Wilma

According to Mike Portnoy, these are the official start times of each section:

I The Crimson Sunrise 0:00
II Innocence 3:50
III Carpe Diem 6:54
IV The Darkest of Winters 10:08
V Another World 13:01
VI The […]

These lines are part of a poem by Robert Herrick called “To The Virgins, To Make Much of Time”. The full text of the poem is as follows:
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same […]

There are two different themes involved in “A Change of Seasons”. The first is the death of Mike’s mother, which is evident throughout the song. It is apparent that after her death, Mike felt that he needed to […]

It’s an early version of “The Mirror” which consisted only of the opening riff up to where the vocals come in. You can see it in action on the Live in Tokyo video, as an intro to “Take the Time”.

Interestingly, […]

A Bombay vindaloo is a hot and spicy Indian-style chicken and potato dish invented in England.

The ATCO Demos is an EP that DT recorded and sent to ATCO Atlantic, which eventually resulted in their 7-album record deal. It had three songs on it: “To Live Forever”, “Take the Time”, and “Metropolis Part […]

The piano/guitar intro sequence used live for both “Pull Me Under” and “Learning To Live” at different times, includes a lot of voice samples from James Joyce’s “A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man”. According […]

John Petrucci originally recorded this cover of the Bon Jovi song as a practice tape for one of his guitar students before Images and Words was released. The demo tracks laid down by John were recorded with guitar […]

The Majesty Demos are a collection of songs written and/or recorded in the periode 1985 to 1989. Some of these are cover songs.

The Majesty Demos also was the name of a demo tape that was released when Dream […]

“The Dark Eternal Night” is adapted from “Nyarlathotep” by H.P. Lovecraft.

There are several near and direct quotes/references from this story in the song. Here’s what I found:

– TDEN:

No one dared to
Speak of […]