Just Let Me Breathe - Dream Theater

[Verse 1]

Open your eyes

And turn off your mind

Step right up folks and you will find

A growing trend

An epidemic

Spread with zen

And hypodermics

[Pre-Chorus]

Just close your mind

You can find all you need with your eyes

[Chorus]

The big machines take care of

You until you kill yourself

And then the sales go through the roof

Calculated, formulated

Feed my head with simple thoughts

And let me breathe instead of being taught

All bottled up and tearing at the seams

I'm bored

Just let me breathe

[Verse 2]

A daily dose of eMpTyV

Will flush your mind right down the drain

Shannon Hoon and Kurt Cobain

Make yourself a household name

[Pre-Chorus]

Just close your mind

You can find all you need with your eyes

[Chorus]

The big machines take care of you

Until you kill yourself

And then the sales go through the roof

Calculated, formulated

Feed my head with simple thoughts

And let me breathe instead of being taught

All bottled up and tearing at the seams

I'm bored

Just let me breathe

[Verse 3]

Strike up your best angst ridden posture

Manufactured anger

Let's not forget my legacy

All my heroes have failed me

Now they're dead and buried

[Pre-Chorus]

Just close your mind

You can find all you need with your eyes

[Chorus]

The big machines will take care of you

Until the fashion fades

And the checks go through

My bank roll's red and my face is blue

And still they'll turn their backs on you for

Someone new

[Outro]

Feed my head

With some real thoughts

And let me think instead

Of being taught

I'll say things

You won't believe

Just stand back

Just let me breathe