Dream Theater self titled album discussion - [SPOILER FREE DISCUSSION ONLY]

[atmyne]

YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, JORDAN!

[PROGdrummer]

 

YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, JORDAN!

[JayOctavarium]

omg thank you

[sueño]

That...that is beautiful...

Everyone else?   Leave your stupid comments in your pocket!   

[Lolzeez]

I feel like i'm sitting on an atomic bomb, waiting for it to go off.

[darkshade]

YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, JORDAN!

DT fans: When will we get track times for DT12? or a single?

DT: IN A MINUTE, BITCH!

[atmyne]

I feel like i'm sitting on an atomic bomb, waiting for it to go off.

we live without shame
we're digging up a goldmine
still standing on the sidelines
watching through the looking glass

[matte.braso]

watching through the looking glass

sorry for my ignorance, are these lyrics from 'The Looking Glass'??

[atmyne]

sorry for my ignorance, are these lyrics from 'The Looking Glass'??

I thought I'd have a go at making some of my own lyrics for that track.
If those end up being the real lyrics i would like a billion dollars kthnx. 

[darkshade]

"The Looking Glass" was written by John Petrucci after watching an episode of Lost.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I feel like i'm sitting on an atomic bomb, waiting for it to go off.

we live without shame
we're digging up a goldmine
still standing on the sidelines
watching through the looking glass

Look to the other side, reach the undefined
Curious to what she doesn't know
Step through the empty air, reveal what wasn't there
A fantasy-her looking glass world

Is it as it seems? Or just a dream within a dream
(dream within, dream within a dream)

[wolven74]

YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, JORDAN!

I'm sorry. Is this Rich Chycki having problems with a bowel movement or doing a Jim Carrey impression? WTF is going on here? Where does this come from?

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

The Room. A masterpiece of cinema.

[JayOctavarium]

The Room. A masterpiece of cinema.

one of the greatest films ever made

[sueño]

I feel like i'm sitting on an atomic bomb, waiting for it to go off.

we live without shame
we're digging up a goldmine
still standing on the sidelines
watching through the looking glass

Look to the other side, reach the undefined
Curious to what she doesn't know
Step through the empty air, reveal what wasn't there
A fantasy-her looking glass world

Is it as it seems? Or just a dream within a dream
(dream within, dream within a dream)

Mawwidge.  That bwessed awwangement.  That dweam wivvin a dweam.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

The Room. A masterpiece of cinema.

one of the greatest films ever made

Indeed. Impeccable acting, riveting dialogue, and one the most brilliant plots I have ever seen.

[BlobVanDam]

I haven't actually really looked at the song titles and analyzed them yet, but they're so interesting.

Come on, a Dream Theater album that opens with a song about dreams? Why are we not discussing this more?

1. FALSE AWAKENING SUITE - A false awakening is a dream about being awake. Analyze THAT!
i. Sleep Paralysis - A state when the body is transition between being awake and asleep, where you're awake but your body is asleep.
ii. Night Terrors - Occurs during the early hours of sleep, and is sort of like a bad dream, which sounds pretty metal to me. And it's kind of like your body is awake, and your mind is asleep.
iii. Lucid Dream - A dream where you are aware that you are dreaming and can manipulate the dream. You're asleep but consciously awake enough to know you're asleep.

I was half expecting the album to open with a track called Dream Theater, which would have been appropriate, but this is basically that in disguise, which is an even better idea. I think this song will represent the band on a literal name basis, effectively being as close to a self titled song as you can get, done in a clever way. A suite about dreams. I'm imagining lyrics like SDOIT, but about dream-states instead of mental illnesses.

DREAMCEPTION.

[?]

False Awakening Suite should include a cover of Nocturnal Emission by Anathema

[wolven74]

Night Terrors: a tie to Metropolis pt 1?

"I'm asleep, yet I'm so afraid"

[darkshade]

[Ben_Jamin]

Night Terrors: a tie to Metropolis pt 1?

"I'm asleep, yet I'm so afraid"

If so then its gonna be sn awesome instrumental section.

But I got this feeling if it was called intro,  then it becomes suite makes it seem its gonna have a lot of themes related to what DT is. Orchestra with the band coming in fully on Night Terrors, and an epic ending note fading into The Enemy Within.../speculation

[YtseJamittaja]

Night Terrors - A Nightmare to Remember 

[Scard]

I've had sleep paralysis. It's terrifying. This song is going to be awesome.

[theseoafs]

[matte.braso]

So I looked up the new album on Best Buy's website and on Amazon to see if they posted the song lengths, and I noticed that both sites had two different listings for the album - a Japanese import and one with a bonus DVD. The Japanese import one was over 40 dollars, and the bonus DVD one was 69 bucks! I've never heard of a studio album with a bonus DVD being over 25 dollars. Does anyone else find this very strange??

seems like tomorrow we might have some more details about the packaging

[wolven74]

How do you get tomorrow out of this

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Today is Sunday. Tomorrow is Monday.

[sueño]

 

And after all, tomorrow *is* another day...  (to quote another movie  )

[wolven74]

Oh I'm sure it will be looked into. I question the assumption we'll hear an answer by tomorrow. Might take a day or 2 to investigate.

[wasteland]

Might take a week or two for the information to filter through

[JayOctavarium]

soon

[?]

[425]

Oh dear god time for the DTF hype machine to jump on a vague statement by the RR Twitter guy and turn it into "Tomorrow! Tomorrow!"







Which really is what makes the DTF hype machine so fun.

[BlackInk]

i. Sleep Paralysis - A state when the body is transition between being awake and asleep, where you're awake but your body is asleep.

The body is technically in sleep paralysis all night. You don't really need to be mentally awake.

I've had sleep paralysis. It's terrifying. This song is going to be awesome.

I thought it was awesome, when halucinations start kicking in you can close your eyes and start a lucid deam instantly.

[GasparXR]

A vivid scene, a lucid dream within.