Over the course of various lineup changes, Petrucci and Myung have been the only two constant members, and Portnoy remained with the band until 2010, when he left to pursue other musical endeavors and he has since been replaced by Mangini. After a brief stint with Chris Collins, followed by Charlie Dominici (who was dismissed from Dream Theater not long after the release of their first album), LaBrie was hired as the band's singer in 1991. Dream Theater's first keyboardist, Kevin Moore, left the band after three albums and was replaced by Derek Sherinian in 1995 after a period of touring. After just one album with Sherinian, they replaced him with current keyboardist Jordan Rudess in 1999.
To date, Dream Theater has released fifteen studio albums. The band's highest-selling release is their second album Images and Words (1992), which reached No. 61 on the Billboard 200 chart. Both the albums Awake (1994) and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) also entered the charts at No. 32 and No. 46, respectively, and received critical acclaim. Their fifth album, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999), was ranked number 95 on the October 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine's list of the greatest 100 guitar albums of all time. It was also ranked as the 15th Greatest Concept Album in March 2003 by Classic Rock Magazine.
As of 2018, Dream Theater has sold over 12 million records worldwide and has received three Grammy Award nominations (including one win in 2022). Along with Queensrÿche and Fates Warning, the band has been referred to as one of the "big three" of the progressive metal genre, responsible for its development and popularization.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Theater
Studio albums
When Dream and Day Unite (1989)
Images and Words (1992)
Awake (1994)
Falling into Infinity (1997)
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Train of Thought (2003)
Octavarium (2005)
Systematic Chaos (2007)
Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)
A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011)
Dream Theater (2013)
The Astonishing (2016)
Distance over Time (2019)
A View from the Top of the World (2021)
Over My Head
Dream Theater Lyrics
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Showed the cowards
Weren't there to mess around
Heat exhaustion
Mind distortion
Military victory mounted on innocent ground
Saying things never said
Seeing shadows in the light of the day
Waging a war inside my head
War inside my head
Years and years of
Bloodshed and warfare
Our mission was only to get in and kill
A free vacation
Of palm trees and shrapnel
Trading innocence for permanent psychotic hell
Hearing voices from miles away
Saying things never said
Seeing shadows in the light of the day
Waging a war inside my head
Feeling strangers staring my way
Reading minds never read
Tasting danger with each word I say
Waging a war inside my
head
Dream Theater's song "War Inside My Head" is a commentary on the psychological effects of war. The song is written from the perspective of a soldier who is suffering from the aftermath of war, specifically the Gulf War. The lyrics describe the horror of war and the emotional toll it takes on the soldiers who fight in it. The singer talks about the use of napalm and how it was used to show the enemy that they weren't there to mess around. The singer also describes the heat exhaustion and mind distortion that soldiers faced during military victory, where innocent people were used as pawns.
The chorus of the song talks about the internal struggle that the singer is facing. He hears voices from miles away and sees shadows in the light of the day that are waging a war inside his head. The years and years of bloodshed and warfare have left lasting scars on him. He talks about how his mission was only to get in and kill, and how the supposed "free vacation" was a trap that traded his innocence for a permanent psychotic hell. The song ends with the singer feeling like a stranger and tasting danger with each word he says, as he struggles to live with the war inside his head.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JOHN MYUNG, JOHN PETRUCCI, JOHN RO MYUNG, JORDAN RUDESS, JORDAN CHARLES RUDESS, MICHAEL PORTNOY
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She never really had a chance
On that fateful moonlit night
Sacrificed without a fight
A victim of her circumstance
Now that I've become aware
And I've exposed this tragedy
A sadness grows inside of me
It all seems so unfair
I'm learning all about my life
By looking through her eyes
Just beyond the churchyard gates
Where the grass is overgrown
I saw the writing on her stone
I felt like I would suffocate
In loving memory of our child
So innocent, eyes open wide
I felt so empty as I cried
Like part of me had died
I'm learning all about my life
By looking through her eyes
And as her image
Wandered through my head
I wept just like a baby
As I lay awake in bed
And I know what it's like
To lose someone you love
And this felt just the same
She wasn't given any choice
Desperation stole her voice
I've been given so much more in life
I've got a son, I've got a wife
I had to suffer one last time
To grieve for her and say goodbye
Relive the anguish of my past
To find out who I was at last
The door has opened wide
I'm turning with the tide
Looking through her eyes
@roxylindholm5179
How can anyone possibly sing this song, with these lyrics, without having the urge to cry?
So bittersweet, and so beautyful.
@zonunsangasailo322
My bestfriend passed this morning and this song reminds me of her.! Rest in peace my firend🙏🙏
@shayner67681
Dream Theater has helped me through some depressing and sad moments of my life, proud moments also, really glad I discovered DT!!!
@ewannaa
i started listening to this band because a guy i liked was listening to it. glad i did.
@donaldbradford2442
Me to
@melomandrumspassion3959
Man, I know how you feel because it's exactly the same in my case. They helped somuch and so often. They are part of me now. I have all their albums. Keep listening man ! :)
@karlbutz2158
I am right there with you...DT has been a true blessing.
@ramtea_
👍👍👍👍
@sigmas_handle
12:15 pm. Dimapur, India (Under lockdown)... Beautiful song
Edit:
Hey its been three hectic years since i left this comment on this very beautiful song.
Thanks mates for your reactions.
Keep living, keep loving and keep listening to these beautiful songs..
I wish you all happy, healthy and prosperous lives❤
@suneelm1851
I m also from india,,west bengal