John Petrucci comments

John Petrucci: ‘Night Terror’ was actually the first song that we wrote when we got into the studio. So it’s really reflective of what we were feeling. I think for fans, they kind of could pick up on the excitement, the energy. I think it also set the tone for the type of record it was gonna be. I mean, it’s certainly heavy, has all the different elements of Dream Theater that we love to inject – the prog elements, riffy elements, things like that. It’s been a blast to play live on the 40th anniversary tour. When we kick into that, it feels like a song that’s been in our catalog forever. And it was also fun to write lyrics to that topic that really kind of expressed the really scary sensation that some people experience when they go through a night terror.