Ayreon - Connect the Dots

[Furydragon7]

The instrumental to this probably would be good for Tron legacy wouldn't it?

[smokeyhails]

Holy shit, what a mindfuck

[Meluvkittens]

Love the chorus!

We all know

We all know, no need to remind us!

We all know

We all know, but won't connect the dots!

We all know

We all know, locked away in silence!

We are dying for tomorrow,

We are living for today!

[theyrdaydreamers]

@Meluvkittens Yes we do. But some cannot connect  the dot's. Or do they know who Leviathan was. So they live at the end. And they all fall before it. What a shame.

[IssacSir]

Its just about true Reality!!! I <3 this song!

[blaed]

if there's any song that best represents the quiet desperation of happy modern society, it's this one

[andpetrucci]

2 words : perfect song

[TheRockamuffin]

i love them

[swatdaman]

Is the car intro referring to the Human Equation? I mean, if he 'stepped on the gas' he could be referring to the accident.. I'm just kinda wondering..

[TalSzor]

@swatdaman

"Was in no hurry..."

He's not in any emotional distress, so no, it's not a reference to The Human Equation

[uberari]

@swatdaman its about him driving to work instead of walking when its only a mile!

[wario22]

@swatdaman he wanted to make the light before they changed to red

[TheKrijgsvrouwe]

@swatdaman in a way i think it is. the person singing here is not ' me' from the human equation. but this person lives a lie as well. he thinks: ' i got it made' but has to take sleeping pills and has no connection with his son. Just like 'me' was stuck in a life he didn' t really want because of his desire to prove himself better then anyone. (my two cents)

[JelteRocks]

I mean, they could've been better.

[JelteRocks]

Cool song, but lyrics kinda pointless.

[uberari]

@JelteRocks the lyrics (Yet again) about how wasteful humans can be.

[sio42]

its fingerlickin good :D

[Line480]

Get the album to christmas :D best gift i can get

[OWorldHell]

I like this song, too, even though it deals with in industrialized countries living peoples decadence.

[PachoLz]

i like this song .. ;)

[Pequenno54]

fantastic :)

[Moony1397]

Wow. Is it really that rare to find girls that like Ayreon? Because I'm one and have been liking them since I was about 12 or 13... ._.

[sio42]

@Moony1397 did anyone say its weird for girls to like ayreon? :/

[Moony1397]

@sio42 Not with those exact words, but it struck me as weird that some were wishing they met girls that liked Ayreon. o_O

Who cares, though? The music is still awesome. :D \m/

[sio42]

@Moony1397 ugh. its so annoying how people think someones gender effects their music tastes.

[Moony1397]

@sio42 I know, it's odd. O.O It's music, it should be genderless.

[redmoonx]

wowowow awesomee musiccc

[TonaDickinson]

no jodan esta rola esta chingona, es indudable que cayo en un bache, pero las rolas estan chingonas!!!

[inuyashas7girlfriend]

What is wrong wit ha girl liking Ayreon? I think they're awesome! I love them :D

[Silentinsanity02]

Who said girls don't like Ayreon? They are fuckin' amazing! I love them.

[Akshay8585]

@Silentinsanity02 its just one dude who gets random people

[WilBac]

@Akshay8585 Arjen doesn't exactly "get random people", but rather gets some of the top people in the symphonic metal scene to play a song or two on an album. So in one song you have Micheal Romeo from Symphony X, whereas in another you have the beautiful Simone Simons from Epica.

[Akshay8585]

@WilBac it was a way of saying, its just one guy :|

Romeo or sione have played on barely any songs, now go back to the final experiment or electric castle, even though the musicians on the record are talented they're still random people arjen has assembled o.O

[kingofmetal88]

amazing song!... but sad... the planet dying and our lives is empty... we all know...

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...no need to remind us, we all know but won't connect the dots!...

[wytti88]

who`s the singer?

[deadphish09]

Say what you will about the lyrics or that the song is cheesy, I think this song kicks ass. I don't understand why some people think every track on an album has to be so deeply profound. This track is great and goes well with the rest of the album

[TheKrijgsvrouwe]

My boyfriend is getting really annoyed, I am playing ayreon especially this song way to much for his liking lol. But i dont care!

[Laihoistheman]

your boyfriends crazy then, if only i could find a girl that likes Ayreon.

[Thystonius]

well seems Lori Linstruth (hot woman too) is the manager and gf of Lucas by now, so there must be some girls that like his music you can meet :-P

[haiguiz]

On the album 01011001 this song is one of the 3 or 4 "flashback" or "flashforward" songs where while the rest of the album talks about the situation on Planet Y where the Forevers (the entities living on that planet) are losing their emotions and are trying to preserve their way of life (have to listen to all of Ayreon's albums to understand the whole storyline), these songs shows the lives of the "everyday joes" on planet earth.

[haiguiz]

The two others similar songs on this album that I can recall are "Web of Lies" which is about 2 people who met on the internet and are supposedly "in a relationship" and the other one is "The Truth is in Here" which is about a mental patient who keeps claiming that he hears the Forevers speak to him in his dreams about the coming demise of mankind.

[haiguiz]

Also this man is a character from a previous Ayreon album "The Electric Castle" where he is one of the people (he was a hippie from the 50s or something) that a Forever plucked from different points in time and put them all in one place to study their emotions.

(read the 3 comments in order, I couldn't post all 3 because it was 587 characters over the limit xD; so from bottom to top"

[haiguiz]

**crap, i meant hippie from 60s O:

[pwnuatcs]

Just remember the other one. It was called "E=mc^2" and it's about how some scientists were able to break the equation and send a message back in time to Ayreon (a character in their first album "The Final Experiment") in the midieval times so that he can warm them of mankind's demise.

[Bluelightning110188]

@haiguiz Also, if you recall (I know you posted this a while ago so you probably already know by now) in "The Truth Is In Here" He is also having dreams about how he was Ayreon, and the last human alive (Universal Migrator). "Mr. L" was the final reincarnation of Ayreon.

If you think about it, though. It doesn't make sense as the UM albums happen at the end of the storyline which would make it a vision, possibly? Arjen makes it all so complex...lol

[Bluelightning110188]

A vision about him being the last human alive, I mean.

[haiguiz]

Hmm, I think it was just the visions that he kept getting sent to his dreams from ever since the incident in Electric Castle. But in a way it does make sense becasue at the end of the 01011001 album they sing about the whole "complete the circle" deal, and I think at the end of the UM albums the colonist using the Dream Sequencer machine travels back in time to before the big bang and his soul seperates from his body and he becomes the new migrator, the first sould in the universe.

[haiguiz]

So in a sense the UM album is the end and the beginning of the story.

[icedragon769]

this guy isn't the one from Electric Castle, Mr. L is from The Truth is In Here, they're two different people, and there are only two as stated by Merlin in Final Experiment

[haiguiz]

Well I just assumed the guy who wrote the wiki page for the song knew what he was talkign about xD "The first verse describes the experiences of the character Ayreon in The Final Experiment, the second includes lines from Into the Electric Castle suggesting that Mr. L is the Hippie from that album, and the third verse appears to allude to other songs on 01011001."

It does say "suggesting" though, so I guess it's all up for speculatoin :O

[icedragon769]

you're reading the wiki section for The Truth is In Here, I thought we were talking about Connect the dots. Please tell me if I was mistaken.

[haiguiz]

Lol, well if you click "Show All xx Comments" it'll show them in proper order and you'll see that it's a long discussion about a lot of different songs. I can see where you got confused though xD

[icedragon769]

sorry i forgot, ther are two people affected by the final experiment, one is Ayreon, the other is mr. L. this song is just about some guy who downloads songs illegally.

[uberari]

@icedragon769 no. this is about a common guy who wastes alot of his time not caring that it'll end. bassiclly guzzling gas, downloading a movie besides going out and seeing it in theaters. he dosen't care about anyone but himself. think about it.

[icedragon769]

@uberari I was responding to an earlier comment by someone who was confusing this song with "The Truth is in Here" I never suggested that it is anything other than you described. Thank you for attempting to clear up a confusion, even if it wasn't there to begin with. There is nothing more irritating than someone who attempts to talk about a storyline as amazing as this without knowing anything about it.

[uberari]

@icedragon769 ik exactly what you mean. i hate people who go "the lyrics are pointless and not about anything" BULLSHIT! its all about US and how we wast so many resources. people dont get it! sorry about the confusion. im like a die hard of ayreon.

[1pa2ch]

@uberari Anyone saying the lyrics are 'not about anything' or even 'pointless' has definitely watched too much MTV. I mean, Lyrics by Beonce or Lady Gaga or such 'artists' are mostly pointless, but NOT AYREON!

Just wanted to tell you - you're so right! :)

[uberari]

@1pa2ch i saw 50 comments about people thinking its just about a guy who torrents.

[KwazyTwang]

And it was FINGER LICKIN GOOOOD! haha

[ohojo]

I hate it but I can't stop listening.

[Aragashia]

When I listen to these lyrics I get the feeling that the person it's about has lost everything dear to him, and subconciously made up his own reality where he is safe from all the emotions...

Well, at least that's my interpretation, love the song!

[glirfandel]

i truly love this song it makes you think . This cd is all about the loss of emotions this song discribes a 'normal'day for westeren people. We rather pend an hour watching tv nowadays then spend 5 minutes talking to each other

[datommaster]

lol no.. this cd takes every concept of ayreon and basically finnishes the story. :3 arjen says this himself

[stunlord]

dude, ayreon IS about the loss of emotions.... way to miss the point

[jibber102]

When I first heard this song I was like, what the heck is up with this verse, it sounds punkish. Then, out of nowhere, the chorus is like WHAM, amazing!

[wonebutuoynomi]

I actually would have this as my ringtone, this is awesome... and it's better than most songs...

and the comments below about sarcasm really make little sense...

[stupidmonkey666]

I've been listening to this in the morning it helps me cope with my panic attacks. One of the few things that keeps it "real".

[BreakerOfTheFace]

i would double dare anyone to put this song as thier ringtone :P

[HcoreSouljah]

I'm really sorry for being retarded, but I don't get it? (A)

[BreakerOfTheFace]

this is one of the more cringeworthy Ayreon songs to say the least lol! i was just saying how embarassed i would be if my phone went off with that song as the ring tone on the bus!

[GodlikeGuitar]

Eh.. it's one of my favorite songs... And who cares what people think about you anyway?!

[BreakerOfTheFace]

well personally i dont like the song, but: "And who cares what people think about you anyway?! " +1

[Battossai3000]

i dont know i kinda like the lyrics because theyre good but im not in this progressive metal thing yet the only song i really liked was the truth is in here because it had the awesomenly awesome (haha) epic flute at the begining and the lyrics were kinda kool but in the same ironic...weird soemthing like that like this song but it doesnt have that rythm like on the other song

[Drakesverd]

Well, Ayreon is weird even by Prog-metal standards. If you're looking for earthly prog-metal you should try Dream Theater or Symphony X. If you're looking for something more "normal" and less heavy you should check out Porcupine tree or Pink Floyd. Each band usually have their own way of defining the gender, that's what I like about prog music ^^

[Battossai3000]

dude u call prcupine tree ''normal'' that is as slow as a turtle...but thnx for the advice but im more of a melodeath/power metal kinda (weird) guy haha

[Akimb0]

"ProgressiveLands (3 months ago)

What the fuck mean cheesy ??"

Fuck knows how you got 5 thumbs up for that comment, it's something difficult to describe to cheesy foreign ppl who can't understand the subtle nuances of English.

[HardkoreLobster]

This song's music is just amazing, all of ayreons music. It sound of the music doesnt seem to match the rest of the album.

[airsoftrockerjin]

i feel that this song is like odd it doesnt fit in with the other songs liquid eternity great the connect the dots wtf? the beneath the waves is brilliant.... i guess im thinking more about the sound than the meaning...

[sjieberbabber]

Fucking genius! Ayreon <3 Arjen <3

[Raven266]

I love this song!

[egarran]

It's a song about an oblivious moron. I believe the sweetness of the music is ironic.

[HardkoreLobster]

I dont get how you think this song is about an oblivious moron. Please explain because it doesnt make any sense to me.

[egarran]

The life he describes is completely empty, but he thinks he's got it made because he upholds the standard set up by mainstream society. He's got the wife, the car, the job, the kid but he doesn't register the emptiness or the negative influence he has on the world.

The verse about his son is the most obvious example: He can buy stuff for him but he can't show him attention.

[GodlyOne123]

That's what the song is supposed to mean - it's meant to be sarcasm.

It's almost as if you're acknowledging his sarcasm as your own sarcasm sarcasticly.

What the hell.

[egarran]

Exactly - I was just answering HardKorelobster who apparently didn't get the sarcasm. Sarcasm is obviously a tricky tool to employ round these here parts. Thanks for your non-sarcastic participation.

[MetroidBishop]

it's not just a "nothing special happened today" song

It's about the uselessness of humans, and it stands to further make you question whether the Forevers did a good thing by spawning mankind.

[setatubo]

I love this song.

[disizbilly]

I am a lover of profound lyrics with a deep meaning to them but damn if I don't like the occasional "nothing special happened today" song,especially if it's well said like this.

[tempestswordsman]

And yet this song is just as profound as the rest.... simply beautiful.

[dyksPL]

Beautiful ;)

[ravenwolf]

So awesome because it's so true. XD

[TheBarser]

This song is so out of place. Cheesy lyrics deluxe ;-D

[xythan357]

This song is so in place. non-cheesy lyrics deluxe ;-D

is what what i'm sure you ment to say.

[silverblade604]

yeah, can't inmagine something is wrong with the lyrics

[Lunarsight]

I think the fact it's such a contrast to the other songs is what I liked about it.

It kind of played counterpoint - where everything else was 'epic' and complex, this one was a pleasant change of pace, and easily digestable.

Yet it's still linked to the plot, in a tangental sort of way..

[ProgressiveLands]

What the fuck mean cheesy ??

[Xargoniten]

very nice song, with some rather interesting lyrics :P

[dillonjeep]

Beautiful song

[pendicator]

Arjen Lucassen is a genious

[toasterbread87]

ahhh =)

what an innocent song

[sprea87]

nice song!!

[Saga667]

I felt very bad went i lisen the song

[wookie128]

Lovely music!!!

[pupowermaster]

yhe omfg where is this world going.. i hope we make it. ow and yhe fast food is ZOOOO good XD

[DeadAreDancing]

Beautiful song.

[DeadAreDancing]

Beautiful song.

[TheBellTolls666]

awesome