6th Degree - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence [42:04]
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music by Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess
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I. OVERTURE [06:49]
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(instrumental)
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II. ABOUT TO CRASH - [lyrics by John Petrucci] [05:51]
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She can't stop pacing
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She never felt so alive
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Her thoughts are racing
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Set on overdrive
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It takes a village
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This she knows is true
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they're expecting her
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And she's got work to do
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He helplessly stands by
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It's meaningless to try
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As he rubs his red-rimmed eyes
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He says I've never seen her get this bad
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Even though she seems so high
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He knows that she can't fly
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and when she falls out of the sky
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He'll be standing by
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She was raised in a small midwestern town
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By a charming and eccentric loving father
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She was praised as the perfect teenage girl
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And everyone thought highly of her
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And she tried everyday
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With endless drive
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To make the grade
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Then one day
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She woke up to find
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The perfect girl
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Had lost her mind
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Once barely taking a break
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Now she sleeps the days away
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She helplessly stands by
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It's meaningless to try
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All she wants to do is cry
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No one ever knew she was so sad
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Cause even though she gets so high
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And thinks that she can fly
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She will fall out of the sky
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But in the face of misery
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She found hopefulness
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Feeling better
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She had weathered
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This depression
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Much to her advantage
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She resumed her frantic pace
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Boundless power
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Midnight hour
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She enjoyed the race
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III. WAR INSIDE MY HEAD - [lyrics by Mike Portnoy] [02:08]
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Napalm showers
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Showed the cowards
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We weren't there to mess around
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Through heat exhaustion
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And mind distortion
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A military victory mounted on innocent ground
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Hearing voices from miles away
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Saying things never said
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Seeing shadows in the light of the day
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Waging a war inside my head
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Years and years of
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Bloodshed and warfare
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Our mission was only to get in and kill
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A free vacation
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Of palmtrees and shrapnel
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Trading innocence for permanent psychotic hell
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Hearing voices from miles away
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Saying things never said
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Seeing shadows in the light of the day
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Waging a war inside my head
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Feeling strangers staring my way
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Reading minds never read
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Tasting danger with each word I say
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Waging a war inside my...
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IV. THE TEST THAT STUMPED THEM ALL - [lyrics by Mike Portnoy] [05:03]
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Standing in the darkness
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Waiting for the light
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The smell of pure adrenaline
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Burning in the night
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Random blinding flashes
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Aiming at the stage
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Intro tape begins to roll
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Igniting sonic rage
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Still they keep me between these hollow walls
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Hoping to find in me
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The answers to the test that stumped them all
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"The boy is simply crazy
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Suffering from delusions
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We honestly think that maybe
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He might need an institution
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He lives in a world of fiction
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And really could use some help
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We have just the place to fix him
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To save him from himself"
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Curled up in the darkness
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Searching for the light
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The smell of stale sweat and shit
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Streaming through the night
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Random urine testing
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Pills red, pink and blue
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Counseling and therapy
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Providing not a clue
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Still they keep me between these hollow walls
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Hoping to find in me
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The answers to the test that stumped them all
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"We can't seem to find the answers
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He seemed such a clear cut case
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We cannot just let him leave here
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And put all this work to waste
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Why don't we try shock treatment
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It really might do some help
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We have just the tools to fix him
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To save him from himself"
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V. GOODNIGHT KISS - [lyrics by Mike Portnoy] [06:17]
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Goodnight kiss in your nightgown
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Lavender in your bed
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So innocent as you lie down
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Sweet dreams that run through your head
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Are you lonely without Mommy's love?
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I want you to know I'd die for that moment
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You're just a poor girl
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Afraid of this cruel world
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Taken away from it all
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It's been 5 years to the day and
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| My taint |
