The Dark Eternal Night

Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1: James LaBrie & Mike Portnoy] No one dared to Speak of the terrible danger The hideous ancient warnings Forged in the void of night He has risen up! Out of the blackness, chaos The last of the prophets sinister A sickening monstrous sight [Pre-Chorus 1: James LaBrie & Mike Portnoy] Through the stifling heat Underneath the pale green moon I burned with a thirst To seek things not yet seen Climbing endless stairs Leading to the choking room Eager to explore His most shocking mysteries [Chorus: James LaBrie, James LaBrie & John Petrucci] Drifting beyond all time Out of a churning sky Drawn to the beckoning light Of the dark eternal night [Verse 2: James LaBrie & Mike Portnoy] Black forces, rage in the vortex Fighting, waves of destruction Swallowing the echo of the universe I am the last Born of the blood of the pharaohs The ultimate God of a rotting creation Sent to unleash this curse [Pre-Chorus 2: James LaBrie & Mike Portnoy] Restless crowds draw near Nameless hooded forms appear Amidst fallen ruins Grotesque creatures battle Shadowed on a screen Yellow evil faces leer Vacant monuments Corpses of dead worlds left behind [Chorus: James LaBrie, James LaBrie & John Petrucci] Drifting beyond all time Out of a churning sky Drawn to the beckoning light Of the dark eternal night Trapped in a hellish dream! Spinning past worlds unseen And frightfully vanishing Into the dark eternal night [Instrumental Break] [Keyboard Solo] [Guitar Solo] [Chorus: James LaBrie, James LaBrie & John Petrucci] Drifting beyond all time Out of a churning sky Drawn to the beckoning light Of the dark eternal night Trapped in a hellish dream! Spinning past worlds unseen And frightfully vanishing Into the dark eternal night [Instrumental Outro] [Keyboard Solo]