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This Is The Life
A Dramatic Turn of Events
Length 06:57
Working title (Unknown)
Release date 13th September 2011
Lyrics John Petrucci
Music Dream Theater
First live performance Main Street Armory, Rochester, NY, USA, on Jun. 15, 2012
Total live plays 36
Recorded Cove City Sound Studios
Other appearances
Previous song Lost Not Forgotten
Next song Bridges in the Sky

This is the Life is the fourth track on Dream Theater's eleventh album, A Dramatic Turn of Events. A relatively calm track, with shades of Dire Straits.

John Petrucci recorded this song using a 6-string guitar in standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E).

Lyrics[]

In the heart of your most solemn barren night
When your soul's turned inside out
Have you questioned all the madness you invite
What your life is all about

Some of us choose to live gracefully
Some can get caught in the maze
And lose their way home
This is the life we belong to
Our gift divine

Have you ever wished that you were someone else
Traded places in your mind
It's only a waste of your time

Some of us choose to live gracefully
Some can get caught in the maze
And lose their way home
This is the life we belong to
Our gift divine

Feed the illusion you dream about
Cast out the monsters inside

Life begins with an empty slate
Fragile left in the hands of fate
Driven by love and crushed by hate
Until the day
The gift is gone
And shadows remain

Some of us choose to live gracefully
Some can get caught in the maze
And lose their way home
Memories will fade
Time races on
What will they say
After you're gone
This is the life we belong to
Our gift divine
Our gift divine
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