Even The Best Kids Can Do Wrong
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Took a while to make this.
There are three quotes from Dream Theater songs, can you find them all? :D
I. Normal
Just a normal boy
He lives the normal day
Leads a normal life
And has internal strife
Has a normal home
Goes to normal schools
Hangs with normal friends
And does normal things
According to him
He's an average kid
But he's more than just that
With the things that he did
An underachiever
He doesn't believe
That what he has done
Could ever be perceived
As more than a good deed
It's what he does best
Not being a pest
Just a normal boy
II. Normal, And Then Some
He lets it all get to his head
The work that he's done
The things that he's said
He thinks he's better than the rest
But knows that he still isn't the best
And so, he carries on with his day
Doing the same, still refusing pay
Once karma acts up, it'll all be okay
He hopes he can wait, it won't be today
He'll wait for a moment
Until the time is right
To offer his services
In the middle of the night
He causes the problems
Then figures them out
His biggest problem is
Is that he doesn't doubt
He thinks he's better than the rest
But knows that he still isn't the best
And so, he carries on, paving the way
Raising some hell, day after day
Once karma acts up, it'll all be okay
He isn't gonna wait, he hopes it's today
But it didn't come today
Or tommorrow, either
He thinks he did something wrong
So instead he tries harder
III. Self-Proclaimed Superstar
Olympic gold medalist
Leading the pack
Skis down the runway
He's taking it back
The dreams that he lost
The goals that had died
And once he had won
He did nothing but sigh
Tougher than steel
Cooler than ice
The friends that he had
Used to be so nice
Now all that they do
Is smoke weed and play pool
And what he still didn't notice
Was that he's being a fool
Basketball all-star
Leading the league
He shoots for the three-points
But misses the free's
His dreams seem farther
His goals have been lost
He can't even win in his mind
So why does he still take the time?
Tougher than paper
Cooler than lice
The friends that he had
Used to be so nice
Now all that they do
Is smoke weed and play pool
And he can't even stop it
He hasn't a clue
And he won't try to stop
Changing his ways
It feels so much better
When someone else pays
The last of his deeds
He got caught by his friends
"Man, you've changed
Have you lost your mind?
What happened to you?
You used to be so kind..."
Until that day, he didn't realize
The pain that they'd find
As it all crashed down on him
The poor boy lost his mind
IV. Crash
He never knew what true pain was
Until today he thought it was fine
And now he knows the things he does
Will return to him in the course of time
He helplessly stands by
It's meaningless to try
When all he wants to do is cry
He never even knew he was so sad
Everything he's ever done
Just to get that brief high
Is slowly wearing down
Now he doesn't notice anymore
And so he's left to face his fate
But still he can't accept it
So once again, he'll cause debate
He's sick and tired of all the shit
That's holding him back from who he is
The king he once was, the killer he is
He selfishly stands by
It's meaningless to cry
When all he wants to do is die
He never knew he went so mad
He knows that he can get so high
He doesn't know he'll never fly
And when he falls out of the sky
Who'll be standing by?
Will you be standing by?
V. One Final Deed
The street's black markets
Filled with armaments
He picks the best weapon
To get him a kill
He marches off swiftly
A gun in his pocket
The simplest way to
Get out of this psychotic hell
Hearing voices from miles away
Saying things never said
Seeing shadows in light of the day
Waging a war inside his head
He storms in the building
Stunned faces turning
He fills them with bullet wounds
Till nothing's left
A murderous smile
From faces defiled
He cocks and shoots
Clears the invisible sift
Hearing voices from miles away
Saying things never said
Left lifeless at the end of the day
Waging a war that left him dead
VI. Departure
A brief stay in life left him begging for more
But now that it's over, his report has been poor
And he doesn't know that what he just did
Had ended the life of his best friend Sid
He remained ignorant until the end
When the gates were open, the stairway would bend
Down, but not up, for he did so much wrong
It was too late, there was no holy song
For someone like him, he once had it all
But now he was gone, just after the fall
His friend looked at him "Look what you did
You ended my life, I was only a kid"
He broke down in tears, he was okay again
The kid he once was, the one who had fans
But what he once had, he couldn't even tell
Sent him to a tortured insanity, a smothering hell
There are three quotes from Dream Theater songs, can you find them all? :D
I. Normal
Just a normal boy
He lives the normal day
Leads a normal life
And has internal strife
Has a normal home
Goes to normal schools
Hangs with normal friends
And does normal things
According to him
He's an average kid
But he's more than just that
With the things that he did
An underachiever
He doesn't believe
That what he has done
Could ever be perceived
As more than a good deed
It's what he does best
Not being a pest
Just a normal boy
II. Normal, And Then Some
He lets it all get to his head
The work that he's done
The things that he's said
He thinks he's better than the rest
But knows that he still isn't the best
And so, he carries on with his day
Doing the same, still refusing pay
Once karma acts up, it'll all be okay
He hopes he can wait, it won't be today
He'll wait for a moment
Until the time is right
To offer his services
In the middle of the night
He causes the problems
Then figures them out
His biggest problem is
Is that he doesn't doubt
He thinks he's better than the rest
But knows that he still isn't the best
And so, he carries on, paving the way
Raising some hell, day after day
Once karma acts up, it'll all be okay
He isn't gonna wait, he hopes it's today
But it didn't come today
Or tommorrow, either
He thinks he did something wrong
So instead he tries harder
III. Self-Proclaimed Superstar
Olympic gold medalist
Leading the pack
Skis down the runway
He's taking it back
The dreams that he lost
The goals that had died
And once he had won
He did nothing but sigh
Tougher than steel
Cooler than ice
The friends that he had
Used to be so nice
Now all that they do
Is smoke weed and play pool
And what he still didn't notice
Was that he's being a fool
Basketball all-star
Leading the league
He shoots for the three-points
But misses the free's
His dreams seem farther
His goals have been lost
He can't even win in his mind
So why does he still take the time?
Tougher than paper
Cooler than lice
The friends that he had
Used to be so nice
Now all that they do
Is smoke weed and play pool
And he can't even stop it
He hasn't a clue
And he won't try to stop
Changing his ways
It feels so much better
When someone else pays
The last of his deeds
He got caught by his friends
"Man, you've changed
Have you lost your mind?
What happened to you?
You used to be so kind..."
Until that day, he didn't realize
The pain that they'd find
As it all crashed down on him
The poor boy lost his mind
IV. Crash
He never knew what true pain was
Until today he thought it was fine
And now he knows the things he does
Will return to him in the course of time
He helplessly stands by
It's meaningless to try
When all he wants to do is cry
He never even knew he was so sad
Everything he's ever done
Just to get that brief high
Is slowly wearing down
Now he doesn't notice anymore
And so he's left to face his fate
But still he can't accept it
So once again, he'll cause debate
He's sick and tired of all the shit
That's holding him back from who he is
The king he once was, the killer he is
He selfishly stands by
It's meaningless to cry
When all he wants to do is die
He never knew he went so mad
He knows that he can get so high
He doesn't know he'll never fly
And when he falls out of the sky
Who'll be standing by?
Will you be standing by?
V. One Final Deed
The street's black markets
Filled with armaments
He picks the best weapon
To get him a kill
He marches off swiftly
A gun in his pocket
The simplest way to
Get out of this psychotic hell
Hearing voices from miles away
Saying things never said
Seeing shadows in light of the day
Waging a war inside his head
He storms in the building
Stunned faces turning
He fills them with bullet wounds
Till nothing's left
A murderous smile
From faces defiled
He cocks and shoots
Clears the invisible sift
Hearing voices from miles away
Saying things never said
Left lifeless at the end of the day
Waging a war that left him dead
VI. Departure
A brief stay in life left him begging for more
But now that it's over, his report has been poor
And he doesn't know that what he just did
Had ended the life of his best friend Sid
He remained ignorant until the end
When the gates were open, the stairway would bend
Down, but not up, for he did so much wrong
It was too late, there was no holy song
For someone like him, he once had it all
But now he was gone, just after the fall
His friend looked at him "Look what you did
You ended my life, I was only a kid"
He broke down in tears, he was okay again
The kid he once was, the one who had fans
But what he once had, he couldn't even tell
Sent him to a tortured insanity, a smothering hell