Canciones para una vida - Dream Theater - 6:00

 

6:00

En uno de sus mejores momentos como banda, cuando habían deslumbrado a la escena internacional un par de años antes con su "Images & Words" de 1992, en 1994 Dream Theater dejaban su tercer capítulo, "Awake". Al hablar de ciertas bandas lo hacemos sobre pioneros en sus campos respectivos, referentes, grupos que han cogido cosas y las han llevado a un nivel superior, y no siempre tienen porqué haber inventado nada nuevo, en ocasiones basta con un enfoque personal de algo ya existente para lograr un resultado brillante e influyente. Desde luego que los estadounidenses Dream Theater son uno de esos referentes en este caso en el apartado metálico progresivo. "Awake" resultó ser un LP más potente que su antecesor, un punto en el que todos sus miembros lucieron a gran altura y eso se nota en cada canción, desde su inicio, "6:00", tema del que hoy dejo en el blog un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElgXCB4exGU 

 

"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..."
"And for what?"
"Well, isn't it for the honor of God, Aunt Kate?"
"I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane."

Six o'clock and the siren
kicks him from a dream,
tries to shake it off
but it just won't stop.

Can't find the strength
but he's got promises to keep,
and wood to chop before he sleeps.

I may never get over
but never's better than now,
I've got bases to cover.

He's in the parking lot
and he's just sitting in his car.
It's nine o'clock
but he can't get out.

He lights a cigarette
and turns the music down,
but just can't seem
to shake that sound.

Once I thought I'd get over
but it's too late for me now,
I've got bases to cover.

Melody walks through the door
and memory flies out the window.
Nobody knows what they want
until they finally let it all go.

The pain inside,
coming outside.
The pain inside,
coming outside...

So many ways to drown a man,
so many ways to drag him down.
Some are fast and some
take years and years.

Can't hear what he's saying
when he's talking in his sleep.
He finally found the sound
but he's in too deep.

I could never get over,
is it too late for me now?
Feel like blowing my cover!

Melody walks through the door
and memory flies out the window.
Nobody knows what they want
until they finally let it all go.

But don't cut your losses too soon
because you'll only be cutting your throat.
Answer a call while you still hear at all
because nobody will if you won't.

"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..."
"I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane..."

By Nash