"Night Terror" lyrics - DREAM THEATER

[Instrumental intro]

Spiders seeking shelter
Fading with the dawn
Vanishing at sunrise
As morning light shines on

Sacrificial martyr
Victim dressed in white
Headed for the slaughter
Angels cry for her tonight

[Pre-Chorus:]
To the cross
At the stake
To the lions
On the rack I break
I break

[Chorus:]
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see

[Instrumental break]

Mind awake
Body at rest
Drifting through sleep transitions
Borderland state
Swimming through waves
Sensory dream condition

Without warning
I fall down the bottomless well
Flesh is crawling
Need to claw my way out of this hell

[Pre-Chorus:]
By the sword
On the wheel
Twisting in the wind
Pierce the silence
With a scream
Why can't I remember anything?
Anything?

[Chorus:]
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see

[Instrumental break]

[Guitar solo]

[Chorus:]
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see
Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can't see
I can't see