9) Just Let Me Breathe (05:28)
      - Mike Portnoy

    Open your eyes
    And turn off your mind
    Step right up folks
      "Step right up folks"                 [Spoken by Mike Portnoy]
    and you will find
    A growing trend
    An epidemic
    Spread with zen
    And hypodermics, yeah
    Yeah

    Just close your mind
    You can find all you need with your eyes

    The big machines take care of you
    Until you kill yourself
    And then the sales go through the roof
    Calculated, formulated
    Feed my head with simple thoughts
    And let me breathe instead of being taught
    All bottled up and tearing at the seams
    I'm bored
    Just let me breathe

    A daily dose of eMpTyV
    Will flush your mind right down the drain
    Shannon Hoon and Kurt Cobain,
    Make yourself a household name, yeah-yeah
    Yeah

    Just close your mind
    You can find all you need with your eyes

    The big machines take care of you
    Until you kill yourself
    And then the sales go through the roof
    Calculated, formulated
    Feed my head with simple thoughts
    And let me breathe instead of being taught
    All bottled up and tearing at the seams
    I'm bored
    Just let me breathe

    Strike up your best angst ridden posture, whoa
    Manufactured anger
    Let's not forget my legacy
    All my heroes have failed me
    Now they're dead and buried, yeah

    Just close your mind
    You can find all you need with your eyes

    The big machines will take care of you
    Until the fashion fades
    And the checks go through
    My bankroll's red
    And my face is blue
    And still they'll turn their backs on me for someone new

    Feed my head
    With some real thoughts
    And let me think instead
    Of being taught
    I'll say things
    You won't believe
    Just stand back 
    Just let me breathe...