Dream Theater Survivor 2021 - The Finals - THE FINAL ROUND!!!

[The Letter M]

The Finals
Learning To Live
A Change Of Seasons

Round 25's Results:
Learning To Live 10 (30.3%)
Metropolis Part 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper 17 (51.5%)
A Change Of Seasons 6 (18.2%)
Total Members Voted: 33

03. Metropolis Part 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper
04. Octavarium
05. Scarred
06. Voices
07. Breaking All Illusions
08. Home
09. Trial Of Tears
10. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
11. Finally Free
12. Strange Déjà Vu
13. In The Name Of God
14. The Glass Prison
15. The Mirror
16. The Count Of Tuscany
17. Take The Time
18. Lines In The Sand
19. In The Presence Of Enemies (Parts I & II)
20. Stream Of Consciousness
21. Bridges In The Sky
22. Blind Faith
23. The Root Of All Evil
24. At Wit's End
25. A View From The Top Of The World
26. The Killing Hand
27. A Nightmare To Remember
      Illumination Theory
29. The Ministry Of Lost Souls
      Barstool Warrior
31. The Bigger Picture
32. A Fortune In Lies
      The Gift Of Music
      Awaken The Master
35. Raise The Knife
36. The Path That Divides
37. Moment Of Betrayal
      A Life Left Behind
39. Another Won
40. A Vision

We have FINALLY reached the Final Round of the Finals, and "Metropolis" places third earning the bronze. We are left with LTL and ACOS, and I can probably guess which one will win.

I'll let this round run for THREE DAYS (pun intended) just to make sure everyone gets their vote in! Thanks again to everyone who has been on this ride with me for so long! If you're interested, my next Survivors will be Pattern-Seeking Animals (fairly short), and the the first Genesis Survivor here in TEN YEARS.

-Marc.

[MirrorMask]

I would have wanted Metropolis to win, but now the only solution is to crown A Change of Seasons champion!!! 

[425]

A Change of Seasons. Learning to Live is their best song.

[romdrums]

Learning to Live

[Adami]

Learning to Live.

Fantastic song.

[The Letter M]

Learning to Live.

Fantastic song.

?

Fantastic enough for 2nd place?

-Marc.

[Adami]

Learning to Live.

Fantastic song.

?

Fantastic enough for 2nd place?

-Marc.

I’d place it lower.

[Revenge319]

Learning to Live. A Change of Seasons deserves nothing short of the #1 spot.

[Setlist Scotty]

A Change of Seasons. Learning to Live deserves nothing short of the #1 spot.

FTFM

[CharlesPL]

ACoS is my #3, LtL is #1

ACoS

[425]

I've got ACOS at #17. LtL #1, Metropolis #2, Octavarium #4.

[pg1067]

ACOS for the win.

[Dave_Manchester]

Voted against Learning to Live to level things up at a nail-biting 8-8. ACOS is probably on balance DT's greatest song.

[hefdaddy42]

My 2 favorite DT songs.

LTL, this time.

[Zydar]

ACOS

LTL is my favourite DT song ever.

[Eldomm]

ACOS

[RoeDent]

Not really been around for much of this, but the undertaking is still enormous (so much so that a survivor labelled "2021" is only finishing almost halfway through 2022) so congratulations and thanks for running this show. If I remember to check I'll try and be around for PSA.

[The Letter M]

Not really been around for much of this, but the undertaking is still enormous (so much so that a survivor labelled "2021" is only finishing almost halfway through 2022) so congratulations and thanks for running this show. If I remember to check I'll try and be around for PSA.

It's been my pleasure. I've enjoyed coming back to doing Survivors again after some time off from doing them. Yeah, this DT Survivor started in late October last year, and I probably could've titled it 2022 since that's when it's finishing, but I usually keep them titled as to when they start so folks know when it started. Wild to think this Survivor has been around almost as long as AVFTTOTW!

I'll probably not do this again until DT's 17th studio album (so maybe 2025 at the earliest), just to give it some time. I had also waited between TA and AVFTTOTW to this again so I figured I'd run it every 2 albums from here on out.

-Marc.

[TheCountOfNYC]

Learning to Live.

[MirrorMask]

What happens if we have a tie in the final? 

[Lonk]

What happens if we have a tie in the final? 

I think Marc gets the tie-breaker 

[Destiny Of Chaos]

My Ranking

1. (1) In the Presence of Enemies
2. (2) Metropolis
3. (3) A Nightmare to Remember
4. (4) Illumination Theory
5. (5) A Change of Seasons
6. (8) Octavarium
7. (10) Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
8. (11) The Ministry of Lost Souls
9. (12) Home
10. (14) Voices
11. (15) The Glass Prison
12. (18) Finally Free
13. (19) In the Name of God
14. (20) The Mirror
15. (21) Breaking All Illusions
16. (23) Take the Time
17. (25) Bridges in the Sky
18. (27) Strange Déjà vu
19. (30) The Count of Tuscany
20. (34) At Wit’s End
21. (35) Learning to Live
22. (40) The Killing Hand
23. (41) Barstool Warrior 
24. (43) Scarred
25. (44) A View From the Top of the World
26. (46) The Root of All Evil
27. (52) The Path That Divides
28. (57) A Fortune in Lies
29. (59) Stream of Consciousness
30. (62) Moment of Betrayal
31. (63) The Gift of Music
32. (64) Lines in the Sand
33. (84) Raise the Knife
34. (87) The Bigger Picture
35. (89) A Life Left Behind
36. (90) Awaken the Master
37. (99) Trial of Tears
38. (119) Blind Faith 
39. (N/A) Another Won
40. (N/A) A Vision