| At Wit's End | |
| Distance Over Time | |
| Length | 9:20 |
| Working title | Song 1 |
| Release date | February 22nd, 2019 |
| Lyrics | James LaBrie |
| Music | Dream Theater |
| First live performance | Louisville Palace Theatre, Louisville, KY, USA, on Sept. 26, 2019 |
| Total live plays | 66 |
| Recorded | Yonderbarn |
| Other appearances | |
| Previous song | S2N |
| Next song | Out of Reach |
At Wit's End is the seventh track off of Dream Theater's fourteenth studio album, Distance Over Time. It is also the longest track on the album, at nine minutes and twenty seconds.
John Petrucci recorded this song using a 6-string guitar tuned 1 whole step down (D-G-C-F-A-D).
Lyrics[]
Let me help you, how much longer until you realize You're getting worse, it's killing you inside I can't break through, feel you have to face this on your own Want to be left alone Don't leave me now, don't leave me now I know that it's tearing you apart Don't leave me now, don't leave me now Come alive You feel I'm asking too much of you, but can't let go Fear breeds the hate and your apathy, empty and hollow You lost your faith, there's no getting through. Why shut me out? Frantic, disturbed, filled with misery, can't figure it out Sleepless, worse for wear Staring at the ceiling Numb, sedated, intoxicated Deafening, deafening Shut it out, shut it out Burning, burning No way out, no way out Don't leave me now, don't leave me now I know that it's tearing you apart Don't leave me now, don't leave me now Come alive Asked me to listen Can't go on to face another day I lied, not admitting What I lost is still in you Something's missing You see darkness in my eyes Maculate, there is no cure Playing over, stop pretending Warped inside its never ending tide Don't leave me now, don't leave me now Don't leave me now Don't leave me now, don't leave me now Don't leave me now