The Dark Eternal Night

[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]

[Instrumental Break]

[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

[Keyboard Solo]