Ok guys, I know that this has been talked over and discussed, but here it is anyways...
I love the song "The Count Of Tuscany" it gives me the shivers to hear the lyrics... I love playing it, love hearing it, love it... I do wander, there are three meanings to this song (as long as I know) and the meaning number one is, which is more plausible and justified by Mr. Petrucci him self:
- True story, Mr. John Petrucci and the Guitar Technician, which is also a wine importer, went into a museum of wines and they met the Count Niccolò Capponi an historian gentlemen bred from Royal Blood, beared and always sucking on his pipe...
see the details the words from Petrucci's himself:
https://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/m2346868-p6.aspx;and the story of mr Niccolò Caponni:
https://www.music.iastate.edu/courses/471/capponi.htmThe Truth Number two:
- a very non-sense truthcarrying a connection about Systematic Chaos and the song, I will not tell in my words what truth is this because some DTforum member wrote this, and I do respect his opinion but I'm obligued to disagree and question about the true meaning of the song. Here's the link to the 2nd truth:
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=30053.0And at last, the last truth:
- A silly story about a sex get away of Petrucci himself... I can't remember where I read this but I found it quite hilarious... Specially when the same person refers to the line in the lyrics "sucking on his pipe" a sexual gesture... God save the naive minds... Why the hell would Mr. Petrucci write a lyric sorrounding his sexual adventures??
So, my question is, which of these 3 truths is the real truth??