ACT II
12) Scene Nine:  Finally Free (12:00)
      - Mike Portnoy

[Present]
    [The Hypnotherapist:]
    "You are once again surrounded by a brilliant white light. 
    Allow the light to lead you away from your past and into this lifetime. 
    As the light dissipates you will slowly fade back into consciousness 
    remembering all you have learned. When I tell you to open your eyes 
    you will return to the present, feeling peaceful and refreshed. 
    Open your eyes, Nicholas."
    
[Past]
    [The Miracle:]
    Friday evening
    The blood still on my hands
    To think that she would leave me now
    For that ungrateful man
    
    Sole survivor
    No witness to the crime
    I must act fast to cover up
    I think that there's still time
    
    He'd seem hopeless and lost with this note
    They'll buy into the words that I wrote
    
    "This feeling inside me
    Finally found my love, I've finally broke free
    No longer torn in two
    I'd take my own life before losing you"

    [Victoria:]
    Feeling good this Friday afternoon
    I ran into Julian
    Said we'd get together soon
    
    He's always had my heart
    He needs to know
    I'll break free of the Miracle
    It's time for him to go
    
    This feeling inside me
    Finally found my love, I've finally broke free
    No longer torn in two
    He'd kill his brother if he only knew
    
    Their love renewed
    They'd rendezvous
    In a pathway out of view
    They thought no one knew
    Then came a shot out of the night

    [The Miracle:]
    "Open your eyes, Victoria."             [Towards the end of the shrieks ]
                                            [and gun fire during the fight. ]

    [The Sleeper:]
    One last time
    We'll lay down today
    One last time
    Until we fade away
    One last time
    We'll lay down today
    One last time
    We fade away
    
    As their bodies lie still
    And the ending draws near
    Spirits rise through the air
    All their fears disappear, it all becomes clear
    A blinding light comes into view
    An old soul exchanged for a new
    A familiar voice comes shining through...

[Present]
    [Nicholas:]
    This feeling inside me
    Finally found my life, I'm finally free
    No longer torn in two
    I learned about my life by living through you
    
    This feeling inside me
    Finally found my life, I'm finally free
    No longer torn in two
    Living my own life by learning from you
    
    We'll meet again my friend someday soon...

    "...news in London, France, Russia      [Samples from TV news broadcasts.]
    and Italy have deleted their lead 
    story, all anticipating the outcome 
    of the man considered to be a member of American nobility."
    "And as you can imagine, as the skies have grown darker 
    here over Washington, the mood has grown darker as well 
    and people here are beginning to resign themselves 
    to the possibility that they are witnessing yet another 
    tragedy in a long string of misfortunes."
    "Reaction from everywhere, from Washington and 
    certainly from around the world has cast..."
    
    [The Hypnotherapist:]
    "Open your eyes, Nicholas."
    
    [Nicholas:]
    "Aaah!"