So this is totally borrowed from South Park's creators talking about how to write stories but I think it applies to my hopes for DT16. They argue when you write a story if the structure is that of "and then this happen, and then this happen" is not as interesting as "but then this happens". When I think of the songs/albums I like the most I can see that same logic. For instance, Octavarium is a song that keeps you guessing, the first 5 min and the sounds at min 12, and the at the end are not what you expect, and yet, they are cohesive to the song.
Even for TA there were moments in that album that I love to this day because they did not follow the traditional song structure. I can think of the ending to AVFTTOTW song, weird? Yes but I was so happy it wasn't the expected quasi-mandatory crescendo happy ending that come from these type of songs. Metropolis is another great example from their earlier days. One band that did this beautifully was A7X with their last record. Even if you don't like the sound I think we can appreciate it was interesting.
By the same token, when i think of the last two MP albums I remember seeing studio clips where it was like "exellent then you solo, then you solo, and then we come back to the chorus. One of the reasons I don't revisit these as much.
I hope they keep breaking these patterns, take me in directions you can't see coming.