What DT song is most personal to you?

[jsem]

Although I don't have asperger or anything of that like - Solitary Shell easily.

[DJay32]

I'm not sure how many of you have heard of derealisation/depersonalisation, but it is most likely something a number of you may of experience some time in your lives, as it's a 'side effect' of anxiety; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derealisation. But yeah, if you read into what it is, then listen to Misunderstood you'll understand.

Oh, I completely get that. I haven't mentioned "Misunderstood" because.. well, I'm still not 100% positive what the song's about. xD But the lyrics are very real to me, and the idea of detaching yourself from the world? All too chillingly real to me. It's why Losing Time connects with me, although I don't have dissociative identity disorder.

I just.. have to disconnect from the world. My obsessions become my life. It's why I'm still around. It's why I love Dream Theater so much.

[wilgod3p]

Space-Dye Vest, I connect with the sentences " Love is an act of blood and I'm bleeding a pool in the shape of a heart" and " There is nowhere to set my aim, so I'm everywhere" I don't know why but they mean a lot to me.

[GasparXR]

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.

I was listening to it as I read this, haha.

So far no DT song has made me cry, but I have cried during one before, and that was The Spirit Carries On. Just under a year ago, my grandmother passed away and I was already crying about a week later when my cousin dedicated the LSFNY version of the song to her on Facebook. It was amazing to say the least.

[TheGreatPretender]

Space-Dye Vest, I connect with the sentences " Love is an act of blood and I'm bleeding a pool in the shape of a heart" and " There is nowhere to set my aim, so I'm everywhere" I don't know why but they mean a lot to me.

I can actually connect with the song in a more literal meaning. I mean, the very reason Kevin Moore wrote it. I can see how sometimes it's possible to fall in love with an image of a woman who you know nothing about.
There's this store at a mall nearby, and they always use the same model for their ad posters, and damn... I've been smitten for over 2 years with this girl.

[Öxölklöfför]

The phrase "Find all you need in your mind"  has served as "pep talk" (in lack of better words) for me ever since I heard it the first time, and it still does.

Great point, that line always resonated with me as well. In fact, one of the reasons I love Just Let Me Breathe as much as I do is the play-on-words referring back to this line.

Ok, yeah it's really nice that they did that kind of referral. JLMB sums up pretty much my thoughs on the music industry (these thoughs are in turn one of the reasons why I listen to DT), so on that level it becomes a personal song to me as well.

[EpicCookie]

I'd have no idea actually... Kind of depends on the mood I'm in.

[VioletS16]

In The Presence of Enemies part 2.
It reminds me of the relationship between me and my sister....*sniff*

[snapple]

The Best of Times.

Even though my dad is alive and well, it reminds me that he is 40+ years older than me and the odds of him seeing my kids one day are pretty slim (let alone getting to see them grow up).

If anything, this song taught me to spend as much time as I can with my dad, and to cherish each and every moment. I'm getting married in less than a year. So, instead of trying to make leaving the house easier, I want to do as much stuff with my family as I can.

I do have to say, that after hearing this song (I already had been dealing with this stuff), I've accepted that he may NOT be around later, but I will enjoy every minute I have now. And I certainly have. 

[wammabe]

Space-Dye Vest, I connect with the sentences " Love is an act of blood and I'm bleeding a pool in the shape of a heart" and " There is nowhere to set my aim, so I'm everywhere" I don't know why but they mean a lot to me.

I can actually connect with the song in a more literal meaning. I mean, the very reason Kevin Moore wrote it. I can see how sometimes it's possible to fall in love with an image of a woman who you know nothing about.
There's this store at a mall nearby, and they always use the same model for their ad posters, and damn... I've been smitten for over 2 years with this girl.

My love life has been extremely horrible shitty. After a while of being alone I've created an image perfect girl in my mind. Space-Dye Vest always brings up the fact that she will never exist. I've always considered that song one of DT's greatest masterpieces.

[Nick]

The Spirit Carries On.

[SystematicThought]

The Best of Times.

Even though my dad is alive and well, it reminds me that he is 40+ years older than me and the odds of him seeing my kids one day are pretty slim (let alone getting to see them grow up).

If anything, this song taught me to spend as much time as I can with my dad, and to cherish each and every moment. I'm getting married in less than a year. So, instead of trying to make leaving the house easier, I want to do as much stuff with my family as I can.

I do have to say, that after hearing this song (I already had been dealing with this stuff), I've accepted that he may NOT be around later, but I will enjoy every minute I have now. And I certainly have. 

I'm not trying to dissect your post, but you said you're getting married soon and your dad is 40+. I'm guessing he's between 50 and 55 years old. He'll see your kids and probably see them grow up to be at least 18 or so.

Don't get down on that aspect. But I agree completely TBOT does have a great lesson within.

For me personally, I've always kind of connected with Solitary Shell, I don't have anything described within the song, but I know a few people with Autism and it's always kind of connected

[snapple]

I'm 21 and he is 64, diabetic and slightly overweight (it only looks bad because it is ALL in his gut. He is skinny as a pencil everywhere else).

And that was a very thoughtful post. I understand why you put the disclaimer at the beginning, but you only meant positive things from it.

I guess I have a hard time because I have 3 older brothers, each with 2 kids (or more). My oldest brother is going to be 34 this year.

Enough about me! This isn't a snapple therapy thread!

I can't listen to TBOT. I don't/won't. It hits too close. But, it also has encouraged me to make sure I have a good relationship with my dad.

[Chrissalix]

Constant Motion. I have (sometimes crippling) OCD which fucks with me on a daily basis and those lyrics sum it up nicely and made me feel as if I wasn't alone.

I can relate to You not Me too because of a previous failed relationship.

[Sixtease]

Medicate (Octavarium pt.2).

Medicate me
Infiltrate me
side-effects appear

I've not seen a doctor for years now (knocks on wood) but I just feel very connected to the poor bodies that fall victim to the modern monstrous medicine/pharmacy.

[PixelDream]

Lines in the Sand. Lyrics, music, everything.

[tartarus250]

through her eyes is just beautifull

[Durg]

I had to really think about this but I remember the first time I heard Endless Sacrifice and thinking that this was exactly the way I felt about 15 years ago when I was traveling for my company right out of college to vastly different cultures and environments.  For about 5 years I mostly lived out of a hotel or temporary apartment.  Especially my first trip in which I worked in San Francisco.  I was engaged at the time and worked out there for seven months.  On top of that it was major culture shock to go from rural south Arkansas and north Louisiana to downtown Van Ness Avenue.  I had never even seen revolving doors before.

I remember that first night in the hotel and hearing people walking up and down that hallways and a couple having sex in the room next door.  Endless Sacrifice takes me back to that moment.

[olliemedsy]

the answer lies within

[DejaVu]

Happy times
ITPoE pt.2 - When I went to Alton Towers theme park with my friends, I listened to this song on the way and the "When angels fall..." section stuck in my head. And I kept breaking out into shouting "dark master of sin", in the middle of the park. My friends were like

The Root of All Evil - When I went on holiday to Spain 2 years ago, I first introduced my friend to Octavarium, I had the chorus going through my head all holiday!

Sad times
Disappear - Although this song isn't really praised much here, I honestly think it's the most emotional song next to The Best of Times by Dream Theater. Ever time I listen to this song, it just makes me sit back and think, it's brilliant.

Voices - I absolutely love this song, I remember listening to it the last day of college and shedding a few tears, it just made me think of all the things that have happened since college and my friends and my girlfriend.


I'm sure there are other songs, but these stick out especially.

[YtseCullen]

As I Am- Mostly because of the fact I'm in highschool, and I get pinned as kind of an outcast because I don't have specific group of friends that I always hang with, I have lots of friends, but a lot people tend to think that because im not always hanging out with the same person I'm a loner, so it makes me think, "To those who understand, I extend my hand, To the doubtful I demand, take me as I am,
Not under your command, I know where I stand, I won't change to fit your plan, Take me as I am" does that make sense I'm just a highschool student trying to live my life, I dont want to be tight cast as a loner when i'm not

[Gadough]

The Answer Lies Within. I know a lot of people don't like it, but as a teenager who's worried about his future, I find the lyrics very comforting and encouraging. As cheesy as they may be.

[AwakeFromOctavarium]

Lifting Shadows Off a Dream or Voices... Well pretty much any song from Awake since that album was such a shocker for me.

[Tomislav95]

Voices

[juzzwuzzz]

There are more then one song that i really love.

1. One last tim
2. Finally Free
3. The Spirit carries on
4. Endless sacrifice
5. ACOS
6. The whole 6 degrees

But there are a few songs that really touch me
Those are
1. The Silent man
2. Raise the knife

And the most special song for me is Hollow Years (live version from budokan).... that songs thouches me in my hearth

[JayOctavarium]

Scarred has been slowly sinking in to me.  The lyrics...


It's never enough
You're wasting your time
Isn't there something I could say?
You don't understand
You're closing me out
How can we live our lives this way?

You tell me I'm wrong
I'm risking my life
Still, I have nothing in return
I show you my hands
You don't see the scars
Maybe you'll leave me here to burn.




Kinda how I feel about my failed relationship


idk

[nightmare_cinema]

The Spirit Carries On, Live Scenes from New York. First time I've ever cried at a song without already being sad. It's my favourite album in the world and that particular performance is one of the greatest things I've ever witnessed... the surprise of Theresa Thomason coming in to voice Victoria before the _greatest_ guitar solo I've ever heard, played with such feeling and intensity and what looks like an electric atmosphere, before the mega cheesy but OH SO APPROPRIATE and emotional gospel singing... I would like to have it played at my funeral if the lyrics weren't so pro-religion, the music is what matters but not many people would know it was in the context of an album and someone else's perspective and I'm so strongly atheist I'd feel a right hypocrite if I wrote that down in my will as my funeral song choice So as it stands, I'm having dredg - Sang Real, Muse - Hyper Chondriac Music and a section of the first movement of Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto (I arranged a funeral recently and we got three song choices).

But anyway yes, that has the most emotional power for me. Although Through Her Eyes holds a lot of meaning too, I got really into Scenes when I was about 16 and remember playing it to my mum in our kitchen, we used to sit and smoke/drink while playing each other CDs and raving about music we were into. She died 7 months ago (feels like 7 days ago still) and walking across the car park on the way to work today listening to that song I could have sobbed. It reminds me of her and it's just a generally heartbreaking song.

[Durg]

The Spirit Carries On, Live Scenes from New York. First time I've ever cried at a song without already being sad. It's my favourite album in the world and that particular performance is one of the greatest things I've ever witnessed... the surprise of Theresa Thomason coming in to voice Victoria before the _greatest_ guitar solo I've ever heard, played with such feeling and intensity and what looks like an electric atmosphere, before the mega cheesy but OH SO APPROPRIATE and emotional gospel singing... I would like to have it played at my funeral if the lyrics weren't so pro-religion, the music is what matters but not many people would know it was in the context of an album and someone else's perspective and I'm so strongly atheist I'd feel a right hypocrite if I wrote that down in my will as my funeral song choice So as it stands, I'm having dredg - Sang Real, Muse - Hyper Chondriac Music and a section of the first movement of Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto (I arranged a funeral recently and we got three song choices).

But anyway yes, that has the most emotional power for me. Although Through Her Eyes holds a lot of meaning too, I got really into Scenes when I was about 16 and remember playing it to my mum in our kitchen, we used to sit and smoke/drink while playing each other CDs and raving about music we were into. She died 7 months ago (feels like 7 days ago still) and walking across the car park on the way to work today listening to that song I could have sobbed. It reminds me of her and it's just a generally heartbreaking song.

That's a nice story.  Sorry about your Mom. 

but...

smoking and drinking at 16 with your Mom?     

[Sketchy]

Trial Of Tears and Lifting Shadows Off A Dream...

No idea why, just the music just does something that few other things I've ever heard do. I've no idea what the songs are about, and to be fair, it'd probably take some of the fun away if I did sometimes, as then I'd no longer be able to wonder whether it was really deep or not. So yeah, I love the lyrics too. Incidentally, I'm listening to FII because I wanted to hear Trial Of Tears again.

[nightmare_cinema]

The Spirit Carries On, Live Scenes from New York. First time I've ever cried at a song without already being sad. It's my favourite album in the world and that particular performance is one of the greatest things I've ever witnessed... the surprise of Theresa Thomason coming in to voice Victoria before the _greatest_ guitar solo I've ever heard, played with such feeling and intensity and what looks like an electric atmosphere, before the mega cheesy but OH SO APPROPRIATE and emotional gospel singing... I would like to have it played at my funeral if the lyrics weren't so pro-religion, the music is what matters but not many people would know it was in the context of an album and someone else's perspective and I'm so strongly atheist I'd feel a right hypocrite if I wrote that down in my will as my funeral song choice So as it stands, I'm having dredg - Sang Real, Muse - Hyper Chondriac Music and a section of the first movement of Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto (I arranged a funeral recently and we got three song choices).

But anyway yes, that has the most emotional power for me. Although Through Her Eyes holds a lot of meaning too, I got really into Scenes when I was about 16 and remember playing it to my mum in our kitchen, we used to sit and smoke/drink while playing each other CDs and raving about music we were into. She died 7 months ago (feels like 7 days ago still) and walking across the car park on the way to work today listening to that song I could have sobbed. It reminds me of her and it's just a generally heartbreaking song.

That's a nice story.  Sorry about your Mom. 

but...

smoking and drinking at 16 with your Mom?     

She smoked and was a drinker too (died of alcoholism) and I started young (14) so it was just natural to hang out on an evening when we were both usually doing that in separate floors of the house, to get together in the kitchen with the CD player. Funnily enough I'm now practically teetotal

[Jaq]

Space Dye Vest used to be that odd, slightly out of place song on Awake with all the piano, the samples, and no guitar solo.

Then my girlfriend of six years broke my heart and WOW did I get it.

[wolven74]

By album my most memorable/meaningful songs are generally the most uplifting lyrics/riffs. Some are more serious and painful.

WDaDU: Afterlife
I&W: Surrounded, Learning to live
Awake: Innocence Faded
FII: Hell's Kitchen, Take Away My Pain
ACOS: Carpe Diem
SFAM: Through My Words, Overture 1928
6 Degrees: Disc 1: Misunderstood. Disc 2: all
Octavarium: These Walls, I Walk Beside You
SC: Ministry of Lost Souls
BC&CL: Best of Times: the first time a DT song has made me cry. Count of Tuscany.