[Spoken Intro: Wiley Wiggins, Richard Linklater]
"That's my problem. I'm like I'm trapped. I keep thinking that I'm waking up but I'm still in a dream, it seems like it's going on forever, I can't get out of it, I want to wake up for real. How do you really wake up? When I finally woke up, I was like, "Whoa, that wasn't a dream. That was a visitation to this real place: the Land of the Dead.""

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1: James LaBrie]
Lost time, thought I lost my mind
How the hell did I end up here?
Rewind, help to remind
The last thing I can remember
Dreamtime, floating cloud nine
Heavenly bliss utopia
Sublime, feeling so divine
Just another plеasant nightmare

[Pre-Chorus: James LaBrie]
In my dreams therе's a song I once knew
Like an uncanny strange déjà vu
Memories flashing all through my brain
Over and over and over again

[Chorus: James LaBrie, James LaBrie & Mike Portnoy]
Midnight messiah
Darkness descends
Eternally wired
The dream never ends
Twilight desires
Midnight messiah
[Verse 2: James LaBrie, James LaBrie & Mike Portnoy]
Moon shine, time to come alive
No rest for the wicked
Downtown, have a look around
Feeding the obsession in my head
There's a place that I go
Where no one's afraid
It's a feeling that we all know
But everyone's ashamed to say

[Pre-Chorus: James LaBrie, James LaBrie & Mike Portnoy]
In my dreams there's a flame burning bright
Constant motion shines into the night
Forevermore blistering out of control
Over and over and over it goes

[Chorus: James LaBrie, James LaBrie & Mike Portnoy]
Midnight messiah
Darkness descends
Eternally wired
The dream never ends
Twilight desires
Midnight messiah

[Bridge: James LaBrie, James LaBrie & Mike Portnoy]
Back in the Waking life
A midsummer night's dream
I realize I can no longer fly alone
Help find my destiny
Take me back into the dream
For all eternity
It's calling me back to my home
[Guitar Solo]
[Guitar and Keyboard Unison]

[Pre-Chorus: James LaBrie]
In my life I've lost all self-control
Like a sword piercing this dying soul
Breaking and shaking and left in the cold
Watch this compulsive obsession unfold

[Chorus: James LaBrie, James LaBrie & Mike Portnoy]
Midnight messiah
Darkness descends
Eternally wired
The dream will never end

[Post-Chorus: James LaBrie]
I can't stand the pressure
The daytime collectors
I'll never go back there again
Keep those eyes closed
You're now going home
Forever alive in your head

[Outro: James LaBrie, James LaBrie & Mike Portnoy]
Twilight eternal
Midnight messiah
[Instrumental Outro]