Just got to listen to it. I like it a lot.
The good:
1) The entire 2-3 minute intro or whatever is awesome. As is the piano break, etc...Petrucci and Rudess doing some very good things in this song.
2) Drums and bass sound great, although I can hear less drums and more bass than on recent DT albums. Luckily I'm not musically astute enough for it to bother me either way.
3) I'm pleasantly surprised to say that I think the lyrics are pretty good. Sound like Petrucci's work, but they could be Myung's.
The bad:
1) The vocal melodies aren't that great or interesting. They're okay, but I expected a bigger chorus from a single. Given that, LaBrie's vocals are good I think.
2) Petrucci's solo. It's hardly bad or anything, but it sounds really...familiar.
Didn't read the entire thread, so apologies if these opinions are either very common or especially disagreeable.
-J