Someone Else? 4:38 Lyrics

(Chris DeGarmo, Geoff Tate)

When I fell from grace
   I never realized
   how deep the flood was around me.
   A man whose life was toil was like a kettle left to boil,
   and the water left scars on me.

I know now who I am.
   If only for a while,
   I recognize the changes.
   I feel like I did before the
   magic wore thin and the "baptism
   of stains" began.

They used to say I was
   nowhere, man,
   heading down
   was my destiny.
   But yesterday, I swear,
   there was someone else not me.

Here I stand at the crossroads edge,
   afraid to reach out for eternity.
   One step, when I look down,
   I see someone else not me.

Looking back and I see
   someone else.

All my life they said I
   was going down,
   but I'm still standing,
   stronger, proud.
   And today I know there's
   so much more I can be.
   I think I finally understand

From where I stand at the crossroads edge
   there's a path leading out to sea.
   And from somewhere
   deep in my mind,
   sirens sing out loud
   songs of doubt
   as only they knew how.
   But one glance back reminds, and I see
   someone else not me.

   I keep looking back
   at someone else . . . me?


Typing job done by Raitz.


27th of December 1994