Ok, so here it is...my number one song DT has ever done.
#1: A Nightmare to Remember- Before I tell you what I think of this song, first I have a few things to say. I listen to DT a lot these days, so my list is constantly changing. There are two songs I regret 100% not putting on this list. "Breaking All Illusions" and "The Great Debate". I always shunned TGD because the beginning always bored me to death. However, I've been listening to it more and more recently and the song is actually really good after the long intro. The chorus is amazing and this song probably would be in my top 30 if I was to make another list. BAI I kind of neglected as well, because the album as a whole took a really long time to sink in and BAI was just the song that most recently grew on me in the last week or so. It really is a great song and would actually probably be in my top 20 if I made another list.
Anyway, now that that is out of the way, I will get to ANTR. This song is pretty much perfect in my eyes. It's not overly long and I have just enough time to listen to the entire thing on my way to and from work. The intro slowly builds in and the thing I love about this song is that it actually gets better the farther into the song it gets. The chorus is better than the verse, the second verse is better than the chorus, the second chorus is better, then the "Lying on the table" part is the best so far. The best part of the song is easily the "beautiful agony" part, easily my favorite section in ANY DT song, period. It's so beautiful, in such a morbid way. So full of despair, such emotion is put into the vocals. I have to give a shout out here to both Labrie and Petrucci, because they make this part what it is. The rest of the band does great here as well, but especially those two. The solo is, of course, phenomenal. Everything about this song is amazing, and I think it will always be my number one DT song. Octavarium is pretty much on par with this song, but I feel like it's not my song, since I feel like it's everyone's favorite. With ANTR, I can say that it is my song that nobody can take away from me. You'd be hard pressed to find ANTR as anyone else's number one song, and with the uniqueness, comes a special feeling. Either way, I'm excited to here what you guys think, and if ANTR IS your number one song, I'd love to hear what you like about it as well.