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|Next song = [[Beneath the Surface]]}}Breaking All Illusions is the eighth and longest track on Dream Theater's eleventh album, [[A Dramatic Turn of Events]] – a spiralling progressive rock odyssey, with long instrumental passages.
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Breaking All Illusions is the eighth and longest track on Dream Theater's eleventh album, A Dramatic Turn of Events - a spiralling progressive rock odyssey, with long instrumental passages.
  
   
 
This is the first song John Myung has written the lyrics for in 12 years, his last contribution before this having been [[Fatal Tragedy]], on [[Scenes from a Memory]]. Although John Petrucci and former drummer Mike Portnoy have always rewritten John Myung's lyrics to better fit the songs, this is the first time that Myung's co-writer has been credited in the liner notes.
  
This is the first song John Myung has written the lyrics for in 12 years, his last contribution before this having been [[Fatal Tragedy]], on [[Scenes from a Memory]]. Although John Petrucci and former drummer Mike Portnoy have always rewritten John Myung's lyrics to better fit the songs, this is the first time that Myung's co-writer has been credited in the liner notes.
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John Petrucci recorded this song using a 6-string guitar in standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E).
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==Lyrics==
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<pre>
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With the sun in place
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There's a test of faith
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Streams of thought awaken
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New realities
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Singularities
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Breaking all illusions
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Sudden burst of heat
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Burning source of life
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Masterful destruction
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Power's not an act
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It's understanding truth
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Changing my direction
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Live in the moment
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Breathe in a new beginning
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Wisdom revealed
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As I unlearn to learn
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Life's biggest battles
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Often are fought alone
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My spirit brings me home
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Emerald thoughts flow through my consciousness
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Drawn to curses left behind
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Test of will the threshold to one's faith
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Starts a fire in the mind
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Searching out
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Reaching in
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To arrive
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Where I began
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Sights remembered
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In the light
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Searching out
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Reaching in
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To arrive
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Where I began
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Sounds remembered
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Come alive
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Embrace the days
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Don't turn away
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Life's true intent needs patience
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Karma starts the signal
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</pre>
   
 
===Trivia===
  
===Trivia===
 
*Breaking All Illusions' lyrics are the first to be co-written in 6 years, since the title track to Octavarium in 2005.
  
*Breaking All Illusions' lyrics are the first to be co-written in 6 years, since the title track to Octavarium in 2005.
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*The lyrics are also first to receive a dual authorship credit since You Not Me in 1997. Other such multiple authorships include Caught in a Web, Take the Time, and Afterlife.
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*The lyrics are also first to receive a dual authorship credit since You Not Me in 1997. Other such multiple authorships include Caught in a Web, Take the Time, and Status Seeker.
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*The structure of the song is extremely similar to [[Learning to Live]] from [[Images and Words]]. However the post chorus of Learning to Live's equivalent in Breaking All Illusions is before the chorus.
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*The keyboard main riff is very similar as found in "Dancing Stars on Me", by μ's.
 
**(By dual authorship, we mean the entire body of lyrics was collaborated on, as opposed to an anthology format whereby individual authors are credited for separate sections, like Octavarium and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.)
  
**(By dual authorship, we mean the entire body of lyrics was collaborated on, as opposed to an anthology format whereby individual authors are credited for separate sections, like Octavarium and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.)
 
[[Category:Songs]]
  
[[Category:Songs]]

Revision as of 22:25, 7 March 2020

Breaking All Illusions
A Dramatic Turn of Events
Length 12:25
Working title (Unknown)
Release date 13th September 2011
Lyrics John Myung, John Petrucci
Music Dream Theater
First live performance
Total live plays
Recorded Cove City Sound Studios
Other appearances Live at Luna Park
Previous song Far from Heaven
Next song Beneath the Surface

Breaking All Illusions is the eighth and longest track on Dream Theater's eleventh album, A Dramatic Turn of Events – a spiralling progressive rock odyssey, with long instrumental passages.

This is the first song John Myung has written the lyrics for in 12 years, his last contribution before this having been Fatal Tragedy, on Scenes from a Memory. Although John Petrucci and former drummer Mike Portnoy have always rewritten John Myung's lyrics to better fit the songs, this is the first time that Myung's co-writer has been credited in the liner notes.

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

Lyrics

With the sun in place
There's a test of faith
Streams of thought awaken

New realities
Singularities
Breaking all illusions

Sudden burst of heat
Burning source of life
Masterful destruction

Power's not an act
It's understanding truth
Changing my direction

Live in the moment
Breathe in a new beginning
Wisdom revealed
As I unlearn to learn

Life's biggest battles
Often are fought alone
My spirit brings me home

Emerald thoughts flow through my consciousness
Drawn to curses left behind
Test of will the threshold to one's faith
Starts a fire in the mind

Searching out
Reaching in
To arrive
Where I began
Sights remembered
In the light

Searching out
Reaching in
To arrive
Where I began
Sounds remembered
Come alive

Embrace the days
Don't turn away
Life's true intent needs patience
Karma starts the signal

Trivia

  • Breaking All Illusions' lyrics are the first to be co-written in 6 years, since the title track to Octavarium in 2005.
  • The lyrics are also first to receive a dual authorship credit since You Not Me in 1997. Other such multiple authorships include Caught in a Web, Take the Time, and Status Seeker.
  • The structure of the song is extremely similar to Learning to Live from Images and Words. However the post chorus of Learning to Live's equivalent in Breaking All Illusions is before the chorus.
  • The keyboard main riff is very similar as found in "Dancing Stars on Me", by μ's.
    • (By dual authorship, we mean the entire body of lyrics was collaborated on, as opposed to an anthology format whereby individual authors are credited for separate sections, like Octavarium and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.)
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