Song Length |
8:50 |
Genre |
Rock - Modern, Rock - Progressive Rock |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| |
Lyrics
The Noise Inside
Awake and still dreaming
I search my mind
a noise I find streaming
but it's trapped inside
I can find no way to let it
break out free and wild
I can find no way to keep it
calm and mild
A well of sound gathers
every note that rings true
I'd like to think it matters
if they can get the message through
I need to make it clear
but I hope to keep it dark
I'm silenced by the fear
of what a word now may spark
But now it's coming to the surface
it's trying to burst across the dam
I'm frightened by how near
the breaking point I am
And yet I hear a voice that whispers
'Oh, that it has come'
I don't think I could stay forever
comfortably dumb
Do I know what's best for me?
Can I trust what my eyes see?
I thrust ahead in hope to feel
something that just may be real
Feel the pressure pushing me ahead
I'm not gonna make it through now
Into the final unknown I am led
I don't want to make it through now
I don't think I can keep the noise at bay
I'll just have to scrape through somehow
I watch myself slowly fade away
Was I right, was I wrong
to keep silent for so long?
Stayed inside, tried to hide
hoped no-one would turn the tide
It is so easy to stay down
and always look the other way
keep misreading all the signs
and never question what they say
And now I know just what I've done
I dreamed the dream my own way
looked for a sign when there were none
but I saw them anyway
No longer dreaming
with nothing to find
rudely awoken
with a reeling mind
Awake and still dreaming
I search my mind
The noise I found streaming
is now on the outside
The well of sound gathered
only notes that rang true
though I don't know, I can hope
that they will get the message through