Build Me Up, Break Me Down

Build Me Up, Break Me Down adalah lagu kedua di album ke-11 Dream Theater, A Dramatic Turn of Events. Musik pada lagu ini menggambarkan heavy rock yang kompak, dengan riff downtuned dan segelintir dentuman drum. Lirik pada lagu ini membahas tentang berbagai kekerasan yang dialami selebriti, dan kemunafikan dari media.

"Build Me Up, Break Me Down"
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Lagu oleh Dream Theater
dari album A Dramatic Turn of Events
Dirilis	26 Januari 2011
Format	Digital
Genre	Progressive metal
Durasi	6:59
Label	Roadrunner
Pencipta	Lirik - John Petrucci Musik - Dream Theater
Produser	John Petrucci

Video lirik untuk singel Build Me Up, Break Me Down dirilis melalui Loudwire pada 26 Januari 2012.

Anggota Band

• James LaBrie - vokal
• John Petrucci - gitar, backing vokal
• John Myung - bass
• Jordan Rudess - keyboard
• Mike Mangini - drum, perkusi

Lirik

Today I will be your savior
Tomorrow ‒ a demon
You crave my erratic behavior
And watch my every move

Obsession at all cost
You'll be the death of me
Broken and torn apart
Why can't you let me be?

You build me up
You break me down
Until I'm falling to pieces
I crash and burn
I never learn
I'm your guilty addiction

Build me up
Break me down

Tonight I am the new messiah
You deify
When I'm no longer desired
I'll be crucified

The one who's free from sin
The first to cast the stone
Fighting the fear within
I won't be left alone

You build me up
You break me down
Until I'm falling to pieces
The price I pay
To live this way
And the fantasy stays alive

I can't live up
I can't let down
And leave you falling to pieces
I crash and burn
I never learn
I'm your morbid obsession.

Build me up
Break me down

You build me up
You break me down
Until I'm falling to pieces
The price I pay
To live this way
And the fantasy stays alive

I can't live up
I can't let down
And leave you falling to pieces
I crash and burn
I never learn
Your iconic fixation

Build me up
Break me down

Build me up
Break me down