DREAM THEATER - Beyond This Life lyrics

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