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Anna Lee
Falling Into Infinity
Length 5:51
Working title
Release date September 23, 1997
Lyrics James LaBrie
Music Dream Theater
First live performance Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 26, 1998
Total live plays 35
Recorded
Other appearances
Previous song Just Let Me Breathe
Next song Trial of Tears

Anna Lee is the tenth track from Dream Theater's fourth studio album, Falling Into Infinity.

John Petrucci recorded this song using a 6-string guitar in standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E).

Lyrics[]

Helpless child
They invite your hands to fill their needs
Will you be the same
Shameless smile
To steal from you the innocence that bleeds
Will they feel your pain

Trying to believe
The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don't know how you'll live a life alone

She keeps holding on
Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don't wanna be alone where do you belong
Anna Lee

Behind those eyes
The vivid scene
A lucid dream within
Questioned secrets are revealed
And everytime
You can't deny
The lines that trace your skin
Wounds that never heal

Trying to believe
The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don't know how you'll live a life alone

She keeps holding on
Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don't wanna be alone where do you belong
Anna Lee

And now she's calling out a name
Can't keep on hiding all her pain
You feel the rain move in
As you begin
To turn and answer the call

Trying to believe
The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don't know how you'll live a life alone

She keeps holding on
Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don't wanna be alone where do you belong
Anna Lee

Appearances[]

Year Recording Type Release Release Type
1997 Studio Falling into Infinity Studio Album
1997 Studio Falling into Infinity Promotional Album (EastWast Records)
1997 Studio Falling into Infinity Promotional Album (Elektra)
1997 Tracks International Fanclub Christmas CD 1997 Fanclub
1998 Live 5 Years in a Livetime Video Album
1998 Live Once in a LIVEtime Outtakes Fanclub
2003 Live Los Angeles, California 5/18/98 Official Bootleg
2007 Demo Falling into Infinity Demos 1996-1997 Official Bootleg
2009 Tracks The Making of Falling into Infinity Official Bootleg
2022 Demo Falling into Infinity Demos, 1996-1997 Official Bootleg
2023 Tracks The Making of Falling into Infinity (1997) Official Bootleg