I wouldn't necessarily assume he will ONLY play songs he wrote lyrics for.
He actually confirmed that already: https://www.facebook.com/mikeportnoyofficial/posts/1483813144969656:0
The setlist at the show will be comprised of the 12 Step Suite and select other Dream Theater songs that I've written the lyrics to.
Glad to see I was right about that!
Makes me wonder if he'll put out other SDOIT-to-BC&SL songs he wrote lyrics to, like "Never Enough" or "Constant Motion". I wonder if it'd be time for him to finally play "The Best Of Times" as well?
I wonder if the album covers are nods to what songs they will be playing. Six Degrees through BCSL are there, which makes sense given the 12SS. But I also see Awake, SFAM, and whatever that one is with the eye. So I am assuming the set will feature songs from those albums.
If the tour poster is any indication, looks like there might be songs from Awake and SFAM included, with the former probably being "The Mirror" (maybe the extended original demo version, or the version played on the Scenes tour), and the latter possibly being the songs he wrote lyrics for.
I wonder if they'll pull out ACOS, since he DID write those lyrics...
-Marc.
Literally what I said an hour and a half before you, bosk
Either way, I'm sure it's a clue, but don't guess anything because he may not want us to know which songs will be performed until HE wants us to know!!!
If this is a Two Set show, Ideally, I'd LOVE to see him close the first set with "Finally Free" and end with the static from that album, then have that play over intermission, then open the second set with the Twelve-Step Suite, play "The Mirror", then do an encore of something.
As for other first set songs, I could see him pairing "Overture 1928" with "Strange Deja Vu", as well as "Home" and "The Dance Of Eternity". I wonder what the odds are of him doing the 3 portions of SDOIT he wrote lyrics to (WIMH/TTTSTA/GK)?
The only other TOT-through-BC&SL songs he wrote that weren't part of the 12SS were "Honor Thy Father", "Never Enough", bits of "Octavarium" (unlikely that he'd play THOSE out of context), and the aforementioned "Constant Motion" and "The Best Of Times". Not that many songs when you think about it, but if he's playing an hour for the first set, and he does those 4 songs from SFAM, that'd only be 28 minutes, so that leaves at least another 32-35 minutes to fill with non-12SS songs.
-Marc.