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.
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.
The Count Of Tuscany.
:lol
SDV.
The Dark Eternal Night
Space Dye Vest probably :millahhhh
I know TSCO is about reincarnation, but I love the song nonetheless for the basic premise that, well, the spirit carries on
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.
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.
Scarred if I had to pick one. Hard to relate to very much of their stuff though.
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.
I lost my dad 10 years ago, so The Best Of Times and Take Away My Pain is special to me. Especially TBOT.
Disappear.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
Probably Misunderstood, especially as the first time I heard it I was in the PERFECT frame of mind for it.
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.
The Answer Lies Within right now
Probably Solitary Shell. Losing Time too, even though it has no real connection to me.
afterlife
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.
Quote from: Adami on December 30, 2009, 12:41:19 AM
Scarred if I had to pick one. Hard to relate to very much of their stuff though.
Quote from: EstyMaJ on December 30, 2009, 05:18:21 AM
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.
Quote from: Jamesman on December 31, 2009, 10:57:12 AM
Quote from: EstyMaJ on December 30, 2009, 05:18:21 AM
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
Octavarium specifically, Razors Edge and the end of Intervals.
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.
The Best Of Times is really the only one, but it's a really big one.
Quote from: BirchBoy on January 01, 2010, 12:17:32 PM
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
:facepalm: Failure is me
Totally forgot.
Quote from: BirchBoy on January 01, 2010, 12:23:40 PM
:facepalm: Failure is me
Totally forgot.
haha w/e, no problem
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.
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.
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.
Quote from: True Death of Life on December 30, 2009, 09:34:15 AM
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.
I could say the exact same thing. This was the first song I played for the new year. Now the walls have to start falling..
Quote from: walmartsecurity on January 04, 2010, 11:49:42 AM
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.
See kids, THIS kinda stuff is what music's about.
I like posts like this because it reminds me of how posts along the lines of "ha! how can you POSSIBLY hold that poxy opinion, those transitions are nigh-on unlistenable!" are missing the point of music completely - can't see the forest for all the trees and that. The songwriting process will have signed off well over three months before we've even heard of a note of the album. It's easy to get dragged into the minutiae but really... who cares if the piano interlude is completely out of place? Once it's been put to disc you either like it or you don't. And christ that can bring out some profound feelings. Wonderful.
Not to say that there's anything inherently wrong with discussing the composition, but we focus on the "what" so much more than the "why" and the "how," and that's a bit tragic. To be expected, but dissecting the technicality is a really oafish way of analysing such an ambiguous and emotive artform. Bit of a shame it's the predominant way we discuss Dream Theater's music. It does it a massive disservice.
Incidentally,
Dissecting the Technicality sounds like the title of an album an Italian band with a name like "Silicon Mermaid Syndrome" might release.
Quote from: robwebster on January 04, 2010, 12:01:34 PM
Ill save quoting your huge post...
I agree, although one of the things I love about Dream Theater is how I can both analyze their music very literally and technically, or by songwriting and lyrical points of view, or simply what the songs means and does to me, related or not.
I've always listened to music with emotion and an open mind. I'd much prefer not to become one of those people who listens to something just to pick out the imperfections. To me, this album has none. It is what it is, and it's fantastic.
The key here is imagination, and as I said, an open mind. Without those two things I probably would have either killed myself or become an impenetrable shell. I would suggest that everyone else listen to music this way, and especially WDADU, but everyone has their own way of getting out of bed every morning. Mine is metal music.
Both Surrounded and A Change of Season's themes of breaking free of depression and striving to become something more speak a lot to me. They were also the songs that got me into DT in the first place, and still hold the record for most-played on my media player.
I'm editing mine here. I just listened to it again and found it to be even more personal.
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, unless it requires too much social interaction. I have been both a victim of my girlfriend (current) and my father, for reasons much too personal to say. I think I can be an open person from time to time, but there are a few questions that I pray my girlfriend or family will never ask me. Things that simply are rooted too deeply for me to even think about clearly, no matter how many years they already have been there.
I can't stop being the funny guy to anyone around me. I always know who I am: a person who doesn't know who he is. If I take off that mask of being funny and clever, I'm afraid that there simply will be nothing there. Afraid to emerge and realize that I was away too long and all that it left is someone who honestly does not care.
I didn't mean to blabber away....that song just really connects with me.
Quote from: sonatafanica on January 04, 2010, 02:22:20 PMI have been both a victim of my girlfriend (current)
I'm aware this is a very personal question, so I'll understand if you don't want to answer...
But surely, if she's wounded you in a way that's impacted so deeply that you don't feel comfortable being open, she should really be your ex by now?
There are worse things in the world than being single. Is it just because you don't want to be alone, or are there other reasons?
Sorry. I'm probably very out of place to comment, but that just struck me as bizarre, so I'm kind of curious as to... well, why, when you're not stuck with her as you would be with your father.
As I said, it's very personal, but I'm not afraid at all of being single. And what impacts me from her so much is not entirely her doing, so I can't pin all, or even most of the blame on her.
You're not out of place to question.
Lifting Shadows Off a Dream.
One of their best song and extremely emotional IMO.
-Space-Dye Vest
Its the first DT song I cried to. I don't relate it to falling in love with a model in a magazine, though :biggrin:, but to a break-up in a relationship.
-A Change of Seasons
It has really beautiful lyrics that I can relate to, too; the losing of my childhood's ingenuity (Another World) or the people that I've lost along the way, not necessarily by passing away (Carpe Diem)
Space Dye Vest and Dissapear...And Vacant...
Oh wait! Wait for sleep!
It seems i can't pic only one.... :biggrin:
Without a doubt, The Spirit Carries On. I lost my mom in 2006 and I remember hearing that song around the time she passed away and it just struck a chord with me. But, the real reason it is so personal is that one year to the day of her passing, I was fortunate enough to go to see Dream Theater in Phoenix and do the Meet n' Greet. While I was talking to the guys, I told MP that tonight was the one year anniversary of my mom's passing, and that she would have been smiling knowing that I was spending time on this particular night celebrating her life at a concert with my favorite band, AND getting to meet them in person. MP told me that he would dedicate The Spirit Carries On to her that night.
I was in the front row and when they started playing the song, MP looked right at me and pointed with his stick as if to say "this one's for your mom." Good thing I was in the front row so very few people could see the emotions I was having at that moment. :'(
And from that point, The Spirit Carries On became one of the most personal songs to me of any song by any artist.
SDOIT. I was going through Chemo for Lymphoma and picked up the cd in the middle of my treatments. It helped me get through that rough time in my life.
A Change Of Seasons
The song that got me into DT 10+ years ago when I was just 11 years old. DT's music has been a huge part of my life, and this song is where it all started.
Never enough
I can relate to the lyrics, from the way I look at them.
You have so-called fans?! :omg:
definitely lifting shadows off a dream by far.
would have said the same thing about solitary shell a year ago.
Quote from: sonatafanica on December 29, 2009, 08:24:44 PM
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.
I can relate. The one I most relate to is Solitary Shell. About To Crash is another one. It sucks being me. :-\
Splent, you've been creating some really kickass threads lately. :tup
Quote from: sonatafanica on January 13, 2010, 11:40:15 AM
You have so-called fans?! :omg:
:lol
Here's my post from a while ago:
Quote from: Mladen on August 27, 2009, 02:15:11 AM
This thread made me think. I've never thought it was about the ungrateful fans - I thought it was about people not appreciating the good deed, because it's not 100% what they wanted. The way I see it, it is about man really trying to help someone, possibly his friends, but they're never truly thankful because his deed could have been better. They would appreciate him only if he walked away, because then they would realize how much he meant to them.
Quote from: Slain on December 30, 2009, 01:28:54 PM
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.
This, really. Scenes is the record that got me into Dream Theater, and I'd listen to it on repeat while drawing in my room, and now and again switch to the Live edition of TSCO. :3 I still get chills up and down my spine when Theresa starts singing. As much as I love Score, that particular edition of The Spirit Carries on can't hold a candle to LSFNY.
About to Crash reminds me of myself, Solitary Shell of my littlebrother, heh.
Quote from: BFRedrocks on January 13, 2010, 07:58:56 AM
Without a doubt, The Spirit Carries On. I lost my mom in 2006 and I remember hearing that song around the time she passed away and it just struck a chord with me. But, the real reason it is so personal is that one year to the day of her passing, I was fortunate enough to go to see Dream Theater in Phoenix and do the Meet n' Greet. While I was talking to the guys, I told MP that tonight was the one year anniversary of my mom's passing, and that she would have been smiling knowing that I was spending time on this particular night celebrating her life at a concert with my favorite band, AND getting to meet them in person. MP told me that he would dedicate The Spirit Carries On to her that night.
I was in the front row and when they started playing the song, MP looked right at me and pointed with his stick as if to say "this one's for your mom." Good thing I was in the front row so very few people could see the emotions I was having at that moment. :'(
And from that point, The Spirit Carries On became one of the most personal songs to me of any song by any artist.
That is beautiful, I nearly teared up reading it. *hug*
.
It's a split between Surrounded, because of how I related it to my past drug addiction, and solitary Shell, because a lot of times in my life I feel seperated in some way from others.
I'm attached to "I Walk Beside You", it's kinda one of me and my other half's songs. ;)
I feel very connected to Solitary Shell, because I've got asperger syndrome (a form of autism).
Sadly, The Best of Times. The album came out right around the time my own father passed away. Now, the reason I say sadly is because I honestly don't enjoy it musically all that much. At least not the main verse parts.
But I prefer DT songs that aren't personal honestly. I prefer songs that take me on a journey away from my own life.
Quote from: TheGreatPretender on July 08, 2011, 11:17:48 AM
The Best of Times. The album came out right around the time my own father passed away.
So this.
and The Silent Man... I played it on the way to my dad's funeral... woulda played it at the funeral if I could. He.... idk what it was... it just fit who he was.
ACOS.... For many reasons. The death of a parent... plus the "Oh come, let us adore him.." lines define how I feel most of the time.
These Walls :heart lyrically describe how I feel most of the time. It is so hard for me to open up to people...
Someone Like Him section from 8VRM.... again because my dad
"So suddenly
The only thing
I wanted
To become
To be someone just like him"
I spent years hating him and not wanting to be anything like him... now I am more like him than I ever thought possible... and become more and more like him everyday. Its a blessing and a curse
Space Dye Vest
Solitary Shell
Silent Man
^ I'm a teenager that really dislikes socializing with 90% of the people out there. :-\
But usually, no matter what my mood is at the time, the best choice of song to listen is Take the Time. Images and Words is by far the most valuable possession that I currently have. It makes me feel like the happiest and most productive person alive! Waaayy better than anti-depressants.
Peruvian Skies.
I went to Peru, and got my ass kicked.
Seriously, I'm not sure what song fits me. I'm trying to find it. :-\
Quote from: JayOctavarium on July 08, 2011, 11:32:11 AMSomeone Like Him section from 8VRM.... again because my dad
"So suddenly
The only thing
I wanted
To become
To be someone just like him"
I spent years hating him and not wanting to be anything like him... now I am more like him than I ever thought possible... and become more and more like him everyday. Its a blessing and a curse
Right back at you. That very much applies to me as well. Well, I never hated him, but I did spend a good part of my teenage hood being angsty about him never calling and stuff like that. But as soon as he was gone, being his offspring was one of the things I took the biggest pride in.
Misunderstood too, actually. I mean, the chorus pretty much sums up my existence. I have a ton of friends, but still feel very disconnected from them. "How can I feel abandoned even when the world surrounds me?" "How can I know so many, never really knowing anyone?"
If I had to pick just one, Solitary Shell.
Also Take the Time, Misunderstood, and Wither.
These Walls and Solitary Shell. I am always able to connect to these songs because most of the time i am detatched from everyone else and i have always had a hard time connecting with people.
Also Never Enough because i always feel like it's impossible to please anyone.
Is it just me or do a lot of DT fans feel detached from other people? Hahah. I guess that's what makes us awesome in our own tragic way.
Quote from: TheGreatPretender on July 08, 2011, 12:04:59 PM
Is it just me or do a lot of DT fans feel detached from other people? Hahah. I guess that's what makes us awesome in our own tragic way.
Well, I think part of it is that Solitary Shell is just one of the most easily relatable songs they have. So even if it doesn't apply to someone EXACTLY, it still feels like it does, because it was written really well.
These Walls. I always feel a disconnect with people, (outside of my friends), where i find it hard to have conversations, etc. i always wind up making it awkward
Quote from: TheGreatPretender on July 08, 2011, 12:04:59 PM
Is it just me or do a lot of DT fans feel detached from other people? Hahah. I guess that's what makes us awesome in our own tragic way.
Kinda interesting. I know there are many "disorders" that make people more creative, but also make people more detached socially. Maybe DT attracts that kind of creative people more. That, or, since people me don't have lives, we're more common in online forums...
If I had to pick, maybe 6:00. I tend to get up rather early on Christmas mornings.
These Walls and Misunderstood for me.
Quote from: robwebster on January 04, 2010, 12:01:34 PM
See kids, THIS kinda stuff is what music's about.
I like posts like this because it reminds me of how posts along the lines of "ha! how can you POSSIBLY hold that poxy opinion, those transitions are nigh-on unlistenable!" are missing the point of music completely - can't see the forest for all the trees and that. The songwriting process will have signed off well over three months before we've even heard of a note of the album. It's easy to get dragged into the minutiae but really... who cares if the piano interlude is completely out of place? Once it's been put to disc you either like it or you don't. And christ that can bring out some profound feelings. Wonderful.
Not to say that there's anything inherently wrong with discussing the composition, but we focus on the "what" so much more than the "why" and the "how," and that's a bit tragic. To be expected, but dissecting the technicality is a really oafish way of analysing such an ambiguous and emotive artform. Bit of a shame it's the predominant way we discuss Dream Theater's music. It does it a massive disservice.
I know this post is a year and half old, but I still have to quote it because it's one of the greatest posts ever.
well I didn't hate him. jua what he was. what I thught he was
About to Crash. I have a close friend like this that was just crazy busy all the time and succeeded in many areas of her life.
Voices, And in some way Scarred too.
While these are not my favorite tracks (well they are among my favorite tracks, but none of them is the number 1), I'm gonna have to say the most personal songs to me are (in order):
1. A Change of Seasons - this song talks about getting the most out of your life, "Carpe diem", which is something I'm constantly trying to improve myself at.
2. Disappear - the lyrics of this song and it's whole atmosphere and music arrangement just make me too emotional XD
3. The Answer Lies Within - the same thing I said about ACOS
4. These Walls - the lyrics talk about something that used to bother me a lot, and sometimes still does.
Oh, I have quite a few. Dream Theater means a lot to me.
"The Great Debate" is very personal to me, but not because of the lyrics! There was a certain.. incident several months ago, where... my dad kicked me out of the car in the middle of the highway miles and miles from home at 11 at night. Over this song. Because I asked if he could play an album of mine, and I chose Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. But he really hated it. So he kicked me out. As a result, it's hard for me to listen to the album without feeling pangs of.. complex emotions. Especially since "The Great Debate" has always been one of my all-time favourite pieces.
As for songs whose lyrics I empathize with? "In the Presence of Enemies" when taken metaphorically, "I Walk Beside You," "A Change of Seasons" ("Oh come, let us adore him, abuse and then ignore him..."), "Space-Dye Vest," "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" (various bits of various movements, especially "Absence of awareness, losing time"), "Panic Attack," "Wither," "Never Enough," and "Metropolis, pt. 1" ("As a child, I thought I could live without pain, without sorrow...").
I gotta be honest with you guys. I ain't feeling too hot tonight. I apologize for my moodiness.
...your dad kicked you out of the car over a song?
Yeah! It's not the stupidest thing he's done, or the worst to me, but it's definitely up there in the "List of Reasons I Don't Like My Dad Anymore." >.>
On the upside, it made me very clingy of Dream Theater.
Was it The Great Debate that set him off? or was it that he was fed up by the time that song came on?
There's two for me.
The first is Disappear. The way my grandfather passed is just really similar. That song kind of got me through it.
The second is Endless Sacrifice. I'm in a long distance relationship. I showed it to her when we started getting really serious. And it's just kind of been our song ever since.
Quote from: Jamesman on December 31, 2009, 10:57:12 AM
Quote from: EstyMaJ on December 30, 2009, 05:18:21 AM
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.
Still agree with this, though the most relatable ones to me are These Walls, Solitary Shell, and (for what sonatafanaica said 1.5 years ago) The Silent Man.
Disappear
Vacant
Take Away My Pain
Home
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - There's mental illness in various forms within my family so it's something I can relate with.
This is a really personal and profound topic, so I feel kind of stupid posting this message. I realize my life has really been quite easy compared to most people and I have very little to complain about, so my personal songs are a little less specific than those most of you have posted... Anyway, here it is:
1- Wither - as a writer, writer's block is often a fear and occasionally a problem. This song never failed to inspire me and get me through a tough writing session.
2- The Spirit Carries On - I'm not a believer in any established kind of religion, but I hope there is something beyond this life and this song always makes me believe a little more.
3- Take the Time - Maybe that's not what the song is about, but I love how to me it is about our human potential to achieve great things.
4- The Shattered Fortress - I have never actually drank anything alcoholic, other than sipping bad-tasting champagne on New Year's Eve (personal choice, don't see the point of it), but this song's lyrics really speak to me. Because more than just overcoming one's failures and wrongs, it is about living a better life, being a better person, being there for others.
Quote from: ElliottTamer on July 09, 2011, 12:23:23 AM
2- The Spirit Carries On - I'm not a believer in any established kind of religion, but I hope there is something beyond this life and this song always makes me believe a little more.
I honestly want this song played at my funeral.
Quote from: TheGreatPretender on July 09, 2011, 12:26:34 AM
Quote from: ElliottTamer on July 09, 2011, 12:23:23 AM
2- The Spirit Carries On - I'm not a believer in any established kind of religion, but I hope there is something beyond this life and this song always makes me believe a little more.
I honestly want this song played at my funeral.
These walls
I guess I just feel afraid to communicate with people in fear of rejection. I know it's very inmature to be insecure but I'm just afraid people will find out things about me that they won't like. But how the song really connects is that I want to be able to easily communicate and let go of all my inperfections. I want to be open but I just don't know how to.
Definitely These Walls for me as well. Sometimes Misunderstood.
Scarred. It reminds me of my parents' relationship + divorce in so many ways. It's almost scary.
Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
Take the time, because:
1. It was my first DT song.
2. The unison part blev me away (I was 15 years old and had just started to play the guitar).
3. 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.
Maybe Solitary Shell, Endless Sacrifice, and The Silent Man. I guess it's because I sometimes kind of see the world through "a shell" and feel like I don't fit in, and just locks myself out. The Silent Man because I don't talk much to others than my friends and can feel kind of like the man in the lyrics. Endless Sacrifice because I was in a long distance-relationship until recently, and the lyrics pretty much summed it up. And the agression in the chorus was very describing to me.
Lifting Shadows, Space Dye Vest, Wait For Sleep for me.
The Best of Times for me, especially the acoustic section onwards. This thread really speaks volumes about what music means to each of us. Doesn't really matter what the technical elements are or where they rank in what is best or not. It's how it touches you that gives it the staying power and why you gravitate to it. At the end of the day it really is all that matters.
Quote from: tri.ad on July 09, 2011, 12:49:18 AM
Sometimes Misunderstood.
Add that to my list.
I don't care if you can't modify my posts, make it happen.
Sacrificed Sons: I was going through a terrible time around this period,and when 9/11 happened it shook me to the core and brought me to my senses.It needed something like that to make me realise just how lucky i was..and everytime i hear SS(especially the live Score version)it takes me back to that day..and often with a tear in my eye..........absolute epic song.
Misunderstood, in a figurative sense. The lyrics lock on almost perfectly to my state of derealisation/depersonalisation (which I am slowly coming out of). I know the lyrics aren't about that, but if they were it would make so much sense.
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 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derealisation). But yeah, if you read into what it is, then listen to Misunderstood you'll understand.
ACOS and You not Me...those 2 are probably the ONLY DT songs that the lyrics actually connect to my life.
Quote from: darkshade on July 08, 2011, 04:36:48 PM
Was it The Great Debate that set him off? or was it that he was fed up by the time that song came on?
Well, "The Great Debate" gets very intense and complex, doesn't it? By the time the climax came on, it was distracting him too much. But it was months ago; I'm pretty sure he had a lot on his plate anyway, but I can't remember specifically.
On a different note, one more related to the topic, "Endless Sacrifice" speaks to me too. I empathize with the lyrics.
And "A Rite of Passage." It was the first Dream Theater song I remember my dad liking. .w.
solitary shell, i guess.
Quote from: Öxölklöfför on July 09, 2011, 03:15:00 AM
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.
Speak to Me.
Quote from: Apricot on July 09, 2011, 05:28:22 AMI'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 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derealisation). But yeah, if you read into what it is, then listen to Misunderstood you'll understand.
Thank you for mentioning this. My brother is bi-polar and also has extreme anxiety. He has often told me how he feels disassociated with the external world, which doesn't seem real to him. I had no idea what he was talking about, but now I understand. I'm going to share this with him so that he can see that it's just another symptom of bi-polar/anxiety.
Although I don't have asperger or anything of that like - Solitary Shell easily.
Quote from: Apricot on July 09, 2011, 05:28:22 AM
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 (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.
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.
Quote from: Infinite Cactus on December 29, 2009, 11:50:27 PM
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.
Quote from: wilgod3p on July 09, 2011, 09:34:16 AM
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.
Quote from: energythief on July 09, 2011, 08:16:50 AM
Quote from: Öxölklöfför on July 09, 2011, 03:15:00 AM
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.
I'd have no idea actually... Kind of depends on the mood I'm in.
In The Presence of Enemies part 2.
It reminds me of the relationship between me and my sister....*sniff*
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. :smiley:
Quote from: TheGreatPretender on July 09, 2011, 10:47:02 AM
Quote from: wilgod3p on July 09, 2011, 09:34:16 AM
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.
The Spirit Carries On.
Quote from: snapple on July 12, 2011, 12:46:51 PM
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. :smiley:
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
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.
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.
Medicate (Octavarium pt.2).
QuoteMedicate 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.
Lines in the Sand. Lyrics, music, everything.
through her eyes is just beautifull :heart
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.
the answer lies within
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 :huh:
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.
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 :P 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
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. :p
Lifting Shadows Off a Dream or Voices... Well pretty much any song from Awake since that album was such a shocker for me.
Voices
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
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
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 :P 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.
Quote from: nightmare_cinema on July 23, 2011, 11:55:50 AM
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 :P 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. :sadpanda:
but...
smoking and drinking at 16 with your Mom? :hat
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.
Quote from: Durg on July 25, 2011, 04:41:39 AM
Quote from: nightmare_cinema on July 23, 2011, 11:55:50 AM
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 :P 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. :sadpanda:
but...
smoking and drinking at 16 with your Mom? :hat
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 :P
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.
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.