Take Away My Pain -- Dream Theater

I was sitting on the edge of his bed Staring at the headlines on the paper
He said, 'Look at poor Gene Kelly I guess he won't be singing in the rain.'
You can take away my heroes  Can you take away my pain

(**)  Take away my pain  Leave the cold outside  Please don't let it rain
Don't stumble on my pride  Take away my pain  I'm not frightened anymore
Just stay with me tonight  I'm tired of this fight Soon I'll be knocking at your door

She was standing by the edge of his bed  Staring at the message on their faces
He said, 'What else can you do, babe?  I guess I won't be coming home again.'
They just took away all my promises  Make them take away my pain

(**)  

His final scene  The actor bows  And all those years  Are gone somehow
The crowd applauds  The curtain falls  I was standing by the edge of the water
I noticed my reflection in the waves  Then I saw you looking back at me
And I knew that for a moment  You were calling out my name
You took away my hero   Will you take away my pain

Take away my pain  Let the cold inside  It's time to let it rain
There's nothing left to hide  Take away my pain  I'm not frightened anymore
I'm learning to survive  Without you in my life Til you come knocking at my door

n 2008, Dream Theater's drummer Mike Portnoy lost his father to cancer. Their song "The Best of Times" is about him. 






             John Petrucci wrote this song about his father who passed away in 1996, the year before Falling Into Infinity was released. I