Cut myself open wide, reach inside
Help yourself to all I have to give
And then you help yourself again
And then complain
That you didn't like the way
I put the knife in wrong
You didn't like the way
My blood spilled on your brand new floor
What would you say
If I walked away?
Would you appreciate?
But then it'd be too late
'Cause I can only take so much
Of your ungrateful ways
Everything is never enough
Sacrifice my life, neglect my kids and wife
All for you to be happy
All those sleepless nights
And countless fights to give you more
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And then you say how dare that
I didn't want you back
I must be too good for you
I only care about myself
What would you say
If I walked away?
Would you appreciate?
But then it'd be too late
'Cause I can only take so much
Of your ungrateful ways
Everything is never enough
What would you say
If I walked away?
Would you appreciate?
But then it'd be too late
'Cause I can only take so much
Of your ungrateful ways
Everything is never enough
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Nitephall
Yes I got the definite feeling while listening to this song that it was about their fans. It basically makes the statement that no matter what you do, someone is going to be #!@%*# off. You can't please everybody. DT's had couple of albums that I wasn't exaclty thrilled with, but I don't through a fit and send hate mail. I simply wait for the next album. Probably the biggest shocker for me was Systematic Chaos. I was like, "What? What is this ^$@#&^? But there a few good songs on it that helps me keep the faith.
Ace877
This song is great. They really outdid themselves making this song
If you can't tell, this song is about the fans from #!@%*#. (no rhyme intended) These are the fans who are never satisfied, the ones who say "I so totally love your music!" and then get downright hysterical that their fave band member didn't write them back, he must be too good for me, he only cares about himself!
The exaggeration about him cutting himself open is rather gruesome, yet it works. Dream Theater try their best to cope with and please their downright obsessive fans. (not that all of them are that way)
To see even further, try this.
"Sacrifice my life, neglect my kids and wife
All for you to be happy
All those sleepless nights and countless fights
To give you more"
A band is always on the road, spending insane amounts of time on the road, and those obsessive fanboys want more and more tours in their region, so they can see the almighty Jon Petrucci, James LaBrie, John Myung, and so on in person. The band probably has to keep up whole nights to choose the right songs. Cause if they choose the wrong one, a hurricane of hate mail comes in.
They give everything, and it's never enough.