Repentance lyrics - Dream Theater

See the full Repentance lyrics from Dream Theater. Repentance lyrics belongs on the album Systematic Chaos. Learn every word of your favourite song and get the meaning or start your own concert tonight :-). Rate this song's lyrics. Uploaded by Lora Craft. Use it for personal and educational purposes only. Listen to these sick beats by Dream Theater.

Song Repentance video
Dream Theater - Repentance video

Repentance lyrics

Hello, mirror
So glad to see you my friend
It's been a while...

Staring at the empty page before me
All the years of wreckage running through my head
Patterns of my life I thought adorned me
Revealing hurt for shame and deep lament

Overwhelming sorrow now absorbs me
As the pen begins to trace my darkest past
Signs throughout my life that should have warned me
Of all the wrongs I've done for which I must repent

I once thought it better to regret
Things that I have done and haven't

Sometimes you've got to be wrong
Learn the hard way
Sometimes you've got to be strong
When you think it's too late

Staring at the finished page before me
All the damage now so clear and evident
Thinking 'bout the dreaded task in store for me
A bitter fear at the thought of my amends

Hoping that the step will help restore me
To face my past and ask for forgiveness
Cleaning up my dirty side of this unswept street
Could this be the beginning of the end?

I once thought it better to regret
Things that I have done and haven't

Sometimes you've got to be wrong
Learn the hard way
Just when you're through hanging on
You're saved

If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
Self-seeking will slip away.
Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.

Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.

You're only as sick as your secrets, but the truth shall set you free.

The truth is the truth, so all you can do is live with it...


Songs from same album Systematic Chaos

Dream Theater - Prophets of war lyrics
It burns deep down inside of me, We have ourselves to blame. Not questioning, accepted as the truth. Debate this fight it's just cause The facts do n...
Dream Theater - Forsaken lyrics
For a while I thought I fell asleep Lying motionless inside a dream Then rising suddenly I felt a chilling breath upon me She softly whispered in my ear (Forsaken)...
Dream Theater - The ministry of lost souls lyrics
The Waters Edge Is Where She Waits Lost Soul Still Wondering Meant To Die But Shes Stuck Not Crossing Over The Other Side Is Where He Waits This Spirit Reaching ...
Dream Theater - Repentance lyrics
Hello, mirror So glad to see you my friend It's been a while... Staring at the empty page before me All the years of wreckage running through my head Patterns o...
Dream Theater - In the presence of enemies pt 1 lyrics
I saw a white light Shining there before me Walking to it I waited for the end A final vision Promising salvation A resurrection For a fallen man Do you still...
Dream Theater - In the presence of enemies pt 2 lyrics
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 ble...
Dream Theater - The dark eternal night lyrics
No one dared to Speak of the terrible danger The hideous ancient warnings Forged in the void of night He is risen up Out of the blackness Chaos The l...
Dream Theater - Constant motion lyrics
Tunnel vision at blinding speed Controlling my thoughts, obsessing me Void of any uncertainty Throughout my very soul Lost illusions of my control Resisting ...


Recent lyrics



Terms of User Agreement