Add Your Thoughts 37 Comments. Song Meaning If you believe this song was written about Jesus then you have misunderstood. This song speaks of the difficulties of living with mental illness, interpersonal and emotional struggles. As someone living with Borderline Personality Disorder this song speaks to me on a level that can't just be coincidence. Feeling abandoned even when my friends and family try to support me, at times completely disconnecting and struggling to regain my sense of identity.
Feeling empty and alone, feeling that no one understands you and you don't understand anyone. Isolating yourself because of the intense swings of emotion that follow interpersonal relationships. Going from euphoric to suicidal, from loving someone to hating someone, from feeling completely in control to a complete mess as if someone flicked a switch. Waiting, never really knowing when the next episode will hit, confused because the triggers sometimes don't even make sense.
Anger at the world and people around you, with no real reason as to why your angry with them. A constant struggle with self control, pretending that nothing phases you, that you are impervious, while you are tearing yourself apart internally. I would suggest that John Petrucci has been close to someone living with BPD and was inspired to write a song about their affliction.
There was an error. Congratulations, I think that's exactly the essence of the lyrics. In case you don't know, the whole album "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" talks about these kind of turbulences, like mental illness, alcoholism, depression,etc.
Yagodorea on July 29, I have Am? ADHD and my whole life is just a nightmare. Portnoylima on February 26, General Comment hasn't it been said somewhere that this song, written by John Petrucchi, is actually a description of himself. He's trying to tell DT fans that even though he may seem superhuman, this is a misunderstanding.
It actually fits really well if you think about it. Great song too. No Replies Log in to reply. General Comment Everyone here is completely off track here. Some reason to this is because of the line: "I turn from a theif to a beggar, from a god to god save me" Because as the story goes, Jesus was crucified in between a thief and a beggar I have always looked at the song as being sung as if Jesus were in the first person.
I dont' think it is meant to be any significant religious statement on JP's part, just a clever song that was based off a movie.
The first two paragraphs, "Waiting" and "Sleeping" could be when he was in the garden praying and asking God to remove His burden while his disciples slept. The chorus explains how Jesus set out to become the model for a Godly person and provide redemption for humanity, but everyone expected him to be the Messiah that ruled like a king.
That's not what happened, and therefore he was "misunderstood". I completely agree. I kind of had that thought when I first heard the song. I wonder if perhaps the song was written to reflect a more human Jesus, a more historical Jesus, what his final thoughts might have been in actuality. General Comment I agree with the spiritual part. As u can see Scenes from a memory, Six degrees, train of thoughts and Octavairuim have one streamlined theme.
All talking about spirituality from different views. How do get to the point that they are connected? Six degrees cd 1 starts like scenes of a memeory ends, train of thoughts begins like cd 2 of the six degress and the first piano tone fits exatly the missing last tone in the last song of the train of thoughts. I have always loved dream theaters' love for detail in everyway. First Scenes From A Memory introduces us to the "soul" spiritual part, kind of a dream thought "Wake up nicholas" at the end of the album tells me somehow that it it is a thought of dreams that the spirit goes on.
HOwever the next album Six Degrees of inner turbulence talks more about the psychological side of "spirits". Looking for inspiration, send positive vibes. I find it weird that everyone picks up on the guitar solo.
I was reading the comments thinking what solo Its the drumming I always remember this song for. Does anyone else get kind of a Radiohead vibe from this track? Like if Radiohead were better musicians. OutlawStarkiller no dream theater are more skilled at there craft radio head is too but there alt rock dream theater is prog metal. Better musicians? Gotta ask Jonny Greenwood, the man plays like 50 instruments and arrange music for orchestra too Dream Theater is still Dream Theater.
It's not like every album can be better than the next one. Bryan Mathis they are returning to this type of sound in there upcoming record but more heavy. They seem to have temporarily become Dream Theater again with the first single for the next album, hm? Portnoy's fills around the mark were so inappropriate and unnecessary. It was there best though the mix could have been better in spots but La Brie wasn't as annoying as usual and the side 2 was Dream Theater's version of Abby Road.
They probably should have disbanded at this point and yet I've read that the lyrics were about Jesus. When Jesus was was on the cross, he turned from a thief to a beggar. At it sounds like Level 5 by King Crimson. It's just such a heavy riff and Petrucci's lightning fast solo is amazing. Kris Wilson How so? If anything? I'd say their most Linkin Park-y song is Wither. The most depressing song Dream Theater has produced. Be right back.
Gonna go slit my wrists The ending has got a lot of his second solo album Grace for Drowning. Raider II. Hector enri soria John Petrucci wrote the solo, and then learned it backwards, wich he then reversed.
Nanda Harya Susilo John Petrucci os playing with his wah to me it sounds evil and sinister. Not in my house. I can tell you that. I rate it very, very high in my top 10 DT song ranking. You missed the whole point of what that means. A person can have beliefs, but there's a fine line between simply having a belief and having delusions that your God wants you to go and mass murder an entire race of people.
There is no "irony" in those lyrics. It's simply the truth. From Wikipedia: "John Petrucci wrote and played the guitar solo, and then reversed it. He then learned how to play this reversed version, and after recording it, reversed it once more.
This resulted in a solo like the original but with a unique twist to the way the notes sounded. It's a veeery cool trick haha. He stated in his latest interview that it might have been only been reversed once cause reversing it twice wouldnt make sense.
He said he isnt sure tho. Finally someone who noticed. I'm gonna now check the Rite of Passage comments for the corollary. It did hear the Misunderstood chorus in the intro of Rite of Passage, though. Such an awesome song, i have no word for this song, and its very sad as it hurts. But awesome masterpiece. High above the mucky muck lol.
So does the end of this song remind anyone else here of the long buildup in Starless, by King Crimson? SaltpeterTaffy I was just listening to this and looked on here for the video to see anyone else was getting a King Crimson vibe from the last half of this song.
Doc Martin Dramatic Turn of Events is a good album except most fans don't want to be a free thinker. It's what got me into Dream Theater. John Petrucci said this song was written about a religious figurehead. Sevgi Nur.
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