- John Petrucci
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[Studio demo, available on the CD single for the song "Lie". ]
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[Additional verse on this version, starting at 03:37, is Kevin ]
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[Moore's last lyrical contribution to Dream Theater. ]
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[A live version is also available on the Fan Club Christmas CD 1998.]
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If I'd started from the top
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And worked my way down
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There'd be no reason
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To live forever
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To live forever
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The starvation has turned
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Me outside in
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And the wind has blown
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Me halfway across the world
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Across the world
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Why was I born
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In an age of distrust
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I'd offered some change
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For a photograph
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It will always stay the same [**A**]
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You will always be the same
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Until I show a desire for revenge
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My hunger will waste me to sleep
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As long as I have to die in the attempt
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Then there is no reason
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To live forever
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I found you where [03:37]
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They left you there
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A passing word that's gone forever
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And searching my memory for answers
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I saw the words of a letter you wrote
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She said 'You don't have to live forever,
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You don't want to live forever.'
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And everything's changing now,
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I don't want to live forever.
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[Alternate ending - (Live in Tokyo Home Video)]
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[Beginning at **A** above. ]
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It will always stay the same
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Always be the same
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Until I show a desire for revenge
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My hunger will waste me to sleep
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As long as I have to die in the attempt
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Then there is no reason
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To live forever
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Until I show a desire for revenge
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As long as I have to die in the attempt
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If I had to charge the attack
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Let me
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No reason
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No reason
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No reason
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No reason
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To Live Forever
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[Alternate ending - (Studio acoustic version - "Subconscious" CD)]
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[Recorded as James LaBrie's vocal audition in 1990. ]
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[Beginning at **A** above. ]
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It will always stay the same
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Always be the same
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Until I show a desire for revenge
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My hunger will waste me to sleep
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As long as I have to die in the attempt
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Then there'd be no reason
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To live forever
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Until I show a desire for revenge
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As long as I have to die in the attempt
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As long as I have to die in the attempt
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Then there'd be no reason
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No reason
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No reason
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To Live Forever
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To Live Forever
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'This just in from Baghdad... Seven patriot missiles
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have been spotted above Cuba.'
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To Live Forever
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| Dream Theater |
