Octavarium

I never wanted to become someone like him, so secure

Content to live each day just like the last

I was sure I knew that

This was not for me

And I wanted so much more

Far beyond what I could see

So I swore that I'd never be someone like him

So many years have passed

Since I proclaimed my independence

My mission, my aim, and my vision

So secure

Content to live each day like it's my last

It's wonderful to know that I could be

Something more than what I dreamed

Far beyond what I could see

Still I  swear that I'm missing out this time

As far as I could tell

There's nothing more I need

But still I ask myself

Could this be everything?

Then all I swore that I would never be was now

So suddenly, the only thing I wanted to become

To be someone just like him

A doctor sitting next to me

He asked me how I feel

Not sure I understand his questioning

He says I've been away a while

He thinks he has cured me

From a state of catatonic sleep

For thirty years, where have I been?

Eyes open but not getting through to me

Medicate me, infiltrate me

Side affects appear as my conscience slips away

Medicate me, science failing

Conscience fading fast

Can't you stop what's happening?

A higher dosage, he prescribes

But there's no guarantee

I feel it starting to take over me

I tell them not to be ashamed

There's no one who's to blame

A second shot, a brief awakening

I feel the relapse, can't break free

Eyes open but not getting through to me

Medicate me, infiltrate me

Side affects appear as my conscience slips away

Medicate me, science failing

Conscience fading fast

Can't you stop what's happening?

Sailing on the seven seas, the day tripper diem's ready

Jack the ripper, Owen's Wilson, Phillips and my supper's ready

Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Dave's not here, I come to save the

Day for nightmare cinema, show me the way to get back home again

Running forward, falling back

Spinning round and round

Looking outward, reaching in

Scream without a sound

Leaning over, crawling up

Stumbling all around

Losing my place only to

Find I've come full circle

Flying off the handle, with careful with

That axe, Eugene gene the dance machine

Messiah, light my fire, gabba gabba

Hey, hey, my, my generation's home again

Running forward, falling back

Spinning round and round

Looking outward, reaching in

Scream without a sound

Leaning over, crawling up

Stumbling all around

Losing my place only to

Find I've come full circle

Our deadly sins feel his mortal wrath

Remove all obstacles from our paths

Asking questions, search for clues

The answer's been right in front of you

Try to break through, long to connect

Fall on deaf ears and failed muted breath

Loyalty, trust, faith and desire

Carries love through each darkest fire

Tortured insanity, a smothering hell

Try to escape, but to no avail

The calls of admirers, who claim they adore

Drain all your life blood while begging for more

Innocent victims of merciless crimes

Fall prey to the madmen's impulsive designs

Step after step, we try controlling our fate

When we finally start living, it's become too late

Trapped inside this octavarium

Trapped inside this octavarium

Trapped inside this octavarium

Trapped inside this octavarium

We move in circles

Balanced all the while

On a gleaming razor's edge

A perfect sphere

Colliding with our fate

This story ends where it began