Dream Theater - In the Presence of Enemies - Part I and II

Don't bother asking about why the video is much longer than the song. I honestly have no idea. It wasn't like that on my PC, I can tell you that much.

John Petrucci wrote the lyrics for four of the seven songs on the album, Systematic Chaos, telling a fictional story through each one. The first song recorded, the twenty-five-minute epic "In the Presence of Enemies", was described by Petrucci as the "epitome of a Dream Theater creation". He went on to describe the track as "very progressive, very long"; also noting that it set a good tone for writing and recording the rest of the album. The song was split into two parts for the album, due to its being a good open and close to the album. According to Portnoy, the band felt it was too long to open the album, but did not want to close the album with a long song, as they had with the twenty-four-minute title track of their last album. The song is normally played in its entirety in live shows.

I. Prelude

II. Ressurection
I saw a white light
Shining there before me
And walking to it
I waited for the end
A final vision
Promising salvation
A resurrection
For a fallen man

Do I still wait for your god?
And the symbol of your faith

I can free you from this hell and misery
You should never be ashamed my son
I can give you power beyond anything
Trust me you will be the chosen one

I was forgotten
A body scorned and broken
My soul rejected
Tainted by his blood

Beyond redemption
A sinner not worth saving
Forever taken
From the one I loved

Do you still wait for your god?
And the symbol of my faith

I can lead you down the path and back to life
All I ask is that you worship me
I can help you seek revenge and save yourself
Give you life for all eternity

Servants of the fallen
fight to pave the way
For their savior's calling
On this wicked day

Through a veil of madness
With a vicious blade
One man rises up
Standing in their way

Redemption Redemption for humanity

III. Heretic

Welcome tired pilgrim
Into the circle
We have been waiting

Everyone's gathered
For your arrival
All the believers

Angels fall
All for you
Heretic
Demon heart
Bleed for us

I've been waiting for you
Weary preacher man
You have been expected
Now we can begin
Let this hallowed day of judgment reign

I have known you father
And your sacred quest
Blessed soldier fighting
You shall never rest
I have known you but do you know me?

Angels fall
All for you
Heretic
Demon heart
Bleed for us

My soul is yours
Dark Master
I will fight for you

Dark Master within
I will fight for you
Dark Master of sin
Now my soul is yours
Dark Master my guide
I will die for you
Dark Master inside

I cannot see his face
But I could feel his spite
A presence from the dead
Abandoned by the light
This shadow will consume him
from within

This power that I sense
The rage behind those eyes
Is just a shrouded ghost
A spirit sealed inside
The body and the soul both threats
For they are one

Angels fall
All for you
Heretic
Demon heart
Bleed for us

My soul is yours
Dark Master
I will fight for you

Dark Master within
I will fight for you
Dark Master of sin
Now my soul is yours
Dark Master my guide
I will die for you
Dark Master inside
Dark Master amen
I belong to you
Dark Master within

IV. The Slaughter of the Damned

Don't
Bother trying to find them
They will be coming to you
Fight
Fight and destroy
Until you can't take anymore

Slay
Spill the blood of the rebels
They are the children of hell
Flesh
Of the undead
Stopping at nothing to kill

Sin
Caught in a moment of weakness
Committed the greatest of all
Sold
Half of my soul
And now it's too late for you

I judge as
My eyes see
I judge and I am just
For I speak
Of the beast
That lives in all of us

Unwelcome ones
Your time has come

Lord
You are my god and my shepherd
Nothing more shall I want
Walk
Through the abyss
Into the shadow of death

Fear
There is no evil to fear now
For I know you are with me
My
Cup overflows
With my enemies blood

I
Decay in the house of the lord
Forever amen
Death
Will follow me
All the days of my life

I judge as
My eyes see
I judge and I am just
For I speak
Of the beast
That lives in all of us

Unwelcome one
Your time has come

Servants of the fallen
Fight to pave the way
For their savior's calling
On this wicked day.

Through a veil of madness
With a vicious blade
One man rises up
Standing in their way

It's time for your reckoning

V. The Reckoning (Instrumental)

VI. Salvation

My soul grows weaker
He knows and he waits
He watches over me
Standing at the infernal gates
In the hour of darkness
The moment I feared has passed
The moment I lost my faith
Promising salvation
My soul is my own now
I do not fight for you
Dark Master

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[Finnish Aleman]

I sent myself here

[danny p]

sent here by myself

and for part 2

its fucking insanely epic, the more i listen to part 2 the more i realize how fucking profound it is. how adept at composing dream theater is, not only is the harmony and melody amazing the fucking lyrics are so sick, dark, and fantasy: "i cannot see his face, but i could feel his spite--a presence from the dead, abandoned by the light" that shit is fucking brilliant, try composing something as prodigious as this and youll soon find yourself humbled

[Fredrik Staffansson]

Almost everything about it is at top Dream Theater level; the drums are some of the best they've made, the guitar kicks ass, the bass is absolutely some of the best they've made, and the vocals are also at the top-level. The track is also the perfect combination of progressive and metal. The only things I don't consider top notch about it is the keyboard and lyrics (I don't fall so easily for fantasy-fictional-style lyrics), but both of those are still of supreme Dream Theater quality as well.

[Fredrik Staffansson]

This is my favourite Dream Theater song. I don't just say this because i stumbled upon this video and found it awesome; I really mean it. I've been a huge Dream Theater fan for at least five years, and for long pondered what their best song is. For a long time I considered Space-Dye Best to be that, but for about one year ago I listened to ItPoE and concluded: This is their best song (in my opinion).

[GanjaPharmzor]

The day you find yourself humbled is the day you stop progressing.

[BamSandwhich]

Petrucci going into world domination mode.

[CBPhenom]

4:25 assassin's creed II anyone?

[lewildizzy123]

how the hell do they come up with such amazing lyrics...

[Derek Knapp]

around 3 minutes in my hand got tired, from air guitaring these rifts

20 minutes later, it feels like i was fapping with sand papper

[Miroslaw Matwiejszyn]

prawdziwa cudowna muzyka

[Kelsey Renaldo]

Why is the video longer than the some? 0,0 hahaha JK! Thanks for uploading it. They sound cool back to back ;D