| Dead Asleep | |
| Parasomnia | |
| Length | 11:06 |
| Working title | N/A |
| Release date | 7 February 2025 |
| Lyrics | John Petrucci |
| Music | Dream Theater |
| First live performance | N/A |
| Total live plays | Never played live |
| Recorded | DTHQ |
| Other appearances | N/A |
| Previous song | A Broken Man |
| Next song | Midnight Messiah |
Dead Asleep is the fourth track off of Dream Theater's sixteenth studio album, Parasomnia.
John Petrucci recorded this song using a 6-string guitar in drop-B♭ tuning (B♭-F-B♭-E♭-G-C). This is the first time this guitar tuning is ever used.
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In a waterside village In the heat of July A man and his wife Settled down for the night In the morning He woke to a horrible sight It's all just so tragic An unusual case The violent result Of a fatal mistake How can he be to blame? He was never awake Wake up What have I done? I was dead asleep Wake up Can you send someone? I'm not insane I was dead asleep Scrambling in the darkness In fear for his life Certain a killer broke in He fumbles for a weapon Reaches for a knife A sleepwalking murder begins It was a vivid encounter A realistic fight And now he's got blood on his hands He stands over the body Sees it's his wife A nightmare he can't understand I must confess it was me I needed to silence the screams She suffered a brutal attack A shockingly violent act Wake up What have I done? I was dead asleep Wake up Can you send someone? I'm not insane I was dead asleep Out of my mind Out of my body Someone's been killed, I am sorry Out of control All out of answers Maybe one day you'll forgive me Wake up What have I done? I was dead asleep I must have been dreaming I have no memory of anything We strongly suspect you're feeling a sense of despair No one knows of the guilt that you bear In the eyes of the law, you are free You are innocent