作词 : Chris Martini
作曲 : Pat Sanders
Stop and listen to these words 
Open up and free yourself 
Break down the walls 
To a closed heart and mind 
You’ll find that you have no time to understand 

It’s early in the morning 
Waking my eyes to the day 
Stumble from my sleep 
Wipe the dreams from my eyes 
The dreams make no sense 
And I’m ready to begin… again 

Ready to begin… again 
This never-ending charade 

This is what there is 
All to drink of the magic cup 
And there’s no more 
Is it more of the same 
Of which my life has become? 

Stop and listen to these words 
Open up and free yourself 
Break down the walls 
To a closed heart and mind 
You’ll find that you have no time to understand 

This is what there is to say 
A final act to the final show 
And there’s no more 
And you think that you can say 
I don’t live and my heart’s denied 
Poor little soul 

And deaf ears on your words they fall 
Look in my eyes 
Never forgive you at all 
And I don’t see the reason for 
The things you’d have me believe 
Your one-sided mission to set me free 

What’s that look upon your face? 
Can’t you understand? 
I’ve got too many things to do 
Sorry I spoiled your plans 
Another day at the office 
Another one in the grave 
Stop that shaking of your head, 
Lest you throw me into a rage 

Always trying to tell me 
What’s good… what’s life 
Stop and smell the coffee 
This one’s been here all night 
I’m not the one with the problem 
Don’t you point at me 
Have you forgot I’ve work to do? 
Dump that coffee and make some tea 

I was a lonely man 
Sitting on the edge of a fall 
(I never dreamed it would happen to me) 
The path I walked was always so clear 
(Now the dreams are becoming real) 
You told me to stare at the painting on the wall 
(A moment frozen to our eyes indifferent) 
How casually I dismiss this… 
(No wings of angels to turn your eyes) 

So (forward) I step into a (picture), a window 
(Arrested) motion, (primitive) sense of (living) 
Will I breathe (again)? 
The life I know (nothing) of until now! 

This is what there is to say 
A final act to the final show 
And there’s no more 
And you think that you can say 
I don’t live and my heart’s denied 
Poor little soul 

And deaf ears on your words they fall 
Look in my eyes 
Never forgive you at all 
And I don’t see the reason for 
The things you’d have me believe 
Your one-sided mission to set me free 

Now I open my eyes and see 
The consequence of my imminent falter 
A second look at the world 
I wake up and reborn 
Taking the time to look around 
Embracing a world that holds more for me 
I’ll never look back, I’m not gonna fall!