Repentance
Un article de Dreamologie.
(Paroles : Mike Portnoy)
VIII. Regret
Hello, mirror, so glad to see you my friend It's been a while... Staring at the empty page before me All the years of wreckage running through my head Patterns of my life I thought adorned me Revealing hurtful shame and deep lament Overwhelming sorrow now absorbs me As the pen begins to trace my darkest past Signs throughout my life that should have warned me Of all the wrongs I've done for which I must repent I once thought it better to regret Things that I have done than haven't Sometimes you've got to be wrong And learn the hard way And sometimes you've got to be strong When you think it's too late Staring at the finished page before me All the damage now so clear and evident Thinking about the dreaded task in store for me A pit of fear at the thought of my amends Hoping that this step will help restore me To face my past and ask for forgiveness Cleaning up my dirty side of this unswept street Could this be the beginning of the end? I once thought it better to regret Things that I have done than haven't Sometimes you've got to be wrong And learn the hard way And just when you're through hanging on You're saved
IX. Restitution
[Citation de nombreux artistes, voir les détails plus bas]
The truth is the truth and the only thing you can do is to live with it.
Ce titre est le quatrième volet de la "saga des alcooliques anonymes", entamée sur Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (album) avec The Glass Prison. Pour la deuxième partie du morceau, portant sur le thème du pardon, plutôt que de mettre un texte chanté, Mike a demandé à plusieurs de ses amis musiciens de venir enregistrer une confession ou un texte dans lequel ils s'excusent pour des actes passés qu'ils regrettent.
Voici l'ordre d'apparition des invités et ce qu'ils disent dans le titre Repentance (ces paroles ne sont pas incluses dans le livret de l'album):
- Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) - "Until that moment, I'd never felt like I'd failed at anything...And I felt like I failed her...And I failed myself, and I failed my children...It's still really hard to deal with."
- Steve Vai - "I want to thank you for helping me to see my own selfishness and to tell you how regretful I am it has hurt you."
- Chris Jericho (Stuck Mojo, catcheur professionnel!) - "I'm sorry I didn't visit you in the hospital, Grandpa when you were on your deathbed. I'm sorry I didn't come to your funeral...I don't know if I was selfish or just too scared to face it. It's one of the biggest regrets of my life."
- David Ellefson (Ex-Megadeth) - "I'm here to confess with you that what I did, was wrong... And I'm asking for your forgiveness..."
- Steve Hogarth (Marillion) - "The only unforgivable thing hauls itself out of bed, looks over my shoulder at the bloody English weather..."
- Joe Satriani - "I really regret not being able to see my friend Andy..."
- Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) - "One of my best friends who's the godfather of my daughter, he asked me to sing or play something at his wedding, and I turned it down because I was busy and too much of a chickenshit to do it...And I feel sorry for that, because it was a very very close friend of mine..."
- Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield) - "So, I wanted to apologize to anyone that I've upset or offended.. they're just words, it's just an opinion, but unfortunately, I tend to express it as a fact, and that's kind of arrogant. Isn't it?"
- Jon Anderson (Yes) - "I think it's the betrayal...it still haunts me."
- Neal Morse - "I'm sorry for what I did back then... I was a different person. I really was and I'm so sorry. I wish it wouldn't have happened, but it did, and I'm sorry. Forgive me. I'm sorry..."
- Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain Of Salvation, ex-Flower Kings)- "I guess I'm simply sorry for being me and not you. I so often wish you could be here with me to show me the way..."
- David Ellefson - "You're only as sick as your secrets, but the truth shall set you free..."
- Corey Taylor - "The truth is the truth, so all you can do is live with it."
