Outcry

Outcry
A Dramatic Turn of Events
Length	11:24
Working title	(Unknown)
Release date	13th September 2011
Lyrics	John Petrucci
Music	Dream Theater
First live performance	The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA,on Sept 24, 2011
Total live plays	74
Recorded	Cove City Sound Studios
Other appearances
Previous song	Bridges in the Sky
Next song	Far from Heaven

Outcry is the sixth track on Dream Theater's eleventh album, A Dramatic Turn of Events. The song is about the revolutions that took place in North Africa during 2010 and 2011.

Its bridge is extended over almost five minutes and due to this, some draw parallels between this song and Metropolis Part 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper from Images And Words.

John Petrucci recorded this song using a 7-string guitar in standard tuning (B-E-A-D-G-B-E).

Lyrics

Somewhere overhead
Distant thunder roars
The revolution has begun
The war to end all wars

As I welcome death
I hear the battle cry
Bullets fall like fire
Raining from the sky

The rebel in us all
Someday gets tired
of being pushed around
But freedom has a price
The cost is buried in the ground

We suffered far too long
We gather now growing stronger
We will not be ignored
Anymore any longer
Our anthem will guide us

Rise up, be counted
Stand strong and unite
Wait for the outcry
Resistance is calling tonight

Far too many years
Of chaos and unrest
Far too many voices
Brutally suppressed

We fight for what is just
For all that we believe
We fight till death of glory
Fight to be set free

The streets are bathed in blood
Time to step down
and time to walk away
You'll never rule me now
Though you may stand upon my grave

You can look the other way
Or you can face the light
Although is seems so far away
Freedom's worth the fight

Rise up, be counted
Stand strong and unite
Wait for the outcry
Resistance is calling

Rise up, be counted
Stand strong and unite
Wait for the outcry
Resistance is calling tonight

The world watches on
While we risk our lives
Locked in a kingdom of fear
As our children die