Silent Lucidity by Queensryche (Chris DeGarmo, 1990) on “Empire”

Hush now, don’t you cry

Wipe away the teardrop from your eye

You’re lying safe in bed

It was all a bad dream

Spinning in your head

Your mind tricked you to feel the pain

Of someone close to you leaving the game of life

So here it is, another chance

Wide awake you face the day

Your dream is over… or has it just begun?

There’s a place I like to hide

A doorway that I run through in the night

Relax child, you were there

But only didn’t realize it and you were scared

It’s a place where you will learn

To face your fears, retrace the years

And ride the whims of your mind

Commanding in another world

Suddenly you hear and see

This magic new dimension

I- will be watching over you

I- am gonna help you see it through

I- will protect you in the night

I- am smiling next to you, in Silent Lucidity

If you open your mind for me

You won’t rely on open eyes to see

The walls you built within

Come tumbling down, and a new world will begin

Living twice at once you learn

You’re safe from the pain in the dream domain

A soul set free to fly

A round trip journey in your head

Master of illusion, can you realize

Your dream’s alive, you can be the guide but…

I- will be watching over you

I- am gonna help to see it through

I- will protect you in the night

I- am smiling next to you…