What DT song is most personal to you?

[splent]

At the moment, mine is About to Crash.  Yeah I know it's only part of a song... deal with it.  I was listening to it a while ago and really listened to the lyrics (not that I never did before, it does this every time to me).  And while not completely the same as my current situation, the subject matter is very real and struck a chord with me.

My mother-in-law is bipolar, and she is in a depressive state right now.  It's one type of the disorder where she mainly gets depressed (she's rarely manic and when she is it's because of her meds being fucked up).  But even when she's in a good state compared to right now... while not to a point where "I've never seen it get this bad" it's definitely "she's so sad".  The situation is much more complex than that but I'm not comfortable revealing everything that my wife and I go through on a daily basis in regards to her at this time.  

[True Death of Life]

The Best of Times really means a lot to me. The lyrics, the overall tunefullness...it's hard to explain. Brings back so many memories.

[ZKX-2099]

The Count Of Tuscany.

[sonatafanica]

 

[Mebert78]

SDV.

[Portrucci]

The Dark Eternal Night

Space Dye Vest probably 

[yeshaberto]

I know TSCO is about reincarnation, but I love the song nonetheless for the basic premise that, well, the spirit carries on

[sonatafanica]

The Silent Man.



I have never enjoyed talking to people in person really. In middle and high school I went for weeks at a time without saying even one word the whole day.

I don't know why, but a lot of things have happened to scar me in such a way that I wish everyone around me would just leave me alone. But at the same time, if I have to I can find the strength to make difficult decisions and to help anyone I can. That song really connects with me.

[Infinite Cactus]

For some reason, Surrounded. Whenever I listen to it, I tear up. Something about it is very powerful and it hits my emotionally. I went through a lot of hard times listening to that song. It somewhat reminds me of the light at the end of a dark era.

[Adami]

Scarred if I had to pick one. Hard to relate to very much of their stuff though.

[Valdor]

These Walls in the sense that I've never been certain of myself in conversations.
Misunderstood because I sometimes feel like people expect too much from me and see me as a better person than I really am.

[Zydar]

I lost my dad 10 years ago, so The Best Of Times and Take Away My Pain is special to me. Especially TBOT.

[ZBomber]

Disappear.

[Amoniz]

Voices.

the first DT song I cried to.
maybe because it reminded me of one of my old friends who passed away 4 years ago.

[EstyMaJ]

Edit :Thanks Jamesman for pointing this out LOL (Forgot to type in the song )
My Song is You not Me

I know alot of DT fans Hate this song But I like it and it helped me threw tuff times during split up / Divorce back then perfect lyrics to be blasting on the way in ans out of her driveway while picking up and dropping off the kids too!!

[Rafael Guerra]

Disappear, while its a song that has the potential to put your down and make you depressed, it has the same potential to support you in those bad times.

[True Death of Life]

Oh-I almost for got to add "These Walls"...the lyrics mean so much to me. I've been dealing with a lot of shit lately and it pretty much sums it up.

[Marvellous G]

Probably Misunderstood, especially as the first time I heard it I was in the PERFECT frame of mind for it.

[Slain]

The Spirit Carries On, the first time I listened to it I was overwhelmed- I even tear up sometimes when I watch the live version on LFSNY with the choir- it's really nice to watch.

Also About to Crash and Solitary Shell.

[PlaysLikeMyung]

The Answer Lies Within right now

[blackngold29]

Probably Solitary Shell. Losing Time too, even though it has no real connection to me.

[YtseBitsySpider]

afterlife

[LTE]

Honestly over extremely personal songs like A Change of Seasons, Octavarium, Disappear, The Best of Times, I have to say Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. Just something about how it touches the whole human condition.

[Arcaeus]

Scarred if I had to pick one. Hard to relate to very much of their stuff though.

[Jamesman42]

I know alot of DT fans Hate this song But I like it and it helped me threw tuff times during split up / Divorce back then perfect lyrics to be blasting on the way in ans out of her driveway while picking up and dropping off the kids too!!

What song are you talking about?




For me, The Answer Lies Within, because of my friend who passed away a few months ago, it was his favorite DT song.

[Arcaeus]

I know alot of DT fans Hate this song But I like it and it helped me threw tuff times during split up / Divorce back then perfect lyrics to be blasting on the way in ans out of her driveway while picking up and dropping off the kids too!!

What song are you talking about?

I'm going to make a wild guess and say Never Enough

[MajorMatt]

Octavarium specifically, Razors Edge and the end of Intervals.

[Logical Nightmare]

The Dance of Eternity.

I don't know. There's no lyrics, but it's so intense and spontaneous, and that feels just like me. Not to mention is was one of the first DT songs I heard and it, along with Panic Attack (before Rock Band...) made me listen more to DT.

I know every note in that song, I keep the rhythm perfectly while listening to it. I feel very close to it somehow.

Also, Octavarium, and maybe Solitary Shell.

[Birch Boy]

The Best Of Times is really the only one, but it's a really big one.

[LTE]

The Best Of Times is really the only one, but it's a really big one.

Not ACOS as well?

They both have pretty similar concepts

[Birch Boy]

  Failure is me

Totally forgot.

[LTE]

Failure is me

Totally forgot.

haha w/e, no problem

[Global Laziness]

Although there are dozens of Dream Theater songs that I hold emotional attachments to, there are two in particular that stand out:

Space-Dye Vest: When I was 15, I was learning to play the song on my acoustic guitar one night, so I was listening to it a lot on repeat. That was the same night when a year and a half of intense emotional abuse culminated in me moving out of my mother's house, where I had lived my entire life, and in with my father, whom I hadn't seen or spoken to in two and a half years. It was one of the biggest decisions I've ever made.

A Change of Seasons: My favourite Dream Theater song, which can be linked to a rough breakup, another difficult change in residence, and my battles with major depressive disorder, among other things.

[setrataeso]

Wait for Sleep (from Acoustic Dreams): Mostly because it brings back memories of some great months of my life. It was just good times for me, and hearing that song always makes me remember those days. The Acoustic Dreams version was actually the first version I had of Wait for Sleep, and it always sounded the most "right" of all the versions of Wait for Sleep, and is the one that I associate with that time period.

[walmartsecurity]

Octavarium, the greatest progressive song ever created IMHO. Whenever I hear it, I am reminded of my (slightly) younger days when my life was going quite a bit better. Whenever I listen to this song it gives me hope and gives me confidence that I can get things back to the way they were 4-5 years ago. Some things cannot be reversed, but my depression and my lack of self esteem sure as hell can.

Any song on WDADU. That album takes me to a place that is incomprehensible and can never ever be tainted by the society we live in. Whenever I listen to this album in its entirety, I have the same recurring dream that night, of that same wonderful place. It is one of the things that keeps me going from day to day. A few of the songs invoke those feelings more then others. Afterlife, Only A Matter Of Time, The Killing Hand, and The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun, specifically.

sheesh that sure was deep.