Peel, yet another triumphant Redemption song. And if we haven’t figured this one out yet, Redemption figures pretty big around these parts, like Dream Theater levels of figuring.
Yes, that is correct; Nah, that’s a fact. We know this to be true. Redemptions music has had an epic toll on this guy’s life, providing sweet ass grooves and life shit.
I don’t want to link Sapphire stuff here, but if you aren’t a bot and have read a post or two on this site… It would be redundant to try to underscore the importance of 2007.
That’ll be another post, perhaps a book. What an incredible year filled with pain, excruciating pain, emotional, physical, and spiritual pain, ripping me apart.
The physical part was ludicrous speed. A giant punch in the balls followed by a curb stomp.
Again, different but equally fucked up and significant story. Another Day (also a fantastic Dream Theater song)
I first saw Redemption in July of 2007, with Dream Theater here in Phoenix, AZ, then again in August, with Dream Theater, in Hartford, CT.
That show was the day after Brandy Rai passed away. I will always remember that, just the emotional toll of flying across the country, unable to sleep on planes, having that on my shoulders.
I had to peel back so much of myself to get on that flight. I will not go into more details than that, but also maybe I’ll write a book about that too… Regardless, I don’t have it in me to peel that much back.
“What I’ll be depends on me
And what’s there at the core”
Don’t get me wrong here, my song with Brandy Rai is, and always will be, I Walk Beside You by Dream Theater.
Dream Theater is and will always be numero uno. But, Redemption has continued to peel back that veneer and present me with difficult thoughts, and eventually, choices have to be made.
Figure it out; I am not going to give you instruction this time.
Check out the Youtube video for Redemption – Peel.
I’ve been peeling away the layers
Digging to the center
Trying to find some common thread to follow
Turning to face the mirrors
In deepening reflection
But all the answers seem to be so hollowFace buried
Hands clawing at the sand
I’ve built myself this fortress
But now the walls are crackingI’ve been sifting through the pieces
Searching for a pattern
Trying to find some hidden sense of purpose
Going down blind alleys
Has me putting out my eyes
‘Cause I don’t have the will to see what’s thereFace covered
I’m shutting out the world
Retreating in this shell
And waiting for the blackness[Chorus:]
Would I know peace of mind?
Is it true?
Would you know what you’d find
If you searched for it, too?
What you do depends on you
So explore
What I’ll be depends on me
And what’s there at the coreI look into my eyes
And nothing gazes back
Shadows without substance
Fading into black[Chorus]
