Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Shattered Fortress , by - Dream Theater. Release date: 18.06.2009
Song language: English
The Shattered Fortress |
| Freedom calls my name |
| Serenity keeps me sane |
| Happiness -- it dulls the pain |
| Honest to see my place |
| Open to other ways |
| Willingness to understand |
| Justice but do not judge |
| Courtesy for others' flaws |
| Kindness -- it’s not that hard |
| Self-restraint of tongue and pen |
| Inventory -- my daily friend |
| Analysis let down your guard |
| Look in the mirror |
| What do you see? |
| The shattered fortress |
| That once bound me |
| Faithful ascent, through darkest fires |
| I’ve found the path to take me higher |
| You’re smart enough for me to trust go live your life now |
| Just keep these steps in your life and you’ll know how |
| If you’re not sure, ask yourself, |
| «Have I done to them as I would have them do to me?» |
| Look in the mirror |
| What’s that you see? |
| The shattered fortress |
| Fly now be free |
| Faithful ascent, through darkest fires |
| I’ve found the path to take me higher |
| I once thought it better to be right |
| But now I have finally seen the light |
| Sometimes you’ve got to be wrong |
| And learn from mistakes |
| I live with serenity now |
| Not self-righteous hate |
| (Help me be a channel of Thy peace |
| That where there is hatred, I may bring love; |
| That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness; |
| That where there is discord, I may bring harmony; |
| That where there is error, I may bring truth; |
| That where there is doubt, I may bring faith) |
| Now that you can see all you have done |
| (That where there is despair, I may bring hope; |
| That where there are shadows, I may bring light) |
| It’s time to take that step into the kingdom |
| (That where there is sadness, I may bring joy) |
| All your sins will help to make you strong |
| (That I may seek rather to comfort, than to be comforted. |
| That I may seek to understand than to be understood) |
| And help you break right through the prison wall |
| (That I may seek to love, rather than to be loved, |
| for it is by self-forgetting that one finds, |
| it is by forgiving that one is forgiven) |
| Keep all of me, |
| The desires that once burned me deep inside |
| Help me live today |
| And help to give me grace |
| To carry out your way |
| I am ready, help me be all I can be |
| I am ready, help guide me and keep me free |
| I am responsible when anyone, anywhere |
| Reaches out for help, I want my hand to be there |
| I am responsible when anyone, anywhere |
| Reaches out for help, I want my hand to be there |