The Spirit Carries On

by Dream Theater

Music by dream theater
Lyrics by john petrucci

Nicholas:
Where did we come from?
Why are we here?
Where do we go when we die?
What lies beyond
And what lay before?
Is anything certain in life?

They say, "life is too short,"
"the here and the now"
And "you’re only given one shot"
But could there be more,
Have I lived before,
Or could this be all that we’ve got?
If I die tomorrow
I’d be allright
Because I believe
That after we’re gone
The spirit carries on

I used to be frightened of dying
I used to think death was the end
But that was before
I’m not scared anymore
I know that my soul will transcend

I may never find all the answers
I may never understand why
I may never prove
What I know to be true
But I know that I still have to try

If I die tomorrow
I’d be allright
Because I believe
That after we’re gone
The spirit carries on

Victoria:
"move on, be brave
Don’t weep at my grave
Because I am no longer here
But please never let
Your memory of me disappear"

Nicholas:
Safe in the light that surrounds me
Free of the fear and the pain
My questioning mind
Has helped me to find
The meaning in my life again
Victoria’s real
I finally feel
At peace with the girl in my dreams
And now that I’m here
It’s perfectly clear
I found out what all of this means
If I die tomorrow
I’d be allright
Because I believe
That after we’re gone
The spirit carries on



幾天前在路上等紅綠燈時遇到一個摩門教的傳教士，他隨口問了我一句:「你的人生有什麼目標嗎?」 當時我只跟他說我在趕時間便沖沖離去了，不過他這句話卻一直在我心中迴盪不去。經過了一星期， 想起了這首夢劇場的經典歌曲，心裡的感覺很複雜，但也增強了我一定要完成傘訓的決心。第一次聽 到這首歌是在Youtube上的一個有關Jazz隊傳奇後衛John Stockton的影片，看到之後大受感動。感 動的除了我親眼看到了這位偉大白人後衛大部分球員身涯，還有這首歌的歌詞。每次聽完這首歌總有 種大夢初醒的感覺，讓我對生活變的更積極，真不愧是『夢的劇團』