Distance over time teaser

[devieira73]

Analyzing all the first songs released from the previous albums, the one I feel can be in some way connected to the few words we heard from the teaser is "The Enemy Inside".
Even if In TEI we're inside the protagonist's mind, while here it's like someone is talking to him.
The first released from SFAM I think it was "Home", but I don't see "Sweet HOME Metropolis" like a potential title for this song.
So my guess is: The Enemy somewhere else!!!

I find this theory interesting and reminds me Rush's Fear Quadrilogy. I think the theme of TEI has a lot of potential do expand, so it's my "vote"
Anyway, It's more realistic to think that it's a sort of a sequel to a lyric written by JP, which leaves these first singles out of equation: Status Seeker, PMU, Lie, BMS and Home. Idon't remember the first single from 6D, 8v and, SC. I don't think they would do a sequel to ARoP, because it's not much a fans favourite. Neither TGoM, because it's too much linked to TA story line. I guess a pt.2 to OTBoA has also a chance.

[noxon]

I'm not fully sure where the idea of a sequel came from...

[devieira73]

It is not.

It does share something with another song that was the first song released from a previous album though...

I guess that's because of it. So maybe this has another meaning?

[dream75]

I'm not fully sure where the idea of a sequel came from...

So it's not the sequel but the title has something share with another song?

[guitr2648]

Could it be argued that OTBoA and TEI have similar motifs as far as the lyrics? Could it be a continuation of that?  I wouldn’t rule out OTBoA because, after all, it was nominated for a Grammy.

[ToT-147]

I'm not fully sure where the idea of a sequel came from...

So it's not the sequel but the title has something share with another song?

That's how I read it.. And maybe that song is PMU.. We already know this song and DOT's cover share references to Hamlet..

[Rammstein]

What baffles me a bit is the sonic quality of the snippet on YT. I know YT in general shouldn't be the taken as HQ audio quality, but I seriously hope they actively uploaded a low quality version. I am not talking about the balance of instruments (I think the drums are loudest in the mix since MM joining). For me it sounds a bit muddy and just low quality. Strange decision to do that when they are talking about it being the best sounding DT record ever. I mean they could have just given us better audio quality in the upload then to give evidence.

[noxon]

Consider the fact that this was cut together and edited into a video (compression one) and then uploaded to youtube (compression two). That will impact the audio a lot. I do not think the final version will sound like that, but I haven't heard the final version myself yet, so I can't say for certain what it WILL sound like.

[Peace and Love]

Ultimately, I agree with you - since we haven't actually heard the CD we cannot know how it's going to sound.

But I have to say - this argument does not give me much hope. You could say that about every album teaser by any band on Youtube, you could even say that about music videos on Youtube (which are ultimately created by someone overlaying the master audio track on top of a video, compressing it, and uploading to Youtube).

Yet most of these videos sound just fine.

[ToT-147]

I think the drums are loudest in the mix since MM joining

 

[MirrorMask]

Anyway, Bosk said that 4 additional song titles are out there. How come nobody found out yet? 

[devieira73]

What?! Everything is a treasure hunt these days?

[gzarruk]

I've looked everywhere for the 4 new track titles and couldn't find anything

[ToT-147]

I've looked everywhere for the 4 new track titles and couldn't find anything

But did you looked inside yourself?... Remember, TALW..

[Setlist Scotty]

I'm not fully sure where the idea of a sequel came from...

So it's not the sequel but the title has something share with another song?

So noxon, is it related to an older song in a similar manner to how OaMoT and TtT are related?

[noxon]

That is a good comparison indeed.

[ToT-147]

Or maybe like TOWHTSTS and A Nightmare to Remember...

[Indiscipline]

At Wit's End as sequel to Wither?

[Setlist Scotty]

That is a good comparison indeed.

For that matter, could the connection be akin to The Mirror and the 12 Step Suite?
 
 

Or maybe like TOWHTSTS and A Nightmare to Remember...

Huh? I must've missed that one - did the band ever make any sort of connection to those 2 songs?

[ToT-147]

Or maybe like TOWHTSTS and A Nightmare to Remember...

Huh? I must've missed that one - did the band ever make any sort of connection to those 2 songs?

JP did.. I remember him saying it in an interview (and also in Lifting Shadows IIRC).. Both songs are about the car crash he and his family had when he was a kid..

[hefdaddy42]

Or maybe like TOWHTSTS and A Nightmare to Remember...

Huh? I must've missed that one - did the band ever make any sort of connection to those 2 songs?

JP did.. I remember him saying it in an interview (and also in Lifting Shadows IIRC).. Both songs are about the car crash he and his family had when he was a kid..

Return of the Count of Tuscany

[Setlist Scotty]

Or maybe like TOWHTSTS and A Nightmare to Remember...

Huh? I must've missed that one - did the band ever make any sort of connection to those 2 songs?

JP did.. I remember him saying it in an interview (and also in Lifting Shadows IIRC).. Both songs are about the car crash he and his family had when he was a kid..

Got a link to the interview or know where in LS he talks about that? Never knew that.

[ToT-147]

Or maybe like TOWHTSTS and A Nightmare to Remember...

Huh? I must've missed that one - did the band ever make any sort of connection to those 2 songs?

JP did.. I remember him saying it in an interview (and also in Lifting Shadows IIRC).. Both songs are about the car crash he and his family had when he was a kid..

Got a link to the interview or know where in LS he talks about that? Never knew that.

Sorry, but no I don't .. The interview was from several years ago (couldn't worded it differently), and I don't have the book right now to look for that part (and if I had it that would still be very hard to find anyways)..

I thought it was common knowledge though (some in this forum -like in the appreciation thread about the song- have mentioned the similarities its lyrical content has with ANTR's).. Anyways, now that I searched on it, I think I might be not so spot on about it.. Found this comment in https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/85692/:


      <<John Petrucci was interviewed about this song saying that it's about about a guy driving late at night who is starting to fall asleep behind the wheel. The character then slips into a dream that only lasts a moment, but in his dream he sees how his love ones would be affected by his death. By the end of the song he snaps back into consciousness and as JP puts it: "gets his shit together.">>


So yeah, maybe it was just my interpretation of what JP said which lead me to think that the song was precisely about that car crash rather than he himself saying it was about it.. But let be honest, whether intencionally or not, or explicitly or not, I think is obvious he was at least inspired by the accident..

[Setlist Scotty]

Sorry, but no I don't .. The interview was from several years ago (couldn't worded it differently), and I don't have the book right now to look for that part (and if I had it that would still be very hard to find anyways)..

I just spent the last 30+ minutes paging through LS to see if I could find any comments about a connection between the two songs, and I couldn't find any at all. So I don't think there's anything in LS to connect them together.
 
 

So yeah, maybe it was just my interpretation of what JP said which lead me to think that the song was precisely about that car crash rather than he himself saying it was about it.. But let be honest, whether intencionally or not, or explicitly or not, I think is obvious he was at least inspired by the accident..

I think it probably was just you reading into JP's comments, but yeah, it's quite possible that his experience (as described in ANtR) did influence the lyrics he wrote for TOWHtStS.

[gzarruk]

I know they're not connected at all, but for some reason I always thought that TKH and TMOLS shared a theme somehow.

[lucasembarbosa]

I'm not fully sure where the idea of a sequel came from...

So it's not the sequel but the title has something share with another song?

So noxon, is it related to an older song in a similar manner to how OaMoT and TtT are related?

What's the thing between these two?

[rab7]

Only a Matter of Time is autobiographical, about DT's struggle to break out and find success.

Take the Time is also autobiographical, about DT's continued struggle in the period after WDADU

[YtseJamittaja]

Anyway, Bosk said that 4 additional song titles are out there. How come nobody found out yet? 

What if they were in treasure hunt? There were some good names for songs

[RaiseTheKnife]

Anyway, Bosk said that 4 additional song titles are out there. How come nobody found out yet? 

What if they were in treasure hunt? There were some good names for songs

Hidden By Design.

[RaiseTheKnife]

Sorry, but no I don't .. The interview was from several years ago (couldn't worded it differently), and I don't have the book right now to look for that part (and if I had it that would still be very hard to find anyways)..

I just spent the last 30+ minutes paging through LS to see if I could find any comments about a connection between the two songs, and I couldn't find any at all. So I don't think there's anything in LS to connect them together.
 
 

So yeah, maybe it was just my interpretation of what JP said which lead me to think that the song was precisely about that car crash rather than he himself saying it was about it.. But let be honest, whether intencionally or not, or explicitly or not, I think is obvious he was at least inspired by the accident..

I think it probably was just you reading into JP's comments, but yeah, it's quite possible that his experience (as described in ANtR) did influence the lyrics he wrote for TOWHtStS.

I agree that I don't think there was an explicit connection made by JP.  My recollection is that JP might have talked about the song's meaning in the WDADU documentary that was released with the 15th anniversary DVD.  But PLEASE - don't feel compelled to spend 30+ minutes reviewing the documentary - I'd hate to have wasted your time trying to confirm my shoddy memory!!

[noxon]

My "connection" thought was much more on the surface  Not like subject matter, just... yeah, you'll understand.

[rab7]

My "connection" thought was much more on the surface

Beneath the Surface Pt 2: Above the Water's Edge

[gzarruk]

I found and posted it on the controversial opinions thread

[RaiseTheKnife]

My "connection" thought was much more on the surface  Not like subject matter, just... yeah, you'll understand.

An Angels Point of View
. . . or something like that.

[RaiseTheKnife]

I found and posted it on the controversial opinions thread

Holy smokes -- is At Wits End a continuance of Anna Lee??