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The Dreamer's Escape

from The Corrupted Lullaby by Seventh Dimension

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In the beginning of the song we can hear The Illusionist whispering a line about learning from your dreams. That is what The Lullaby has to offer. But it’s important to be careful not to get stuck in there, ’cause it can be addicting like any other drug.

In this chapter, The Dreamer is trying to wake up from the dream. He imagines himself being in the same position he left when he entered the world and heard The Lullaby for the first time. What he doesn’t know is that meanwhile The Lily and doctors are trying to do everything to wake him up from his condition. The Dreamer runs in search of a glimpse of light, while panicking and not knowing where to go. On the outside his body is getting weaker, bringing The Dreamer closer to death.

Eventually, The Dreamer sees a white light, the tunnel leading to an afterlife. While running towards it, The Rose makes an appearance in the light. She tells him about The Lullaby experience being nothing but an illusion of how he wanted things to be. The Dreamer understands that The Rose in the dream was never really her. She also tells him to stop, to not enter the light that she’s in. He would be drowning more deeply into the dream, while dying in the ordinary world and meeting complete darkness, being trapped forever. She tells The Dreamer that it is not his fault that she passed away and that he has to stop feeling remorse about it. He must keep living his life, looking towards the future, not being afraid to fall in love again.

Basically in this scene, The Rose is a representation of realizations that The Dreamer has had deep down inside for a long time, when trying to live a normal life again. But he never really managed to accept these lessons as truth. At last, he hears The Rose and The Lily saying “Wake up”, making The Dreamer break free from the dream.

lyrics

[The Dreamer:]
The sky is fading away
Before my very eyes
This broken simulation
Is trapping my soul
I’m cold and all alone
The Rose is no more
The winter’s drawing closer
How could I believe?

Curse you, Illusionist
In fury I shout
Shall I yield to this day?
And let go of all?
Why have you done this to me?
You’ve shattered my world
Why didn’t you tell me of its mysteries?
You must have known

I stand in oblivion
I fear there’s nowhere to run
Trapped in this dream
My ending theme
But something’s engaging me
I welcome this epiphany
I’ll wake up

An echoing voice in this chamber
Is calling for me
I feel there’s a way out
From this delusory place
One last fight
I will find the gateway back home
No longer regret the past
I will run back to a life
I shall embrace

There’s almost nothing left
I barely know if I’m still here
The black ground is holding me down
Can’t go on

Can’t feel myself
(My senses fade away)
Detaching my mind from my soul
(It fades away)
Heart turns to stone
(Much heavier than before)
But I need to reach Lily again

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from The Corrupted Lullaby, released November 1, 2018
Music & lyrics by Luca Delle Fave

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Seventh Dimension is a 5-piece progressive metal band.

The music is mainly inspired by the progressive rock/metal scene and has much variation in style.
Ambient ballads, heavier metal and everything in between.
There are many songs containing storys, with characters going through different experiences,
reflecting visions, dreams or containing messages about life, emotions, philosophies and more. ... more

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