The Human Equation - Day Two: Isolation

Day Two: Isolation
The Human Equation (2004)
Written by Arjen Lucassen
Performed by James LaBrie (Me), Mikael Åkerfeldt (Fear), Eric Clayton (Reason), Irene Jansen (Passion), Magnus Ekwall (Pride), & Heather Findlay (Love)

Lyrics:

ME:
I can't move, I can't feel my body
I don't remember anything
What place is this...how did I get here?
I don't understand what's happening

Am I alone?

FEAR:
You've been deserted, everyone has left you
You know it's always been that way
Those frantic years, the people you've neglected
Now the time has come to pay

You're alone
No one here is dancing to your tune

ME:
Is this a dream or is it real?

REASON:
Sometimes the dream becomes reality

ME:
But I don't know what to feel

REASON:
Then I will guide you through this haze

ME:
But who are you, why are you here?

REASON:
I am you and you are all of us

ME:
I can't think, my mind ain't clear

REASON:
Then I will free you from this maze

PASSION:
Can't you feel it burn
Deep down inside?
Won't you ever learn?
Don't try to hide

Can't you feel that fire
Scorching your soul?
A wounded man's desire
Out of control

PRIDE:
I can't believe you're giving up
That's not your way
I can't believe you'd pass the chance to make them pay

You've always had complete control
Never thinking twice
You always called the shots, a heart as cold as ice

ME:
You are delusions of my mind

REASON:
And so we are, we're all a part of you

ME:
Am I a part of some design?

REASON:
The one design is in your head

ME:
How can it be, you look so real

REASON:
We are as real as you imagine us

ME:
I can touch you, I can feel

REASON:
Then take my hand and follow me

PASSION:
Can't you feel it burn
Deep down inside?
Won't you ever learn?
Don't try to hide

Can't you feel that fire
Scorching your soul?
A wounded man's desire
Out of control

PRIDE:
I can't believe you're giving up
That's not your way
I can't believe you'd pass the chance to make them pay

You've always had complete control
Never thinking twice
You always called the shots, a heart as cold as ice

LOVE:
Close your eyes, listen to your heart beat
Surrender to its soothing pulse
Silence the cries, gentle and carefree
Good or bad, true or false

You're not alone

You'll find me here whenever they oppose you
I am the strongest of them all
No need to fear these feelings that enclose you
I'm here to catch you when you fall

You're not alone
I am here dancing to your tune

PASSION:
Can't you feel it burn
Deep down inside?
Won't you ever learn?
Don't try to hide

Can't you feel that fire
Scorching your soul?
A wounded man's desire
Out of control

PRIDE:
I can't believe you're giving up
That's not your way
I can't believe you'd pass the chance to make them pay

You've always had complete control
Never thinking twice
You always called the shots, a heart as cold as ice

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