Her açtığımda 24 dakika sıkılmadan dinlediğim müthiş bir Dream Theatre eseridir. Özellikle 4.dakikadan sonra başlayan ritim gitar ve yan fülüt olayı of of offf
james labrienin scream denemesi yaptığı şarkıdır. geçmiş ve geleceğe* dair işaretler barındırır. her insan evladının hayatında en az bir kez dinlemesi gereken şarkılardandır.
basit bi melodi ne kadar değiştirebilir diye sorarsınız bu şarkıyı dinlerken. bir anda kanınız durur saygı duruşu seramoni derken james çıkar aniden. adamsınız lan.
dream theater'ın 8. stüdyo albümüdür. Ben bir i & w ya da sfam kadar sevemem bu albümü. Dream Theater'ın artık iyice yardırmaya başladığı zamana denk geldiği için midir bilemem(yaşlandık ulen gürültüyü kaldırmıyor kulaklar). içindeki şarkılar kötü olduğundan değil tabi ki (haşa), benim öküzlüğümden. başarılı kapak tasarımının devam ettiğini de söylemek lazım. A change of seasons'tan sonra yine bir epicle karşımıza çıkar saygıdeğer abilerimiz. Buda albüme ismini veren octavarium'dur. 4 bölümden oluşur. 23 dakikalık şarkı, doyumsuz bir progresif ziyafeti sunar ve sonuna kadar bize kendini dinlettirir.
Şarkı Listesi şu şekildedir:
1. The Root Of All Evil
2. The Answer Lies Within
3. These Walls
4. I Walk Beside You
5. Panic Attack
6. Never Enough
7. Sacrificed Sons
8. Octavarium
asla herhangi bir iş, görüşme, ders çalışma, kısa yolculuk vs. sırasında dinlenmemesi gereken, kendine özel zaman ayrılması gereken güzide bir dt parçası. kulağın her anı irdelemesi lazımdır zira.
albümün ismini taşıyan parçası 24 dk olup davulları sekizinci dakikada başlamaktadır. başında myung & portnoy ikilisinin mükemmel bir drum n bass' ı bulunur.
I never wanted to become
Someone like him
So secure
Content to live each day
Just like the last
I was sure I knew that
This was not for me
And I wanted so much more
Far beyond what I could see
So I swore that I'd
Never be someone like him
So many years have passed
Since I proclaimed
My independance
My mission
My aim
And my vision
So secure
Content to live each day
Like it's my last
It's wonderful to know
That I could be
Something more than what I dreamed
Far beyond what I could see
Still I swear that I'm
Missing out this time
As far as I could tell
Theres nothing more I need
But still I ask myself
Could this be everything
Then all I swore
That I would never be was now
So suddenly
The only thing
I wanted
To become
To be someone just like him
II. Medicate (Awakening) (8:45-12:15) Lyrics by James LaBrie
A Doctor sitting next to me
He asked me how I feel
Not sure I understand his questioning
He says I've been away a while
thinks he has cured me
From a state of catatonic sleep
For 30 years
Where have I been
Eyes open
But not getting through to me
Medicate me
Infiltrate me
Side effects appear
As my conscience slips away
Medicate me
Science failing
Conscience fading fast
Can't you stop what's happening
A higher dosage he prescribes
there's no guarantee
I feel it starting to take over me
I tell him not to be ashamed
There's no one who's to blame
A second shot
A brief awakening
I feel the relapse
Can't break free
Eyes open
But not getting through to me
Medicate me
Infiltrate me
Side effects appear
As my conscience slips away
Medicate me
Science failing
Conscience fading fast
Can't you stop what's happening?
III. Full Circle (12:15-18:27) Lyrics by Mike Portnoy
[Isn't this is where we came in] [from Pink Floyd - The Wall]
sailing on the seven seize the day tripper diem's ready
jack the ripper owens wilson phillips and my supper's ready
lucy in the sky with diamond daves not here I come to save the
day for nightmare cinema show me the way to get back home
again
[Running forward
Falling back]
Spinning round and round
[Looking outward
Reaching in]
Scream without a sound
[Leaning over
Crawling up]
Stumbling all around
[Losing my place
Only to]
Find I've come full circle
flying off the handle with careful with
that axe eugene gene the dance machine
messiah light my fire gabba gabba
hey hey my my generation's home
again
[Running forward
Falling back]
Spinning round and round
[Looking outward
Reaching in]
Scream without a sound
[Leaning over
Crawling up]
Stumbling all around
[Losing my place
Only to]
Find I've come full circle
IV. Intervals (18:28-19:56) Lyrics by Mike Portnoy
[Root]
Our deadly sins feel his mortal wrath
Remove all obstacles from our path
[Second]
Asking questions
Search for clues
The answer's been right in front of you
[Third]
We try to break through
Long to connect
Fall on deaf ears with failed muted breath
[Fourth]
Loyalty, trust, faith and desire
Carries love through each darkest fire
[Fifth]
Tortured insanity
A smothering hell
Try to escape but to no avail
[Sixth]
The calls of admirers
Who claim they adore
Drain all your lifeblood while begging for more
[Seventh]
Innocent victims for merciless crimes
Fall prey to some madman's for impulsive designs
[Octave]
Step after step
We try controlling our fate
When we finally start living it's become to late
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
V. Razor's Edge (19:56-24:00) Lyrics by John Petrucci
We move in circles
Balanced all the while
On a gleaming razor's edge
A perfect sphere
Colliding with our fate
This story ends where it began
