Lyrics:

4th Degree - The Great Debate [13:43]

[also known as 'Conflict At Ground Zero']

music by Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess

lyrics by John Petrucci



What if someone said

Promise lies ahead

Hopes are high in certain scientific circles

Life won't have to end

You could walk again



What if someone said

Problems lie ahead

They've uncovered something highly controversial

The right to life is strong

Can't you see it's wrong



Human kind has reached a turning point

Poised for conflict at ground zero

Ready for a war

Do we look to our unearthly guide

Or to white coat heroes

Searching for a cure



Turn to the light

Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates

Turn to the light

Turning away would be a terrible mistake



Anarchistic moral vision

Industries of death

Facing violent opposition

Unmolested breathe



Ethic inquisitions breed

Antagonistic views

Right wing sound bite premonitions

In a labyrinth of rules



Are you justified

Are you justified

Are you justified

Justified in taking

Life to save life

Life to save life

Taking life to save life



This embryonic clay

Wrapped in fierce debate

Would be thrown away

Or otherwise discarded



Some of us believe

It may hold the key

To treatment of disease

And secrets highly guarded



Are you justified

Are you justified

Are you justified

Justified in taking

Life to save life

Life to save life

Life to save life



Human kind has reached a turning point

Poised for conflict at ground zero

Ready for a war

Do we look to our unearthly guide

Or to white coat heroes



Turn to the light

Don't be frightened of the shadows it creates

Turn to the light

Turning away would be a terrible mistake



We're reaching

But have we gone too far



Harvesting existence

Only to destroy

Carelessly together

We are sliding



Someone else's future

Four days frozen still

Someone else's fate

We are deciding



Miracle potential

Sanctity of life

Faced against each other

We're divided



Should we push the boundaries

Or should we condemn

Moral guilt and science

Have collided



Turn to the light

We defy our own mortality these days

Turn to the light

Pay attention to the questions we have raised