You Not Me
Dream Theater * Track #2 On Falling into Infinity
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You Not Me by Dream Theater
Release Date
Performed by
Dream TheaterProduced by
Kevin ShirleyWrited by
James LaBrie & John Myung & Mike Portnoy & Derek Sherinian & Desmond Child & John PetrucciAbout
“You Not Me”, originally started as “You Or Me”, is the first song that Dream Theater wrote with someone that is not in the band. It was written by John Myung and Desmond Child (the “‘80s rock hit-maker”). DT’s producer at that time, Kevin Shirley listened to the song and felt it needed stronger mor...
You Not Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Being round you is driving me crazy
Watching you run is making me lazy
You're trying to buy a place in my head
Telling me lines I've already read
Speaking my name to try to confuse me
Say it again you're starting to lose me
[Bridge]
That's alright I'm okay
It happens every single day
It's all the same
But I'm not blind
[Chorus 1]
It's all about you not me
It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give
[Chorus 2]
It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me
[Verse 2]
You're building my prison brick by brick
Eating your words is making me sick
You get what you want
Cause nothing is sacred
You're reading my mind
And leaving me naked
You say I gotta give before I receive it
One of these days I'll believe it
[Chorus 1]
It's all about you not me
It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give
[Chorus 2]
It's all about you not me
It's all about you not me
You Not Me Q&A
Who wrote You Not Me's ?
You Not Me was written by James LaBrie & John Myung & Mike Portnoy & Derek Sherinian & Desmond Child & John Petrucci.
Who produced You Not Me's ?
You Not Me was produced by Kevin Shirley.
When did Dream Theater release You Not Me?
Dream Theater released You Not Me on Tue Sep 23 1997.
How did Desmond Child get involved in co-writing this song?
Mike Portnoy answered this question in his website’s FAQ page for the album:
We weren’t going to use the original version “You or Me” so as far as I was concerned, it was a track that was going to be thrown away. Kevin Shirley asked me “what do you think about Desmond looking at this song?” since I...