A Fortune in Lies by Dream Theater Lyrics

[Intro]
For the first time in a long time
Everything was right in my world
And then I woke up

[Verse 1]
I can remember when in the unity of our five-day sessions
Not even once did we hear the siren song
What kind of imagination, asleep in some lyrical coma
Who's vain futile memory could have been so wrong?

[Chorus]
You can make a fortune in lies
You can keep a giant alive
You can ride the red
Until everybody smiles

[Verse 2]
A trifling euphoria was such an untimely religion
Maybe your life can explain the reason for my indecision
Here is a poor man, the heart of this monster creation
He said we both will be heroes and I was led into temptation
[Chorus]
You can make a fortune in lies
You can keep a giant alive
You can ride the red
Until everybody smiles

[Bridge]
Can you show me your gold and your silver?
A hero in frozen water

[Outro]
Now you've made a fortune in lies
And you kept a giant alive
You rode the red, you rode the red!