3rd Degree - Solitary Shell [04:09]
  music by Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess
  lyrics by John Petrucci

  He seemed no different from the rest
  Just a healthy normal boy
  His mama always did her best
  And he was daddy's pride and joy

  He learned to walk and talk on time
  But never cared much to be held
  and steadily he would decline
  Into his solitary shell

  As a boy he was considered somewhat odd
  Kept to himself most of the time
  He would daydream in and out of his own world
  but in every other way he was fine

  He's a Monday morning lunatic
  Disturbed from time to time
  Lost within himself
  In his solitary shell

  A temporary catatonic
  Madman on occasion
  When will he break out
  Of his solitary shell

  He struggled to get through his day
  He was helplessly behind
  He poured himself onto the page
  Writing for hours at a time

  As a man he was a danger to himself
  Fearful and sad most of the time
  He was drifting in and out of sanity
  But in every other way he was fine

  He's a Monday morning lunatic
  Disturbed from time to time
  Lost within himself
  In his solitary shell

  A momentary maniac
  With casual delusions
  When will he be let out
  Of his solitary shell