Dream Theater The Glass Prison
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2013
- Artist: Dream Theater
Lyrics
I. REFLECTION
Cunning, Baffling, Powerful
Been beaten to a pulp
Vigorous, Irresistable
Sick and tired and laid low
Dominating, Invincible
Black-out, loss of control
Overwhelming, Unquenchable
I'm powerless, have to let go
I can't escape it
It leaves me frail and worn
Can no longer take it
Senses tattered and torn
Hopeless surrender
Obsession's got me beat
Losing the will to live
Admitting complete defeat
Fatal Descent
Spinning around
I've gone too far
To turn back round
Desperate attempt
Stop the progression
At any length
Lift this obsession
Crawling to my glass prison
A place where no one knows
My secret lonely world begins
So much safer here
A place where I can go
To forget about my daily sins
Life here in my glass prison
A place I once called home
Fall in nocturnal bliss again
Chasing a long lost friend
I no longer can control
Just waiting for this hopelessness to end
II. RESTORATION
Run - fast from the wreckage of the past
A shattered glass prison wall behind me
Fight - past walking through the ashes
A distant oasis before me
Cry - desperate crawling on my knees
Begging God to please stop the insanity
Help me - I'm trying to believe
Stop wallowing in my self pity
"We've been waiting for you my friend
The writing's been on the wall
All it takes is a little faith
You know you're the same as us all"
Help me - I can't break out this prison all alone
Save me - I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own
Heal me - I can't restore my sanity alone
Enter the door
Desperate
Fighting no more
Help me restore
To my sanity
At this temple of hope
I need to learn
Teach me how
Sorrow to burn
Help me return
To humanity
I'll be fearless and thorough
To enter this temple of hope
Believe
Transcend the pain
Living the life
Humility
Opened my eyes
This new odyssey
Of rigorous honesty
Serenity
That I never knew
Soundness of mind
Helped me to find
Courage to change
All the things that I can
"We'll help you perform this miracle
But you must set your past free
You dug the hole, but you can't bury your soul
Open your mind and you'll see"
Help me - I can't break out this prison all alone
Save me - I'm drowning and I'm hopeless on my own
Heal me - I can't restore my sanity alone
III. REVELATION
Way off in the distance I saw a door
I tried to open
I tried forcing with all of my will but still
The door wouldn't open
Unable to trust in my faith
I turned and walked away
I looked around, felt a chill in the air
Took my will and turned it over
The glass prison which once held me is gone
A long lost fortress
Armed only with liberty
And the key of my willingness
Fell down on my knees and prayed
"Thy will be done"
I turned around, saw a light shining through
The door was wide open
The lyrics, instrumental, the voice, omg. THIS is what music should be.
Nicee
and the beautiful thing is....... Music is exactly this. that's why DT exists. love it
A solo at the beginning of a metal song is always a promise of an epic song, a promise always fulfilled...
thought i would share this. im a 26 year old alcoholic from America. went through hell drinking and i honestly should have died from it. haven't drank in 2y 11m 6d 3.5h. yes its accurate. when your a complete hit the floor blackout alcoholic you keep very exact track of how long its been. every time i listen to this song it gets a bit clearer. thanks dt you guys have helped me more than you'll ever realize. you guys are my favorite band bar none. dt ftw
Glad that DT got you through your own Glass Prison. Stay strong...
Lots of people vouch for Tool and drug addiction help.
william chapman I feel ya man. I'm not sober. But I understand.
william chapman That was a very strong move!
Alcohol addiction is the worst
glad you are better now
Dream Theatre managed to add in nu metal and it seamlessly blends into the song and produced no controversy. They are good at what they do.
I cracked when I heard DJ in this.
Petrucci is a beast. Top five guitarist of the 21st century, easily.
I agree
He is certainly top 20 guitarist of the 20th century. The 21st century is still very much open.
Without a doubt. Have you heard him play fight of the bumblebee on once in a livetime? He's top one of the 21st century. Find me a more talented guitar player. I dare you.
@@ryanott1407 Me, basically.
Just kidding, I do think Petrucci is one of the best of the best ever. Technique, songwritting, on stage performances, even his signature stuff come from the future.
Simply, when guitarists like him will die, it will be a huge hole in my heart.
Adam N, this album is basically proof of that fact. And this song especially.
3:07 Pikachu Evolved!
Polski? Ja tesz 😀
LOLZ!!!!!
3:10 Pick your daughter, lay her low
12:50 some of the most creative drum lines ever. portnoy knows how to completely change the energy of certain riffs
@@DissonanceEngineer what are you on my man
@@arjunsaxena1544 Was very very drunk at the time mate, I stand by the synesthesia of what I was saying as accurate but that was some embarrassing shit. Thanks for the head's up lol
@@DissonanceEngineerI missed something epic here 😂
PROGRESSIVE MASTERPIECE !
Damn straight
Haven’t heard this song in a while it is still one of the dopest intros ever written
5:55 holy shit I broke my spine from the headbang.
dream theater goes nu metal
Same bro, every time. Been listening to this song for a decade, and it's still hard to find drops as hard as Dream Theatre brought. That tempo change will fuck your mind up if you don't know it's coming.
That change in the tempo made it even worse/better! :D
ME TOOO
dream theater goes limp Bizkit mode
This is where a legend began: Twelve-step Suite.
obligatory "The Mirror" comment
I also made a "Dreamception" playlist that connects 12-step suit into the larger narrative starting all the way back at Metropolis pt I, but it's about 6 hours total.
@@YOSUP315 how many songs are in it? Like 10?
@@sirspookybones1118 5
@@sirspookybones1118 /watch?v=cHqi2hoAXYQ&list=PLIG1aaOYkQnfGHIq9GCemhygbpUzLsH-k
Fan of DT since early 2000's. A week ago (2019) a began attending AA meetings; The Mirror, The Glass Prison, This Dying Soul, The Root Of All Evil, Repentance and The Shattered Fortress have taken a WHOLE new meaning to me - they became my companions through this battle against addiction. Just for 24 Hours!
Thank you Mike and thank you DT so much!
*CONGRATS big-time!!!*
@7:01 Geddy Lee pokes his head into the studio to offer a rebuttal.
i love the last chorus at 12:50, i'm listening to it on repeat, and the broken glass noise at the end is so cool!
That's also my favorite part. Makes the song start a riot inside you and end all the more beautifully.
this has a sick beggining
its about the lead singers alcohol addiction and how he got over it thats the meaning of glass prison
+kill3rtj75 It's about the initial stages, I think.
InfinitiveMC
i heard it was about it consuming his life but i could very easy be wrong i dont know not trying to upset anyone that just what i heard
+kill3rtj75 Honestly if somebody gets upset over a youtube comment, you need to make sure you're posting that kind of content as often as possible. Drive those people off the internet instead of catering to them.
well i was not catering to anybody just did not want to piss anyone off the that might know more about the song then i did thats all
absolutely my favorite song of all time. from anyone or any band. dream theatre is the music I want played at my funeral
Funeral?? Hahaahha. Wedding I've heard plenty but funeral? What u trying to do depress everyone there even more? Lmao
Its pretty normal that people want a specific song for their funeral, but i would not consider until I got a lot older or very ill lol. I guess songs like spirit carries on and so on would fit, but this song would be kinda inappropriate
+Craig Hauser LMAO the world's a depressing place why not make everyone cry just a little bit more LMAO JK
+OllingProductions this is my favorite song by them that's all lol I didn't mean to make anyone sad or think about death..it just happens to us all someday
Nothing inappropriate about it. It's Ronnie's funeral, he can have whatever the fuck he wants. If he wants a party with amazing music, that's his choice. I'd want the same. People who'd want to cry could stay home and mourn while the rest would have fun and remember me for being a person with a pretty decent taste in music ;D
The last movement of this song is one of their greatest outros.
LaBrie's voice completes that outro. That's why he could never be changed he has that something.
What a coincidence: when I started this vid, the bell of a church near my home began ringing. :D
It's a bass guitar that bells.. I learned it on bass
Eerie ; )
Illuminati confirmed
was it the same tune?
@@jonquillehhh6657 *Underrated comment!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
Everything about this song is great. Dream Theater never manages to disappoint. They are legendary! I feel like they are one of best bands ever to grace the earth IMO.
Yeah... I took a few years break from DT because I had exhausted nearly every song
And coming back... they know their shit (knew c:)
Even with the vast diversity of proge I'd still say that they will always be one of the best proge bands (top 10 maybe)
Some don't like LaBrie but I love his voice a great goddamn deal. Fits perfectly, and he's a great singer
masterpiece track. In fact this one of DT best albums imho.
And every DT fan out there agrees.
Scenes. But this is pretty close
9:40 i hope that bass was over 18.
🤣
This should be the top comment
That bass in the begining
This is the first song i have heard from DT, 16 years ago, and still my favorite!
Mine too. I downloaded it from a music newsgroup in 2000 and was blown away by the musicianship!
Mine too. I downloaded it from a music newsgroup in 2000 and was blown away by the musicianship!
My next day off from work, I went to tower records and bought every DT CD they had in the store.
My next day off from work, I went to tower records and bought every DT CD they had in the store.
15 years ago for me.
Open your eyes Nicholas
*AAH!*
Nice profile pic 😳
Close your eyes a begin to relax
Take a deep breath a let a lot slowling
Concetrate on your breathing
With each breath we become more relaxed....
No.
@@veiso9021 finally free
Love that the guitar sometimes goes WA WA WA
Yeah that's literally what it's called. A "Wah" effect. U hit the nail right on the head haha.
5:25 in my darkest hour - Megadeth
Sharp notice
I think it was not intentional, but nice catch. That's a classic
U can listen to in my darkest hour in pull me under
Most underrated album in Dream Theatre´s discography.
I’d say it’s pretty highly rated in their discography.
For some reason, here in 2019, this song seems more powerful than ever.
2020 even more...
2021 even more...
2022, when we all break free…
Feels so good to listen to DT again... One of the best songs ever 😍.
Personal top 10 DT songs.
1. A Change Of Seasons
2. Learning To Live
3. Trial Of Tears
4. Octavarium
5. Home
6. Scarred
7. Metropolis (pt 1)
8. Voices
9. The Glass Prison
10. Breaking All Illusions
demonhalo67 hell yeah! Change of Seasons is absolutely phenomenal.
I think i could just put ten random songs on my list and it would still be awesome lol
No count man???
Count of Tuscany is top 5 is my book :D
1.A Change Of Seasons
2.Scarred
3.Voices
4.Home
5.Octavarium
6.Metropolis PT. 1
7.In The Name Of God
8.The Glass Prison
9.Learning To Live
10.This Dying Soul
I. Reflection 00:00
II. Restoration 05:54
III. Revelation 09:42
Simón xd
simply one of the best song from the best progressive rock/metal band
metal
11:11 pretty hard headbang
How in the hell could anyone give this masterpiece a thumbs down man?
5:53 = my favorite metal breakdown in history
This song got me through some real dark shit not even gonna lie.
Its not really that dark song though..not dark as much as powerful and melodic
@@ash.7.7.A She didn't say it was dark though. It is not like a song needs to be in the same negative mood as one suffers to get through shit. That said this song also helped, but I preferred listening to all of Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, which I did frequently.
@@IHateTH-camHandlesVeryMuch when I checked out the comment again I understood..I understood that the dark shit is not about the song..my bad
@@ash.7.7.A All good. This song, to me, really is about facing yourself and the consequences of your actions. The trauma you caused and recieved. Poor coping mechanisms and how to overcome them.
@@ash.7.7.A for real dt dark song it's Honor Thy Father
who needs a wife when you have dream theater
Or get a wife who loves dream theater too.
Guitar Player My wife hates them. She likes Ed Sheeran. See what I'm up against?!
sorry to hear that. he is awful
***** He is. But she thinks he's a guitar maestro.
jojzor lawl will dreamtheater give you head though? Just saying 😆😆😆
this song has almost too much flavor lol. its utterly insane.
and i love it.
Portnoy's masterwork.
Yeah, but is Mangini an alcoholic?
This song shows how much portnoy was essential to the band. He was such a huge creative force for the band. I mean come on this song features some of the best drums lines ever. What he made with that ending riff makes me speachless everytime i hear it. Such raw power. Anyway that is one of my fav song from dt.
Another example of JL's ability as an "empath". I think the other 1 is his singing on "another day".
MP was the heart of the band
5:53 Is that even legal?
IDK but I'm pretty sure the intro's melody isn't. ;)
I will make it legal.
That riff is actually the exact same as a part in this dying soul, pretty funny
@@nino9273 The Glass Prison is part 1, and This Dying Soul is part 2 of 5 in the "12 step suite" which was written with the intention of it being one long concept song to be played live.
I will make it legal
I`ve been into metal music since 1998.And still this is the best metal piece I`ve ever heard
Considering the lyrical theme, I feel a little guilty that I'm listening to this while sipping on Bacardi.
"waiting for you my friend" i love how this line was delivered its absolutely orgasmic
I remember listening to this CD when I first got it in my car going down a busy highway. I was listening so intently that when the sound of the ambulance came on at 5:37,I actually pulled over thinking one was coming up behind me.
lol really? well better safe than sorry ^^
The Glass Prison is my all time favorite Dream Theater song off of this very cool album!
The main reason why is because of the mind blowing instrumental section from 9:40 to 12:51!
My Gosh! WHAT A FREAKIN AMAZING INSTRUMENTAL!!!
😃😄😍😮😌
No Brasil em 2005, Credicard Hall abriram com essa faixa, eu fiquei pasmo !!!
One of my absolute favorite songs!!!
This is a sick tune.
Everyone talks about 5:55 section and it definitely is a great break but I find the 11:25 jam is severely underappreciated. You can tell they were having a great time performing that entire section, all that pure energy and drive they were definitely having fun and I could feel it
It trips me out how ppl R always commenting with the time stamp of a particular riff or passage. I just put on the headphones and lie back in my easy chair or bed and just enjoy. XD~
Man I 100% agree.
Myung bass intro is the best thing on this planet.
Encer ..ps be wes di lalab huww
@@alimudin8650 In english please or hungarian, because I'm hungarian, but I speak english too.
I do not know what happened to my comment I wrote here earlier. Here goes again. This was my first Dream Theater release. I bought this in 2002 upon release. I was extremely happy to find this band. A friend from the vcr/dvd video store blockbuster remember them recommended them. I had already been into progressive rock and progressive metal such as Queensryche, Fates Warning and Tool. Also prot progressive metal such as Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and such. Dream Theater raised the bar. They helped usher in a whole new era of prog. Finally progressive and metal were formally fused. I quickly bought their back catalog with Metropolis part 2, A Change of Seasons and this being my favorites. This combined cinematic with progressive with technical with metal in a way I only dreamed of before. Fates Warning A Pleasant Shade of Grey is a favorite of mine yet that cinematic side is missing. Also the symphonic side. James Labrie really shines on this and the previous release. Jordan Rudess was a fine addition making a big difference starting with Metropolis part 2. The lyrics on The Great Debate etc. made a lot of sense and still do. They dealt with very controversial science and moral issues still prevalent. For example, The Great Debate spoke of stem cells and cloning. This is just as serious an issue today. Cloning leads to all kinds of problems including genetic mutations. The vaccine for the Covid virus used a fetus that has been cloned for years to test it. I have to wonder how the virus started in the first place. This cloned fetus has been used for years in other vaccines and experiments. The virus could have started with an experiment that combined different viruses and used this fetus in testing or production. This most unethical and dangerous testing is ironically called “gain of life.” What a dumb name for tests that create death. Back to the music. Other than very real lyrics dealing with the real world the music is incredible. Dream Theater heralded a whole new progressive genre being progressive metal. The first 6 releases minus When Dream and Day Unite are 4 and 5 star releases. This and Metropolis part 2 being 5 star. They have not repeated the formula. That’s ok. We have these masterpieces.
My first DT album ever! It's crazy that it's been around for almost 20 years. I liked this so much although I did not know what this intends to say at all.
This song feels like dozens of smaller songs. Which is AWESOME!!!
5:53 headbang challenge
Nu Metal DT 5:53
Still awesome.
My favorite song + album after Scenes From a Memory... GAWD I LOVE IT
Holy mother of cock fucking shit those guitar solos, drumbeats, bass lines, singing and keyboard solos are just overwhelmingly face-meltingly awesomely fucking sick. They're not exactly easy to play either.
I actually tried synching this album with HANNAH MONTANA:THE MOVIE (of all things!). made for one interesting experience.
I bet
One of the greatest intro ever!!!
Just reminding that this is continuing the static from the last album, scenes from a memory
this and blind faith are my favorite songs on this album
but blind faith its so underrated..... that's shame bro
My fave song on this album is "Disappear", but I don't think there's a bad track anywhere on it.
Guitar Covers by Blake Morse This or the title track.
Guitar Covers by Blake Morse Probably this though.
Bernardo Monteiro The entire album is very underrated IMO. It's filled with one masterpiece after another!
This is the kind of stuff you will just not get without Portnoy 🤘🏼🍻
the last 10 years of DT have proven.. they don't take any risks anymore. Very safe generic songs
He wrote the song yeah?
Thank you, a friend recommended this. Reminds me of Rush.
There is so much going on in all the right ways. Absolutely love it
Explain this atheists
Wizard did it
@@bensblues You can't take a joke can you?
@@hdaviator9181 Nope, he obviously didn't get it
@HDaviator @Francisco Garcia Can I get a *whoosh* up in here?
@@maxmillman9477 Maybe him not getting the joke is the joke, so whoosh ? on ... us ? 🤔
sickest fucking riff
Such a wide range of song type ,and subject matter,never shying from controversy,yet still being musical,and soulful.
david smith as a person with depression and anxiety this song tells a story that helps me cope with it
I know ,only too well how long term depression can limit your life[and does] anxiety ,is a cross to bear,and the way people judge ,is another pressure,and stigma,glad that music helps you with thisit has helped me ,in the past,DT ,seem to have an insight into so many life experiences/subjects,as well as being mega musical virtuosos.
LOVE the guitar work on the chorus. So tasty
came here for the sweep picking
Adam Hobbs It's actually not sweep picking, Petrucci actually alternate picks the arpeggios in this. Thus finalizing my decision to burn my guitar.
Don't need to burn something. Practice it slow with metronome, watch your right hand, build speed and someday u will play it easily. Have some patient.
I can clearly hear that Petrucci is sweeping and no picking the strings, wtf
He's so good your ears can't even follow.
While he hasn't compelled me to burn my guitars, I can honestly say I would sell my soul several times over if it would gain me anything resembling John Petrucci's abilities. And not only can he shred, he can also make his guitar sing beautifully when the situation calls for it.
I'm really not a prog guy, nor do I listen to dream theater often. But this song is just too good.
Then you should probably listen to dream theater often, they have a lot of songs just as good.
Same here, always come back to this and Train of thought.
The first riff reminds me of the melody Darryl gets Michael to hum after dropping Holly off in The Office and I can't unhear it
expecting another song like this !!!
That Bass!!!!
my first Dream Theater album
omigasunX a good place to start
Same for me! It was fuckin mental! All the rock music I had listened to before this was Breaking Benjamin xD
Look how far I have come...
This is my next drum cover next week! Love this song
This song has a ton of memories attached to it
okay 5.55 it raises the headbang, but we want to talk about the minute 11:11?
This song is ASTONISHING! LoL xd.
the best outro monologue known to mankind
Metropolis Pt. 2 ended with static.
SDOIT started with static.
Dream Theater really loves connecting their albums together.
It goes like that from Scenes to Octavarium, which resets back to Root of all evil.
@@martyshwaartz971 and from SDOIT to Train of Thoughts
Honestly how does this song only have 177k views?
Steven Stewart because there are still too many under-IQ people who think BMTH and sucide silence are better
507.741 by now, don't worry.
Not enough people know about it, or DT. I watched "a nightmare to remember", so now I get a bunch of DT "recommended for you" videos whenever I log into youtube.
Insane insane drumming
The opening is awesome and the ending and the whole song
I feel it coming oh baby !☺
1:45
I am not sober as of yet but this song describes getting drunk whilst craving alcohol in an addictive manner perfectly I had an extremely dodgy experience just a couple weeks ago that I barely remember, just that I was lost in one of the rougher areas of Glasgow, have kept it in moderation since due to how terrified I was the following day knowing this had happened alone.
Good to have DT on lockdown
Aguante Dream Theater y el porrro vieja !
listen.... the drummer nails it all the way
sick song man
An epic piece indeed!
5:52 so thaaaaat's where kevin owens got his theme song from
Who needs creatine or pre workout when you have The Glass Prison?
love this … and the evil guitar later
Anyone who can play that opening solo perfectly is a god in my eyes...
5:54 best part of the song.
Cory in the house is my favorite anime
Cory in the House is a actually a subliminal propaganda program created by the Obama administration to brainwash vulnerable and angsty teenagers.
who cares
You took the words out of my mouth. Cause seriously Emily, who cares?
Emily Whocares wasnt that a disney show
THIS ISN'T EVEN AN ANIME VIDEO.
WHY DOES THIS MEME STILL EXIST.
AHHHHH.
RUN. DESPERATE, CRAWLING ON MY KNEES, BEGGING GOD TO PLEASE STOP THE INSANITY
One day Dream Theatre will be nostagic
minute 5:55 is such a brilliant breakdown that they reused it for This dyng soul
It's because this song along with This Dying Soul is part of the 12 Step Suite