Cover art for The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun by Dream Theater

The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun

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Mar. 6, 19891 viewer

The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Watching my window I was led like a child
As the roadway lamplights misguided my mind through the night
A shadow of limits, we were racing the rain
My hands held the wheel, my eyes tried to hold their place

[Chorus 1]
There must have been a time when I thought that you were watching
It had to be when my senses lost control
I thought I'd slipped away, I thought I could still feel us moving
It must have been a cloud no bigger than a man's hand

[Verse 2]
Every reason I risk my life to come back to you
Is locked behind your door, you're my immunity
Outside I watched you burn, heavy hearts were bleeding
A cry for help, a familiar voice my melting hands streaked the glass

[Chorus 2]
As I walked away, I wondered what had really happened
Had I run out of time, did I push myself too far
As my last step fell, I felt my hands upon the wheel
Had I come back to life, or did I ever leave at all
In higher lives we seem to be always a moment too late
We're past the time, when we looked on
Now we're the one who help to set the sun

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus 3]
This time for real I locked the door behind me
My mind was still a wreck from what I saw
For when my hands are still, I'll recognize the message
Never again will my senses lose control

In higher lives we seem to be always a moment too late
We're past the time, when we looked on
Now we're the one who help to set the sun

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Written by guitarist John Petrucci, “The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun” is about a man who is driving late at night in bad weather and falls asleep at the wheel for a split second. In that small amount of time he has a dream about his own death and he awakens with a new outlook on life.

As for the tone, “The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun”, compared to most of the songs on the album, is slower and more progressive, though not as much as The Killing Hand. The song has an extended atmospheric intro, referred to by the band as “The Death of Spock”. The name refers to the intro fitting in well with the death scene from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

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