I. SOMEONE LIKE HIM

Lyrics: John Petrucci

I never wanted to become someone like him so secure
Content to live each day just like the last
I was sure I knew that
This was not for me
And I wanted so much more
Far beyond what I could see
So I swore that I'd
Never be someone like him

So many years have passed
Since I proclaimed
My independence
My mission
My aim
And my vision
So secure
Content to live each day like it's my last
It's wonderful to know
That I could be
Something more than what I dreamed
Far beyond what I could see
Still I swear that I'm
Missing out this time

As far as I could tell
There's nothing more I need
But still I ask myself
Could this be everything
Then all I swore
That I would never be was now
So suddenly
The only thing
I wanted
To become
To be someone just like him

II. MEDICATE (Awakening)

Lyrics: James LaBrie

A Doctor sitting next to me
He asks me how I feel
Not sure I understand his questioning
He says I've been away a while
But thinks he has cured me
From a state of catatonic sleep

For 30 years
Where have I been
Eyes open
But not getting through to me

Medicate me
Infiltrate me
Side effects appear
As my conscience slips away

Medicate me
Science failing
Conscience fading fast
Can't you stop what's happening

A higher dosage he prescribes
But there's no guarantee
I feel it starting to take over me
I tell him not to be ashamed
There's no one who's to blame
A second shot
A brief awakening

I feel the relapse
Can't break free
Eyes open
But not getting through to me

Medicate me
Infiltrate me
Side effects appear
As my conscience slips away

Medicate me
Science failing
Conscience fading fast
Can't you stop what's happening

III. FULL CIRCLE

Lyrics: Mike Portnoy
Spoken:Isn't this where we came in?
sailing on the seven seize the day tripper diem's ready
jack the ripper owens wilson phillips and my supper's ready
lucy in the sky with diamond dave's not here I come to save the
day for nightmare cinema show me the way to get back home again

Running forward
Falling back
Spinning round and round
Looking outward
Reaching in
Scream without a sound

Leaning over
Crawling up
Stumbling all around
Losing my place
Only to find I've come full circle

flying off the handle with careful with
that axe eugene gene the dance machine
messiah light my fire gabba gabba
hey hey my my generation's home again

Running forward
Falling back
Spinning round and round
Looking outward
Reaching in
Scream without a sound

Leaning over
Crawling up
Stumbling all around
Losing my place
Only to find I've come full circle

IV. INTERVALS

Lyrics: Mike Portnoy

(Root)
Our deadly sins feel his mortal wrath
Remove all obstacles from our path

(Second)
Asking questions
Search for clues
The answer's been right in front of you

(Third)
Try to break through
Long to connect
Fall on deaf ears and fails muted breath

(Fourth)
Loyalty, trust, faith and desire
Carries love through each darkest fire

(Fifth)
Tortured Insanity
A smothering hell
Try to escape but to no avail

(Sixth)
The calls of admirers
Who claim they adore
Drain all your lifeblood while begging for more

(Seventh)
Innocent victims of merciless crimes
Fall prey to some madmen's impulsive designs

(Octave)
Step after step
We try controlling our fate
When we finally start living it has become too late

Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium

V. RAZOR'S EDGE

Lyrics: John Petrucci

We move in circles
Balanced all the while
On a gleaming razor's edge

A perfect sphere
Colliding with our fate
This story ends where it began

I. Someone Like Him

0:00 - 8:47 (8:47)
Lyrics by John Petrucci

Bagian ini menceritakan tentang perspektif dari orang pertama. Menggambarkan pikiran seseorang disaat ia memutuskan apa yang harus ia lakukan dalam perjalanan hidupnya, serta keinginannya untuk tidak pernah menjadi orang biasa. ia akhirnya menjadi orang yang luarbiasa, tetapi pada saat itu, ia malah menginginkan untuk menjadi orang yang biasa2 saja. Someone Like Him. Hal ini juga sejalan dengan tema 'Full Circle' dari Octavarium: "this story ends where it began". Teori lain tentang bagian ini adalah bahwa hal itu berbicara tentang karir musik John Petrucci, pertama ia mengagumi idolanya tetapi tidak ingin menjadi musisi, dan akhirnya berubah pikiran dan menyadari apa yang diinginkannya selama ini.

II. Medicate (Awakening)

8:48 - 13:49 (5:01)
Lyrics by James LaBrie

Seseorang terbangun dan menemukan seorang dokter duduk di samping tempat tidurnya. Dokter memberitahu dia bahwa ia telah terkena "Catatonic Sleep" selama 30 tahun. Dokter, bagaimanapun, percaya bahwa ia mampu menyembuhkannya. Tiba-tiba, pasien sangat membutuhkan bantuan karena ia merasa kesadarannya memudar. Dokter merekomendasikan dosis yang lebih tinggi , tetapi tampaknya tidak membantu. Meskipun dokter telah gagal dalam membantunya, pasien memberitahu dokter bahwa dia tidak bersalah, dan bahwa ia tidak perlu merasa malu. Akhirnya, pasien tergelincir kembali ke dalam ketidaksadaran.

Sekali lagi, ini juga mencerminkan tema 'Semuanya berakhir di mana ia dimulai. "(Everything ends where it began.'

III. Full Circle

13:50 - 18:27 (4:37)
Lyrics by Mike Portnoy

Full Circle adalah cerminan dari kecintaan mike portnoy kepada lagu2 progressive rock, yang ditunjukkan dalam lirik oleh referensi yang mendasari beberapa lagu-lagu favoritnya.Sekali lagi referensi dibuat untuk tema pemersatu dari lagu tersebut ('Semuanya berakhir di mana ia mulai'.lagu2 tersebut terkoneksi sehingga membentuk sebuah kaitan, (cth. Day for Night, mare Cinema, Show). bagian awal dan akhir berasal dari referensi Pink Floyd

IV. Intervals

18:28 - 19:51 (1:23)
Lyrics by Mike Portnoy
Dalam setiap bait dari bagian ini, merupakan lagu2 dari dream theater yang direferensikan, berikut lagu2nya

Root
The Root of All Evil
"Our deadly sins fill his mortal wrath
Remove all obstacles from our path"

Second
The Answer Lies Within
"Asking questions, search for clues
The answer's been right in front of you"

Third
These Walls
"Try to break through, long to connect
Fall on deaf ears with failed muted breath"

Fourth
I Walk Beside You
"Loyalty, trust, faith and desire
Carries love through each darkest fire"

Fifth
Panic Attack
"Tortured insanity, a smothering hell
Try to escape but to no avail"

Sixth
Never Enough
"The calls of admirers who claim they adore
Drain all your lifeblood while begging for more"

Seventh
Sacrificed Sons
"Innocent victims of merciless crimes
Fall prey to some madmen's impulsive designs"

Octave
Octavarium
"Step after step, we try controlling our fate
When we finally start living it's become too late"

untuk mengakhiri bagian Octave, LaBrie mengulangi baris "Trapped inside this Octavarium", yang berarti bahwa ia yang terperangkap dalam lingkaran penuh Octavarium, dimana awal dan akhir yang sama. Untuk yang satu ini, LaBrie melakukan scream yang tidak pernah dilakukannya selama lebih dari satu dekade. Pada saat "Trapped inside this Octavarium" yang keempat , suaranya telah mencapai G5, catatan tertinggi yang pernah terdengar di lagu Dream Theater

V. Razor's Edge

19:52 - 24:00 (4:08)
Lyrics by John Petrucci

bagian ini hanya menekankan sifat siklus dari segala sesuatu, serta album, karena dimulai di mana itu berakhir sama seperti tema nya 'Everything ends where it began.'

Hemispheres - "...With the heart and mind united in a single perfect sphere."

Octavarium - "A Perfect Sphere, colliding with our fate..."