HOME radio edit
(this is not the
homepage, but the page about Home)
MUSIC BY DREAM THEATER / LYRICS BY MIKE PORTNOY
| 0'00 | 8.2 effects only | |
| 0'06 | 8.7 wah wah riff (last 4 bars) | |
| 0'16 | 8.8 wah wah oriental melody (first 4 bars) | |
| 0'27 | 8.10 (last bar) | |
| 0'29 | 8.11 the Sleeper’s verse. | Shine lake of fire. Lines, take me higher. |
| 0'51 | 8.12 verse | My mind tastes desire. Confined, and overtired. |
| 1'14 | 8.13 pre-chorus | Living this charade is getting me nowhere. I can’t shake this charade this city’s cold blood calls me |
| 1'35 | 8.14 | home Home! It’s what |
| 1'40 | 8.15 = 8.13 | I long for. Back |
| 1'46 | 8.16 = 8.14 | home! where I be- |
| 1'51 | 8.17 | long. |
| 1'57 | 8.18 The Sleeper’s chorus | The city. It calls to me, Decadent scenes from my memory. Sorrow, eternity my demons are coming to drown me. |
| 2'17 | 8.19 | Help - I’m falling! I’m crawling! I can’t keep away from its clutch! Can’t have it, Deserve it It’s calling me back to my |
| 2'38 | 8.7 (first 4 bars) | home |
| 2'47 | 8.23 The Miracle’s verse | I never thought that I could carry on with this
life, but I can’t resist myself no matter how hard I try. |
| 3'07 | 8.24 = pre-chorus 8.13 + 8.14 + 8.15 + 8.16 + 8.17 ( guitar solo's end 8.37 is added to 8.17). | Living their other life is getting them nowhere.
I’ll make her my wife, her sweet temptation calls me home... Home! That’s what I long for, my home... Where she belongs. |
| 3'48 | 8.38 = 8.18 Nicholas’ chorus | Her story, it holds the key. Unlocking dreams from my memory. Solving this mystery Is everything that is a part of me. |
| 4'08 | 8.39 = 8.19 | Help- regression, obsession! I can't keep away from its clutch Leave no doubt, to find out It’s calling me back to my |
| 4'29 | 8.40 = 8.7 (last 4 bars) | home. |
| 4'39 | 8.41 = 8.8 (first 4 bars) | |
| 4'50 | 8.42 7/8 + 7/8 + 7/8 + 8/8 | |
| 4'57 | 8.44 7/8 + 7/8 + 7/8 + 7/8 | |
| 5'04 | 8.47 6/4 + 6/4 + 7/16 | |
| 5'10 | 8.48 4/4 + 3/16 + 4/4 + 3/16 + 4/4 | |
| 5'16 | 8.49 4/4 + 3/16 + 4/4 + 3/16 + 7/8 | |
| 5'23 | 8.50 end |