The Enemy Inside adalah singel pertama dari band progressive metal/rock Dream Theater dari album self-titled 2013.
Disampaikan di halaman Facebook resmi band Dream Theater, lagu ini dijadikan sebagai singel pertama pada tanggal 3 Agustus 2013 dan tersedia untuk streaming oleh USA Today pada 5 Agustus 2013. Sebuah saluran video di YouTube untuk lagu ini diterbitkan sehari setelahnya.
Yang patut kita tahu Vrooh, lagu ini bercerita tentang seorang veteran perang yang menderita "gangguan stres pasca-trauma". Dan di video klip lagu ini gak satupun personil Dream Theater yang menampilkan diri.
Pada tanggal 6 Desember 2013, diumumkan bahwa "The Enemy Inside" dinominasikan sebagai "Best Metal Performance" pada Grammy Award.
Save A Warrior
Selama syuting video musik untuk "The Enemy Inside", Dream Theater yang terhubung pada Save A Warrior, sebuah organisasi yang didedikasikan untuk merangkul kembali veteran perang dan menawarkan rasa aman, program ketahanan berdasarkan bukti-inovatif untuk prajurit yang menderita gangguan stres pasca-trauma. Band ini bekerja erat dengan organisasi dalam beberapa bulan berikutnya.
Anggota Band
Buat yang belom tau personil Dream Theater, berikut line-upnya yang sekarang :
James LaBrie - vokal (tengah)
John Petrucci - gitar, backing vokal (paling kanan)
John Myung - bass (kedua dari kanan)
Jordan Rudess - keyboard (kedua dari kiri)
Mike Mangini - drum, perkusi (paling kiri)
Lirik "The Enemy Inside"
Over and over again
I relive the moment
I'm bearing the burden within
Open wounds hidden under my skin
Pain is real as a cut that bleeds
The face I see every time I try to sleep
Staring at me crying
[CHORUS]
I'm running from the enemy inside
Looking for the life I left behind
These suffocating memories are etched upon my mind
And I can't escape from the enemy inside
I sever myself from the world
and shut down completely
All alone in my own living hell
overcome with irrational fear
Under the weight of the world on my chest
I buckle and break as I try to catch my breath
Tell me I'm not dying
[CHORUS]
I'm running from the enemy inside
Looking for the life I left behind
These suffocating memories are etched upon my mind
And I can't escape from the enemy inside
I'm a burden and a travesty
I'm a prisoner of regret
Between the flashbacks and the violent dreams
I am hanging on the edge
Disaster lurks around the bend
Paradise came to an end
And no magic pill
can bring it back again
[CHORUS]
I'm running from the enemy inside
Looking for the life I left behind
These suffocating memories are etched upon my mind
And I can't escape from the enemy inside
Over and over again
I relive the moment
I'm bearing the burden within
Open wounds hidden under my skin
Pain is real as a cut that bleeds
The face I see every time I try to sleep
Staring at me crying
[CHORUS]
I'm running from the enemy inside
Looking for the life I left behind
These suffocating memories are etched upon my mind
And I can't escape from the enemy inside
I sever myself from the world
and shut down completely
All alone in my own living hell
overcome with irrational fear
Under the weight of the world on my chest
I buckle and break as I try to catch my breath
Tell me I'm not dying
[CHORUS]
I'm running from the enemy inside
Looking for the life I left behind
These suffocating memories are etched upon my mind
And I can't escape from the enemy inside
I'm a burden and a travesty
I'm a prisoner of regret
Between the flashbacks and the violent dreams
I am hanging on the edge
Disaster lurks around the bend
Paradise came to an end
And no magic pill
can bring it back again
[CHORUS]
I'm running from the enemy inside
Looking for the life I left behind
These suffocating memories are etched upon my mind
And I can't escape from the enemy inside
Jangan lupa dikata-katain ya, biar kamu senang, hmm ... o_o