raise the knife

• dream theater'ın cleaning out the closet adlı christmas cd sinde bulunan 5. parça. hoş bir parçadır. inişli çıkışlı 11 dk boyunca sizi sıkmadan doyurur. petrucci ve portnoy yine kendini belli eder. sözler söyledir :
  
  have i thanked you for your time?
  or will your life go unrewarded
  again?
  never asking for a dime
  you just gave all of yourself
  until i turned my back on you
  my friend
  
  the powers that be made you a martyr
  conspiracy led you to slaughter
  i tried to control it but as soon as i showed it
  i was shot down again
  
  once again outnumbered
  appreciation slumbered
  you can ask yourself why
  but that look in your eye
  doesn't pass the test
  you've been laid to rest my friend
  again
  
  tortured artist bears his soul
  seems the pressure took its toll
  lived a life so punishing
  now he keeps the publishing
  
  spilling your guts out to a pad and pen
  communication to your silent friend
  
  raising the knife
  to a picture of a life
  (i once knew)
  there comes a time
  compromising my life
  (just won't do)
  i cannot lie
  i can't try anymore
  (to reach you)
  i just can't fight
  raise the knife
  raise the knife
  cut through
  
  i remember once you were the quiet type
  content to sit and watch the motions of your life
  with false sensitivity
  you cut yourself open so people would adore you
  
  they all bought into your contrived sincerity
  and how you wore your heart and soul right on your sleeve
  laughing sarcastically
  you turned your back on the people who adored you
  
  self-absorbed exhaustion
  self-esteem distortion
  self-infused extortion
  self-serving abortion
  
  i'll take the blame for these things that i say
  'cause i had the heart and the will and the courage to stay
  every day
  i won't walk away
  
  reading through all the digests you show me
  i notice the way that you think you control me
  doubting my future, you don't even know me
  but i never walked out on you
  
  raising the knife
  to a picture of a life
  (i once knew)
  there comes a time
  compromising my life
  (just won't do)
  i cannot lie
  i can't try anymore
  (to reach you)
  i just can't fight
  raise the knife
  raise the knife
  cut through
  
  raising the knife
  to a picture of a life
  (i once knew)
  there comes a time
  compromising my life
  (just won't do)
  i cannot lie
  i can't try anymore
  (to reach you)
  i just can't fight
  raise the knife
  and live my life
  without you
  
  raising the knife
  to a picture of a life
  there comes a time
  compromising my life
  i cannot lie
  i can't try anymore
  i just can't fight
  raise the knife
  raise the knife
  raise the knife
  
  raise the knife
• canlı canlı dinlemek için (bkz: score)
• dream theater'ın sadece fan klüp cdsinde yer vermesi pek de bilinmeyen, grubun baştan sona tüm progressive rock tarihine kısa bir müzik yolculuk yaptığı leziz mi leziz parçası.
• falling into infinity'de yayınlansaymış söz konusu albümde bulunan peruvian skies , new millenium , hollow years gibi hit olabileceğine inandığım score kaydının en hoş şarkılarından.
• outrosu aşmış olan şarkılardandır. learning to live gibi, scarred gibi vs falling into infinity'de de boş geçmemiş yani adamlar.
• neden falling into infinity'de yer vermediklerini anlamadığım, bence albümdeki çoğu parçadan çok daha güzel olan dream theater eseri.