VIII. Losing Time - Grand Finale   Vital Star   Voices   Wait For Sleep   Wanted Dead Or Alive   War Inside My Head   When Your Time Has Come   Where Are You Now   Whispers On the Wind   Winter   Wither   You Not Me   You Or Me   Your Majesty

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