Dream Theater - Breaking All Illusions Lyrics






With the sun in place
There's a test of faith
Streams of thought awaken

New realities
Singularities
Breaking all illusions

Sudden burst of heat
Burning source of life
Masterful destruction

Power's not an act
It's understanding truth
Changing my direction

Live in the moment
Breathe in a new beginning
Wisdom revealed
As I unlearn to learn

Life's biggest battles
Often are fought alone
My spirit brings me home

Emerald thoughts flow
Through my consciousness
Drawn to curses left behind
Test of will the threshold to one's faith
Starts a fire in the mind

Searching out
Reaching in
To arrive
Where I began
Sights remembered
In the light

Searching out
Reaching in
To arrive
Where I began
Sound remembered
Come alive

Embrace the days
Don't turn away
Life's true intent needs patience
Karma starts the signal





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  1. A.... S....

    fuck!!!!! this lyric is spiritual,,, pure philosophical. not every people is matured and wise enough to understand the song. too much deep!!!!

  2. D.... R....

    That outro is just like a Heaven sound.

  3. A.... �....

    Indonesia,27 november 2019. I love DT

  4. T.... A....

    JP is amazing

  5. M.... �....

    7:10 solo start

  6. G.... M....

    You can hate them as much you want!!!!
    Haters about singer's voice
    Or keyboardist or drummer or whatever else...
    But this guys will write history as one of the best bands worldwide.
    What about you haters?
    Who is gonna remember you?

  7. A.... F....

    simply amazing

  8. C.... F....

    What a privilege we still have to see these musicians, my respects.

  9. A.... g....

    My favourite metal humans

  10. M.... W....

    lol my first watching this it was 600k view. and now! my fav among all !

  11. R.... Y....

    I want to endlessly listen this solo

  12. A.... P....

    The most powerful song ending of all times.

  13. I.... A....

    Dream Theater it's so perfect!

  14. E.... A....

    This song is glorious. And when a song is glorious, you know John Petrucci is at the helm. And as always, Myung lyrics are damn near biblical in their application.

  15. Z.... Z....

    bravisimo!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 fasinado sin aserle ala mamada, sigo sin encontrar mejores frases pa escribir en esta mamada de comentarios papa, my dream theater!! la riata de todo norteamerica y el mundo entero loco. 🌠😎

  16. c.... f....

    第 1 項,共 4 項

    第 2 項,共 4 項

    With the sun in place
    There's a test of faith
    Streams of thought awaken

    New realities
    Singularities
    Breaking all illusions

    Sudden burst of heat
    Burning source of life
    Masterful destruction

    Power's not an act
    It's understanding truth
    Changing my direction

    Live in the moment
    Breathe in a new beginning
    Wisdom revealed
    As I unlearn to learn

    Life's biggest battles
    Often are fought alone
    My spirit brings me home

    Emerald thoughts flow through my consciousness
    Drawn to curses left behind
    Test of will the threshold to one's faith
    Starts a fire in the mind

    Searching out
    Reaching in
    To arrive
    Where I began
    Sights remembered
    In the light

    Searching out
    Reaching in
    To arrive
    Where I began
    Sounds remembered
    Come alive

    Embrace the days
    Don't turn away
    Life's true intent needs patience
    Karma starts the signal

  17. R.... P....

    This song got everything that you can ask from art... absolutely a masterpiece of DT. Love, passion, dedication, extreme composition and execution ability, and still the words can't explain how much this song verge on perfection... and maybe the thing that makes this work so special is that normal people will never understand these things, that still today makes unbelievable a very little part of today's music

  18. S.... S....

    This is the prime example of how technical songs can be so melodic. The vast majority of technical "musicians" can't pull off what these guys do so effortlessly.

  19. J.... C....

    I never get tired of this song. Brilliant

  20. S.... ....

    154 people with no taste

  21. J.... L....

    The ending.. the ending 😍

  22. �.... ....

    내가 매일 주기도문을 암송하는 것 보다 매일 이 곡을 듣는 것이 나를 더욱 거룩하게 만듭니다.

  23. L.... W....

    Disconnect the center speaker to kill the vocals and enjoy the talent of the band. Assuming you have the Blu-ray (you support your bands, right!) and Surround sound. C'mon, spend some money and get the good stuff. This sounds like shit in comparison. Ok, Who am i kidding. Quality isn't important.

  24. V.... R....

    One of hardest DT song to play

  25. T.... K....

    top 10 guitar solo of all time. I shit you not.

  26. K.... T....

    My favorite Petrucci solo

  27. m.... ....

    Nobody is going to talk about that perfect ending at 11:31 man if they ended the show with that it would've been so amazing

  28. D.... O....

    Bu şarkıyı beğenmeyen siktir olsun gitsin götüne rapçi mikrofonu soksun

  29. B.... I....

    This is a masterpiece

  30. A.... L....

    the most

  31. U.... S....

    Damn most of this mix is even better than the album

  32. A.... C....

    My favorite song of all time....

  33. A.... M....

    Brilliant. John Petrucci... I love this italian

  34. B.... Y....

    What an amazing piece

  35. F.... ....

    this is absolute madness, so fckin amazing solo, truly masterpiece and legend

  36. R.... _....

    8:45 pause its so majestic

  37. D.... M....

    To pull off some piece like this, one needs to feel every note of it, it’s extremely difficult to memorise the sequences, takes many hours even if tried, by when they’ll get to feel this song

  38. S.... A....

    Тия двамата са се родили с китарите!

  39. R.... C....

    One of the best guitar solos ever.

  40. A.... C....

    What patches is rudess using? Need to play it for a gig tomorrow

  41. Y.... S....

    Salut dgn main dan kekompakan mainnya .skil tinggi .

  42. N.... C....

    This song, and together with "Learning to Live" are so special to me

  43. B.... R....

    Puta que pariu... fodastico!!!

  44. K.... ....

    labrie's vibrato is amazing

  45. a.... ....

    This band has the 'God Level Mode' always on, but in this song they reached another level!

  46. N.... ....

    7:04 anyone knows what app Jordan is using?

  47. a.... ....

    Absolutely Amazing! I've never heard anything like this before! I can't stop listening it. it's like a drug.

  48. a.... ....

    6:08 - 6:41 > What a feeling... The guitar cryed out!!!

  49. C.... K....

    It still stuns me that I found out about this band a coupe decades ago through a compilation CD. They have continued to evolve to heights other bands couldn't dream of musically. This song may be their perfect live performance. Thank you for your gift of music Dream Theater.

  50. D.... F....

    Fantastic music

  51. F.... A....

    the solo guitar part almost break me in tears

  52. T.... ....

    this song .......... and this solo.. a milestone in history... and i'm glad a lot of people don't even notice it... Just like most of the best things in life happen unnoticed by the broad masses.

  53. S.... S....

    Sound like "Learning to Life". One of my favorite DT songs. But this one is top of the list. Oh my God. And Petrucci..That guitar solo is a big goosebump journey. Tears of joy .

  54. U.... ....

    Petrucci DAMN that TONE!

  55. t.... E....

    I was at this show and the video dont do them justice it was a night of magic where anything was possible,the video is awsome but aster seeing them on every tour cycle since images anc words this is up there with there best show ever

  56. R.... D....

    Such a piece of art, one of the best songs that a group of humans could ever created. it moves so smoothly thruout multiple rythm changes besides it does fully transmit the whole intension of the lyrics

  57. V.... ....

    This right here, is what DT is all about for me.

  58. V.... H....

    Pure Metal 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  59. A.... E....

    Correct me if i am wrong this fuckin track is equally matched to the miracle and the sleeper in terms of greatness

  60. H.... M....

    7:07 When mangini did a single handed thunder sword slash, then petrucci got his victory!

  61. V.... ....

    Hands down the most enjoyable solo i've ever heard in my life.

  62. c.... ....

    2:23 — 2:44
    *_"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you, but by the attitude you bring to life. Not so much by what happens to you but by the way your mind looks at what happens. Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."_*
    —Khalil Gibran

    c.... ....

    TIL, thanks man..

  63. k.... D....

    how they are remember the arancement? 🤔😂😍

  64. i.... 2....

    👏👏👏👏👏👏❤ from 🇮🇩

  65. N.... M....

    5:21 is so groovy, man

  66. O.... ....

    That freaking solo, man. Amazing.

  67. A.... B....

    ¿Qué dice al final? ¿¿¿Mamaste"??? 🤣🤣

  68. R.... Y....

    I can't stop to see and listen

  69. C.... &....

    Not sure why but this song has grown on me recently.

  70. J.... S....

    Musicianship: Great. Song lyrics: Just a bunch of words that don't make sense. I can write lyrics like this in 20 seconds, just off the top of my head:
    My thoughts reveal what's left behind, no more grace towards the will that's kind
    Can't escape the living consciousness, the past spells out the final stage
    As I walk through fields of gray and blue, I realize there's grace beyond what's true.

    I find lyrics like this to be just plain stupid.

  71. B.... S....

    Wow 6:30 to 6:37 its insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  72. d.... a....

    No Tattoos, no cuss, no bad manner, no gear smashes. u don't need all of that thing to be the best Prog Metal group in the whole world. it's just a pure skill and passion for music. thank u Dream Theater

  73. P.... ....

    Petrucci's double solo was like being spoken to by God. made my hairs standup on my arms and a tear formed in my eye. Such beautifully individually chosen notes.

  74. k.... l....

    What a Hymn...

  75. D.... B....

    The drummer gets lots of post production help, most visible start from 7:12, you start to hear some dynamics on the hihat, splashes and then at the build up he lands on the ride at the wrong bar and you hear the hihat wash (corresponding to the tone of the solo). And by the way, this song is from the Mangini era.... and one of my favorites from all time, but the former drummer had more feel regarding transmitting emotion with such an abstract instrument.

  76. M.... B....

    they need a bigger stage.. or a football stadium..

  77. T.... A....

    when you want to listening about music

  78. R.... A....

    8:57 Petrucci ✌

  79. F.... ....

    one of best DT performances, pure perfectness

  80. A.... S....

    I just love the fact that even after 30 - 35 years of his career , Petrucci still feels his bends as his first ones......
    DT is not (and never was) just abt power and technical stuff, they make songs which remain closest to your hearts forever....
    JUST LOVE DT.....

  81. S.... T....

    John preducci is the king of mealody

  82. n.... d....

    first intro i heard "learning to live" elements

  83. S.... 7....

    I have been a Dream Theater fan since 1993. A dramatic turn of events is about the closest thing to images and words as we'll ever get. This song sounds like it could have been taken straight off that record. I have felt that way since the album came out, and I still feel this way today.

  84. J.... D....

    One of the best guitar solos ever!

  85. J.... J....

    Que banda Impresionante! Perfecto. El solo de viola es orgásmico

  86. T.... N....

    8:23
    Wrong Note Redemption 100000

  87. K.... F....

    Can anyone give me some legal advice? Can I legally marry a guitar solo in California?

  88. S.... v....

    With Mike Mangini on the drums they landed a good chess move. Mike goes great with Dream Theater. Ads has cost a lot of work to play, whether with the right hand and the left hand and right foot left foot and vice versa and criss-cross and all that in time to play that means practice a lot .wo others in discotheques go and party for a long time the musicians are drummers keyboarder guitarists practicing like the crazy ones to master the instrument that costs little sleep and a lot of annoying. If you try to play music over normal musicians and you have no idea about music, just try to play a small passage of 10 seconds, you need months or years to play it perfectly. Listening to music is easy, but making it is damn hard. I respect any musician no matter what kind of music he does because I know it's very hard work.

  89. R.... S....

    We need mike portnoy where is he😢

  90. D.... L....

    Damn this is the best guitar playing I've ever seen. Completely in sync with bass and keyboard. Singer is super clean as well

  91. p.... m....

    I love this tune. One of the best...period. Lets see anyone else play it this well or any other song off this live album. Dance of Eternity was damn near flawless. Truly an amazing group and I can't wait until next year and another album I hope

  92. J.... L....

    That power look on Petrucci's face

  93. s.... ....

    Where is the orchestra in this particular song ?

  94. #.... B....

    Show 👏👏👏

  95. J.... E....

    The only guy wearing an affliction shirt that’s not a douche.

  96. S.... M....

    Learning to live 2.0