Beyond This Life - Live at Roseland Ballroom, New York City, NY, 8/30/2000

6) Scene Four: Beyond This Life (11: 22)
 - John Petrucci
 (Past)
 Headline: "Murder, young girl killed
 Desperate shooting at Echo's Hill
 Dreadful ending, killer died
 Evidently suicide."
 A witness heard a horrifying sound
 He ran to find a woman dead and
 Lying on the ground
 Standing by her was a man
 Nervous, shaking, gun in hand
 Witness says he tried to help
 But he'd turned the weapon on himself
 His body fell across that poor young girl
 After shouting out in vain
 The witness ran to call for assistance
 A sad close to a broken love affair
 Our deeds have traveled far
 What we have been is what we are
 Our deeds have traveled far
 What we have been is what we are
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 She wanted love forever
 But he had another plan
 He fell into an evil way
 She had to let him down
 She said, "I can't love a wayward man."
 She may have found a reason to forgive
 If he had only tried to change
 Was their fatal meeting prearranged?
 Had a violent struggle taken place?
 There was every sign that lead there
 Witness found a switchblade on the ground
 Was the victim unaware?
 They continued to investigate
 They found a note in the killer's pocket
 It could have been a suicide letter
 Maybe he had lost her love
 I feel there's only one thing left to do
 I'd sooner take my life away
 Than live with losing you
 Our deeds have traveled far
 What we have been is what we are
 Our deeds have traveled far
 What we have been is what we are
 All that we learn this time
 (What we have been is what we are)
 Is carried beyond this life
 All that we learn this time
 (What we have been is what we are)
 Is carried beyond this life
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 Our deeds have traveled far
 What we have been is what we are
 Our deeds have traveled far
 What we have been is what we are
 All that we learn this time
 (What we have been is what we are)
 Is carried beyond this life
 All that we learn this time
 (What we have been is what we are)
 Is carried beyond this life