I believe this song is about mormonism, and this is why:
"Tools of the devil inside, written in holy disguise" - mormons look like they worship God, but they believe Lucifer is God's brother, so they worship him also
"Killing in the name of God" - there was a war in 1838 against mormonism
"Forty sons and daughters, un-consenting plural wives" - Mormons believe (or used to) you should have as many children as possible, and some are polygamists
@chaveznieves It definitely sounds Arab. I just think DT didn't want to be TOO overt about it.... this was recorded in 2003 so the whole 9/11 thing was fairly recent by then.
@gogerychwyrndrobwll Not completely. Listen to Rachmaninoff's op. 23 no. 5 prelude. In there is a transition consisting of notes from harmonic g minor scale. The scale itself can sound arab, I admit, but I wouldn't say that a composition/song is affected by that alone.
@WhynotMiha I think we have a misunderstanding, mate. I don't think I ever mentioned the harmonic minor scale, only the subjective eastern/arab/egyptian feel of the main riff. You are entirely correct in saying that the scale itself does not possess that quality, but it's not what I said.
@chaveznieves I believe, considering this is 2 years after 9/11, that it is about extremist in Islam. Petrucci grew up on long island, so I think he wrote these lyrics considering that. He did write all of the lyrics.
@patrickdelehanty nah bro. its really just about general religious extremism. it pulls examples from several religions (islam included) but its about more than just islam
wow,after 20+ yrs of listening to these guys they still amaze me...wow.And to mangini;dont worry bout filling those shoes,i'll never truly accept that mike is gone,but i wish you the best in all sincerity :)
@perrottafamily1 The elitists are coming down...only a matter of time. If your going to stand at a pulpit you better be ready to scrub the toilets as well. And maybe then we'll all realize that we are ALL responsible for this world.
Psalms 119: 33 He,'44 Vau,73 Jod. (((Yod`he`vau`he` יהוה))) And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love where with thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
i've got an idea... i think that dream theater is triyng totell us about false prophets taht are about to come. If we think at the other prophets how can we be sure about joshua or eliah??? just sayn'...
I see the meaning as more as False Prophets and how they lie, ridicual believers and non believers of whatever religion to get what they (disgustingly) want."Listen....when the prophet speaks to you Killing in the name of God, twisting the faith" But thats my mind.
Athism is just like Religion... a big lie!!! Religions have some truth but have been changed and distorted throughout time. The truth is we are all part of 'god', everything is connected to everything else through the energy loosely described as 'love', all is one and one is all! But the term god has been exaggerated and personified by religion... god only means 'all that is'. We all contain the divine spark that is shared with everything.
@DjHyphie If love connects us all then why does it kill me so? No.... no religion is a lie. All religions are correct as the "truth" cannot truly be comprehended. They are simply our futile attempts to bring order to spirituality.
@passion4drums its only my opinoin, it may be wrong, but it also might be 100% correct. we will never find out if god is fake or real though; people will always make excuses that he is real ( no offense)
Can someone help me out here, I've never herd of this band before, but then I got a whole bunch of their songs, and some of these songs, like this song, sound nothing like the songs I have... so is it a different version, it's not the part 1 thing 'cuz no parts sound like the stuff i have... :P I lost the CD I had, and now I can't find the songs online... wtf?
@SoulerGTD You probably downloaded the tracks from the Stream of Conciousness contest. At the time someone renamed those tracks with the names from DT's TOT. This track is the actual one from DT.
@chaveznieves I had the same problem. All of the copy of Train of Thought that I had was accurate besides this song. So, I listened to the song that I had that was incorrectly labeled "In the Name of God," and typed the lyrics into Google. The song I had was "Amok" by "Superior."
/watch?v=hcFOfnldCWI <---- There's a link to it. It even says "This song is often mislabeled as 'In The Name of God' by Dream Theater." in the description. Hope this helps solve some confusion.
Mislim da imaš isti problem koji sam i ja imao prije par godina. Na tom CD-u je ustvari album Younique od Njemačkog benda Superior za koji se smatra da ima sličan stil kao Dream Theater. Ne znam kako je došlo do toga ali neko je napravio sranje. :) Ako ti trebaju te pjesme, sada znaš kako se zove album pa možeš da skineš. :)
@SoulerGTD same thing happened to me. i found out the songs i downloaded from limewire had the wrong names for the songs. for example i downloaded 'octavarium', but it was really "drained" off of james labries(dream theaters lead singer) solo album. to find if you have the correct tittles of the songs just search the lyrics of the songs.
@SoulerGTD This is the studio version. Perhaps you have a live version with the applause cut off. These guys, dream theater, are really good musicians and take it to heart to play perfectly in their live presentations, so you might not notice it. Alternatively, maybe you have covers of their songs.
@SoulerGTD i think its because DT has diffrent periods in wich they made different songs. youve got the old stuff, the pre epic stuff and the really epic stuff:D and youve probbably got the not so epic stuff;) i would reccomend you to get their full biography
I had that same problem years ago, only to find that a lot of James LaBrie's solo album songs were labeled as Dream Theater songs. This includes the James LaBrie song ''Sacrifice'' being labeled as ''These Walls'' by DT and etc.. hope this helps.
@SoulerGTD there's a lot of misnamed DT files out there, I think they held a dream theater-sound alike band contest and purposely leaked them as dream theater songs possibly jus previously before an album release
i know everyone is talking about religious extremism, but i wanna take the conversation in a different direction by saying listen to the timing of this song....its so insane...starting at 1:42 thru 1:58...i have no idea how they came up with a timing like that. such an amazingly talented band, from a theoretical standpoint as well as musically.
@JOELAB1020 Ummm... that's all 4/4. What makes it so interesting is the percussionist emphasizes a different part of the beat for a bar right as the melody changes its emphasis. They do this alot, in various songs.
to me its about how people use the name of god to do selfish acts and also how most religion is bull shit ....its just a way to control the masses...there has been more killing in the name of god than any other!
It is satan calling you an idiot for not listening to the prophets, and following your posessed leaders instead. He is even telling you to listen to your Holy Book instead of using it as an excuse for killing, and telling you that the path to Heaven is the straight and narrow. If you read the Bible you would know that this is satan mocking you as you drift further asleep. Satan likes to brag about his work, and he loves to tell you God's plan in a way that makes you think that he is God.
isnt it funny when osama started his messages to America he would say "in the name of god." look at the muslim history and read the koran and see the similiarity
@nobama08100 I think you miss the point. It doesn't matter what religion you follow, all of their histories are bloody for the same reason. All of the monotheistic Holy Books are from God. You need to understand them all. And you need to know that Christ has the keys to both heaven and hell.
@monkeyGOODcipherBAD we probably miss interpreted eachother but the point im trying to make is that the lyrics resemble the muslim religion. If you read them and really think of it then you might agree.
@nobama08100 actually I think specifically it's about judaism. It's simply about people not listening to the men of God, and listening to false leaders, who have no business leading people, leading them to death.
@monkeyGOODcipherBAD but in the lyrics "straight is the path leading to your salvation, slaying the weak, ethninc elimination... ...any day we'll all be swept away, you'll be saved as long as you obey." just like in africa when the muslims invaded and killed all of the Catholics because they wouldnt convert. "Justifying violence
Citing from the Holy Book Teaching hatred In the name of God" sounds a lot like the koran. but its all how we interpret it.
@nobama08100 'Straight is the path leading to your salvation' can also easily be referring to Christianity's often narrow-minded view on right and wrong. As is the case in most religion. 'Slaying the weak, ethnic elimination' sounds kinda like the crusades, no? 'Any day we'll all be swept away' second coming of Christ? Armageddon? That also makes perfect sense with the following line 'you'll be saved as long as you obey' this song can really relate to any organized religion in existence.
That doesn't apply to Christianity. If you truly believe that Christ died on the cross for your sins (you) and you have truly recieved the holy spirit then you will be saved.
Sorry i dont normally leave Religious comments, but i think your comment called for a response.
@blavaburnulots i more or less think this has partly to do with the terrorists bombing 9/11 and them saying God told them to do it which is complete bullshit. fuck osama bin ladin
@6393dude I like to think its message is about the corruption in the Catholic church which in turn can apply to any religion and how mankind consistently takes a good thing like religion and turns it into something ugly. Terrorist extremists ae a perfect example of that.
I'm thinking more in the lines of all the war and fighting that has been going on ever since people made up Gods. "My god is stronger then yours".
You have the Crusades, the Inquisition, the christening of the norse (vikings), slavelabour in old Egypt, terrorist attacks in recent history and basicly any kind of violence based upon a belief.
So perhaps I am being presumptious here, but I felt like the song was definitely speaking about Islamic extremism. Anyone else think the same, or if no, could they correct me?
@chaveznieves - completely agree with you....Islamic is not the only religion have an extremist..in history, all religion does!! I am muslim & peace be upon us all...Dream Theater rocks!!! ^_^
@chaveznieves actually i'd say its specifically against the middle east. Judaism and Islam. As a parallel of what Stalin said years ago, as long as the two exist, there will be war.
@TheMothmanb11Show The song's about an extremist christian cult that brainwashed people to kill non believers. There are lots of similarities with the cult described in the song and muslim extremist groups; all religious extremists use the same ideas, just modified slightly for their particular religion.
@TheMothmanb11Show -Actually its about a religious cult down South in an older America in which there was a self-proclaimed cult leader that was killing people for his religion- 'in the name of god' if you will.
@TheMothmanb11Show well id say the general idea of extremsm, but "Sacrificed Sons" of Octavarium deals more with islamic extremist ideals using lyrics like "Is gods True love an act of hate?" and more
@perrottafamily umm different music? cannot be compared! she is a great artist in her own type of music...dream theater is amazing in their own style and type of music soo...
@rueben112 ohhh i see since you "politely" asked me to contract an uncurable killing disease with which i would use to infect my family by means of incestual coitus; the end result being my entire family dies from the same disease...that makes it ok. :)
@rueben112 i simly object to any-one impliying the idea of aids as tool for the destruction of life. and if the most creative insult you can think of using your some-how vast knolage of my self is to compare me to the the father of some semminly irelivent and random child (atmitidly talletless, spoiled, falsely riched twat) but that's the ill-educated, narrow-minded retard that you are,
i don't what to start a childish youtube comment debate, i'm just going to say the truth, your a stupid cunt.
Labrie kills on this one. Terrific singing.
t4sos1234 1 month ago
un pezzo allucinante.....troppo bello
NanodagiardinoSuper 1 month ago
there have always been extremists, but when the strongest country in the world got attacked then people suddenly woke up.
knights of the holy cross terrorised, nazis terrorised, chinese use terror to rule their people. USA got CIA, FBI and media to keep people in line.
Osama ain´t dead, but he can´t make more tapes, he got no cash left.
and the pictures of him dead can only be leaked by the men who took them, and why would soldiers do that?
and he actually died before.
terror=propaganda
JoeRingo118 4 months ago
where is part 2?
ALO1WHE3LZ 5 months ago
this is about alot of people been murdered
lsmartin96 5 months ago
its a sad song but i like it
lsmartin96 6 months ago
The song is about the Branch Davidians who died in the massacre at Wako, Texas.
minervavenus 7 months ago
I believe this song is about mormonism, and this is why:
"Tools of the devil inside, written in holy disguise" - mormons look like they worship God, but they believe Lucifer is God's brother, so they worship him also
"Killing in the name of God" - there was a war in 1838 against mormonism
"Forty sons and daughters, un-consenting plural wives" - Mormons believe (or used to) you should have as many children as possible, and some are polygamists
Imowedthecarpetonce 7 months ago
@Imowedthecarpetonce nah. this song is just about religious extremism in general. not one specific belief
chaveznieves 7 months ago 5
@chaveznieves With some specific references to the Waco cult i think...
WyattTheGuitarist 7 months ago
@chaveznieves
I think you're right, there seem to be references to the crusades as well.
Sunscorcher1 7 months ago
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gogerychwyrndrobwll 4 months ago
Actually, considering the whole "plural wives" thing, and the eastern-sounding main riff, I'm pretty sure this is about the Islam.
gogerychwyrndrobwll 4 months ago
@gogerychwyrndrobwll no. its just referencing examples from specific religions. and islam isnt the only religion that practices polygamy
chaveznieves 4 months ago 2
@chaveznieves No but I'm pretty sure it's the only one associated with arab themes.
gogerychwyrndrobwll 4 months ago
@gogerychwyrndrobwll the SLIGHTLY arab sounding riff has nothing to do with that. trust me. its not just about islam
chaveznieves 4 months ago
@chaveznieves It definitely sounds Arab. I just think DT didn't want to be TOO overt about it.... this was recorded in 2003 so the whole 9/11 thing was fairly recent by then.
gogerychwyrndrobwll 4 months ago
@gogerychwyrndrobwll Based on your opinion, I could call every composition containing harmonic minor scales arab.
WhynotMiha 1 month ago
@WhynotMiha Bullshit and you know it.
gogerychwyrndrobwll 1 month ago
@gogerychwyrndrobwll Not completely. Listen to Rachmaninoff's op. 23 no. 5 prelude. In there is a transition consisting of notes from harmonic g minor scale. The scale itself can sound arab, I admit, but I wouldn't say that a composition/song is affected by that alone.
WhynotMiha 1 month ago
@WhynotMiha I think we have a misunderstanding, mate. I don't think I ever mentioned the harmonic minor scale, only the subjective eastern/arab/egyptian feel of the main riff. You are entirely correct in saying that the scale itself does not possess that quality, but it's not what I said.
gogerychwyrndrobwll 1 month ago
@chaveznieves I believe, considering this is 2 years after 9/11, that it is about extremist in Islam. Petrucci grew up on long island, so I think he wrote these lyrics considering that. He did write all of the lyrics.
patrickdelehanty 2 months ago
@patrickdelehanty nah bro. its really just about general religious extremism. it pulls examples from several religions (islam included) but its about more than just islam
chaveznieves 2 months ago
@Imowedthecarpetonce
Your examples do not point specifically towards Mormonism.
"Tools of the devil inside, written in holy disguise" - Can be interpreted as a comment on religion justifying wrong acts as godly acts
"Killing in the name of God" - Every religion has had a war against it at some point
"Forty sons and daughters, un-consenting plural wives" - I believe that even though polygomy does involve multiple wives, it also involves consent.
MoviesAndMusic69 7 months ago
@MoviesAndMusic69 ok, thanks for clearing that up. at least you backed it up with proof, unlike a lot of people do
Imowedthecarpetonce 7 months ago
@Imowedthecarpetonce You are so fucking retarded. It's hilarious
masternewbz117 7 months ago in playlist Train of Thought(More like a bus)
@Imowedthecarpetonce I believe it's about all religions and gods. About christianity aswell.
Diamondhide1994 5 months ago
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lsmartin96 7 months ago 2
AWESOME
thetalentedkid1231 8 months ago
wow,after 20+ yrs of listening to these guys they still amaze me...wow.And to mangini;dont worry bout filling those shoes,i'll never truly accept that mike is gone,but i wish you the best in all sincerity :)
braindrainize 8 months ago
DAT BASS
devvchan 8 months ago
Find the truth, learn, understand, think and u will know. Enjoy the song.
MK75EASY 8 months ago
In the past, people used 2 believe in many gods. But now none believe - atheist agnotic. Who appreciate more of the creater?
MK75EASY 8 months ago
This song represents all of my rage at Christian elitists who give Christianity a bad name. One of my favorite DT songs \m/
perrottafamily1 8 months ago
@perrottafamily1 The elitists are coming down...only a matter of time. If your going to stand at a pulpit you better be ready to scrub the toilets as well. And maybe then we'll all realize that we are ALL responsible for this world.
jedipudu 7 months ago
@WoWtredalt21 if you don't like it, don't mention it.
adammurphy 8 months ago
this song makes me remember bad things about my personal life... but I still love it
kinklestar 8 months ago
One of the DT songs I go like - "yyyyik"
Papaimpy 8 months ago
I would've payed good money to see Dio singing this.
borikualoco 9 months ago
@borikualoco Man, you've almost made me cry now... Dio on this one would have been... I mean... WHAT THA FUCK?!?!?!?!? :-)
Guvoro 8 months ago
I bet this is what the pope listens to.
TheStructuralDoctor 10 months ago 10
fuking love the sound of Portnoy's snare here :o
uhaveachode1 10 months ago 3
Psalms 119: 33 He,'44 Vau,73 Jod. (((Yod`he`vau`he` יהוה))) And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love where with thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Lavere2009 11 months ago
thumbs up if you shat your pants the first time you heard the riff at 1:06
username5964 11 months ago 52
@username5964 i've heard this song thousands of times and I still do =)
dudethejack1 10 months ago
@username5964 Thumbs up if you orgasmed at 2:16 - 3:05 !!!!!!!!
musicplaya4111 10 months ago 3
@username5964 IMO the riff at 0:30 is waaay better, it's a fucking killer riff AND song !
ChihuahuaFTW 10 months ago
@ChihuahuaFTW it reminds me of metallica
HellBits971 9 months ago
@HellBits971 Yes it is Metallica, but on steroids
borikualoco 9 months ago
@username5964 I fucked them up !!
VNtinos 8 months ago
@username5964 i shit my pants every time i hear a new DT riff
odailoka 6 months ago
i've got an idea... i think that dream theater is triyng totell us about false prophets taht are about to come. If we think at the other prophets how can we be sure about joshua or eliah??? just sayn'...
sorry for my bad spelling btw
mushilau 11 months ago
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Aikaterinh21 11 months ago
I see the meaning as more as False Prophets and how they lie, ridicual believers and non believers of whatever religion to get what they (disgustingly) want."Listen....when the prophet speaks to you Killing in the name of God, twisting the faith" But thats my mind.
TheHornet79 1 year ago
Such a moving song. I know there are many sounds out there, but I've been missing out.
PlacidDirge 1 year ago
I'm Agnostic...
RobTheWhiteZombie 1 year ago
4:03 to 5:34 is so freaking majestic, it's freaking unreal, freaking god-like
KeysUpOnTheTable 1 year ago
I never noticed how sick that album cover actually is....
DjHyphie 1 year ago
Athism is just like Religion... a big lie!!! Religions have some truth but have been changed and distorted throughout time. The truth is we are all part of 'god', everything is connected to everything else through the energy loosely described as 'love', all is one and one is all! But the term god has been exaggerated and personified by religion... god only means 'all that is'. We all contain the divine spark that is shared with everything.
Oh yeah, and i also love this song!!! <3
DjHyphie 1 year ago
@DjHyphie If love connects us all then why does it kill me so? No.... no religion is a lie. All religions are correct as the "truth" cannot truly be comprehended. They are simply our futile attempts to bring order to spirituality.
firelegendmushroom 1 year ago
@firelegendmushroom If you think 'love' kills you then you simply do not know what love actully is... FACT.
DjHyphie 1 year ago
@DjHyphie Indeed!
PlacidDirge 1 year ago
@DjHyphie but you didn't explain why atheism is a big lie
robertop699 10 months ago
amazing
bugrallica 1 year ago
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MrMyungFan 1 year ago
i can solve all the religion here. GOD IS FAKE. but great song.
nonamesleftsigh 1 year ago
@nonamesleftsigh just because you and i may believe that, doesn't make it true. atheism is not the one thing in this world that is right.
passion4drums 1 year ago
@passion4drums its only my opinoin, it may be wrong, but it also might be 100% correct. we will never find out if god is fake or real though; people will always make excuses that he is real ( no offense)
nonamesleftsigh 1 year ago
@nonamesleftsigh well stating your opinion is not wrong, but in that way.... that's just nasty. and i don't even believe in god!!!
passion4drums 1 year ago
1:06
CommenterTomy 1 year ago
Just this part on its own would make a terrific radio edit, but as we all know, things get ridiculously powerful in the second half.
Scratch47 1 year ago
so fucking good... dream theater it's my religion!!!!!!!!!!!
johnvargasal 1 year ago
this song makes me think of DANTE'S INFERNO......eh? Anybody else?
GordoDustin 1 year ago
Can someone help me out here, I've never herd of this band before, but then I got a whole bunch of their songs, and some of these songs, like this song, sound nothing like the songs I have... so is it a different version, it's not the part 1 thing 'cuz no parts sound like the stuff i have... :P I lost the CD I had, and now I can't find the songs online... wtf?
SoulerGTD 1 year ago 6
@SoulerGTD Dream Theater always sound like this :)...... maybe you had some other music, different artist
TMtricks 1 year ago
@SoulerGTD You probably downloaded the tracks from the Stream of Conciousness contest. At the time someone renamed those tracks with the names from DT's TOT. This track is the actual one from DT.
AV85 1 year ago
@SoulerGTD you must have downloaded misnamed files or something.
chaveznieves 1 year ago 4
@chaveznieves I had the same problem. All of the copy of Train of Thought that I had was accurate besides this song. So, I listened to the song that I had that was incorrectly labeled "In the Name of God," and typed the lyrics into Google. The song I had was "Amok" by "Superior."
/watch?v=hcFOfnldCWI <---- There's a link to it. It even says "This song is often mislabeled as 'In The Name of God' by Dream Theater." in the description. Hope this helps solve some confusion.
jdjohnson94 6 months ago
@SoulerGTD you might be thinking of slayer
dragslaye 1 year ago
@SoulerGTD
Mislim da imaš isti problem koji sam i ja imao prije par godina. Na tom CD-u je ustvari album Younique od Njemačkog benda Superior za koji se smatra da ima sličan stil kao Dream Theater. Ne znam kako je došlo do toga ali neko je napravio sranje. :) Ako ti trebaju te pjesme, sada znaš kako se zove album pa možeš da skineš. :)
nexxogen 1 year ago
@nexxogen auuu, pa jeste... :D jeste taj album hvala :)
SoulerGTD 1 year ago
@SoulerGTD same thing happened to me. i found out the songs i downloaded from limewire had the wrong names for the songs. for example i downloaded 'octavarium', but it was really "drained" off of james labries(dream theaters lead singer) solo album. to find if you have the correct tittles of the songs just search the lyrics of the songs.
GangstaPoliceman 1 year ago
@GangstaPoliceman heh, actually good advice... thanx :)
SoulerGTD 1 year ago
@SoulerGTD DT has al LOT of music, maybe you should check out their discography on their site.
cinniie1 1 year ago
@SoulerGTD hmm not sure...just use dvdsoft and you can download directly off youtube....and its free
JohnPetrucci251 1 year ago
@SoulerGTD This is the studio version. Perhaps you have a live version with the applause cut off. These guys, dream theater, are really good musicians and take it to heart to play perfectly in their live presentations, so you might not notice it. Alternatively, maybe you have covers of their songs.
Superdarion 11 months ago
@SoulerGTD Dream Theater is known for having very diverse songs, they've been one of my favorite bands for many years and still are too
DylanEVH 11 months ago
@SoulerGTD as weird as it may be i went through the same thing.I had this very same CD and lost it.I swear to god man.
cheney026 10 months ago
@SoulerGTD i think its because DT has diffrent periods in wich they made different songs. youve got the old stuff, the pre epic stuff and the really epic stuff:D and youve probbably got the not so epic stuff;) i would reccomend you to get their full biography
queenguy1 10 months ago
@SoulerGTD either theyre just some of their older stuff or u downloaded the vocalists solo band
bradscicluna1 10 months ago
@SoulerGTD
I had that same problem years ago, only to find that a lot of James LaBrie's solo album songs were labeled as Dream Theater songs. This includes the James LaBrie song ''Sacrifice'' being labeled as ''These Walls'' by DT and etc.. hope this helps.
f1shredder 9 months ago
@SoulerGTD there's a lot of misnamed DT files out there, I think they held a dream theater-sound alike band contest and purposely leaked them as dream theater songs possibly jus previously before an album release
wittman17 9 months ago
@SoulerGTD dream theater changes their style all of the time but still manages to sound the same so that guy is probably right
HellBits971 9 months ago
@SoulerGTD im not sure seeing how this is the song?
dutchmastur 8 months ago
@SoulerGTD Go to a cd store...
GRFTGP 7 months ago
do people just dislike good stuff, just to piss me off?
baretandwow1 1 year ago
sounds good;) Krótko mówiąc - zajebiste!!!!:)Fajne podziały, o brzmieniu nie dyskutował, bo....po prostu perfekcja!!!:-)
ABEPRODUCTIONS2007 1 year ago
i know everyone is talking about religious extremism, but i wanna take the conversation in a different direction by saying listen to the timing of this song....its so insane...starting at 1:42 thru 1:58...i have no idea how they came up with a timing like that. such an amazingly talented band, from a theoretical standpoint as well as musically.
JOELAB1020 1 year ago
@JOELAB1020 Ummm... that's all 4/4. What makes it so interesting is the percussionist emphasizes a different part of the beat for a bar right as the melody changes its emphasis. They do this alot, in various songs.
ToulBoi 1 year ago
@mrbeeb014 I totally agree, like the catholic church, they have wars in the name of god
themanwithnobutt 1 year ago
to me its about how people use the name of god to do selfish acts and also how most religion is bull shit ....its just a way to control the masses...there has been more killing in the name of god than any other!
mrbeeb014 1 year ago 2
@mrbeeb014 You are spot on with that one.
khongbiet1000 1 year ago
You see how powerful music is. I mean there are alot of things to say in this page but wow.
TheHornet79 1 year ago
I WANT THAT FONT YOU USED FOR THE NAME OF THE SONG! WHERE CAN I FIND IT?
chainsaw744 1 year ago
i played this in the talent show.. i was bass nd the Jizzful guitar solo was only on keyboard cause my bro couldnt do shit haha
F42785 1 year ago
James LaBrie is so epic! Just listen to his voice, it's fabulous!
FranLesPaul 1 year ago
Brividi.... Spettacolare...
tommyvercetti91 1 year ago
A Mind Beside Itself + Blind Faith + In the Name of God =D
GasparXR 1 year ago
this is very deep song
paulr089 1 year ago
This is the song that convinced me to become a musician.
Yetuset 1 year ago
@Yetuset I think it just did the same for me.
CanderisOrdo 1 year ago
who else here likes dream theater iron maiden and megadeth all equally like me
6393dude 1 year ago
dos putos que no les guta lo bueno de la musica, jajajajajajjaa.
YADERMmaxtermsteel 1 year ago
2 people had suck a hard orgasm that they'r mouse flipped over to dislike button
gallix94 1 year ago
It is satan calling you an idiot for not listening to the prophets, and following your posessed leaders instead. He is even telling you to listen to your Holy Book instead of using it as an excuse for killing, and telling you that the path to Heaven is the straight and narrow. If you read the Bible you would know that this is satan mocking you as you drift further asleep. Satan likes to brag about his work, and he loves to tell you God's plan in a way that makes you think that he is God.
monkeyGOODcipherBAD 1 year ago
@monkeyGOODcipherBAD
isnt it funny when osama started his messages to America he would say "in the name of god." look at the muslim history and read the koran and see the similiarity
nobama08100 1 year ago
@nobama08100 I think you miss the point. It doesn't matter what religion you follow, all of their histories are bloody for the same reason. All of the monotheistic Holy Books are from God. You need to understand them all. And you need to know that Christ has the keys to both heaven and hell.
monkeyGOODcipherBAD 1 year ago
@monkeyGOODcipherBAD we probably miss interpreted eachother but the point im trying to make is that the lyrics resemble the muslim religion. If you read them and really think of it then you might agree.
nobama08100 1 year ago
@nobama08100 actually I think specifically it's about judaism. It's simply about people not listening to the men of God, and listening to false leaders, who have no business leading people, leading them to death.
monkeyGOODcipherBAD 1 year ago
@monkeyGOODcipherBAD but in the lyrics "straight is the path leading to your salvation, slaying the weak, ethninc elimination... ...any day we'll all be swept away, you'll be saved as long as you obey." just like in africa when the muslims invaded and killed all of the Catholics because they wouldnt convert. "Justifying violence
Citing from the Holy Book Teaching hatred In the name of God" sounds a lot like the koran. but its all how we interpret it.
nobama08100 1 year ago
@nobama08100 'Straight is the path leading to your salvation' can also easily be referring to Christianity's often narrow-minded view on right and wrong. As is the case in most religion. 'Slaying the weak, ethnic elimination' sounds kinda like the crusades, no? 'Any day we'll all be swept away' second coming of Christ? Armageddon? That also makes perfect sense with the following line 'you'll be saved as long as you obey' this song can really relate to any organized religion in existence.
blavaburnulots 1 year ago
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@blavaburnulots good points. it just depends on the way you think of it.
nobama08100 1 year ago
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@blavaburnulots
'you'll be saved as long as you obey'
That doesn't apply to Christianity. If you truly believe that Christ died on the cross for your sins (you) and you have truly recieved the holy spirit then you will be saved.
Sorry i dont normally leave Religious comments, but i think your comment called for a response.
JackIntheBK 1 year ago
@blavaburnulots i more or less think this has partly to do with the terrorists bombing 9/11 and them saying God told them to do it which is complete bullshit. fuck osama bin ladin
6393dude 1 year ago
@6393dude I like to think its message is about the corruption in the Catholic church which in turn can apply to any religion and how mankind consistently takes a good thing like religion and turns it into something ugly. Terrorist extremists ae a perfect example of that.
blavaburnulots 1 year ago
@blavaburnulots I'd have to argue religion is something ugly without the fundamentalists. they are just the icing on the cake.
roadkill1001 1 year ago
@roadkill1001 I said they were a perfect example, not the only example.
blavaburnulots 1 year ago
@6393dude
I'm thinking more in the lines of all the war and fighting that has been going on ever since people made up Gods. "My god is stronger then yours".
You have the Crusades, the Inquisition, the christening of the norse (vikings), slavelabour in old Egypt, terrorist attacks in recent history and basicly any kind of violence based upon a belief.
h0yer 1 year ago
So perhaps I am being presumptious here, but I felt like the song was definitely speaking about Islamic extremism. Anyone else think the same, or if no, could they correct me?
TheMothmanb11Show 1 year ago
@TheMothmanb11Show its about religious extremism in general i believe.
chaveznieves 1 year ago 48
@chaveznieves - completely agree with you....Islamic is not the only religion have an extremist..in history, all religion does!! I am muslim & peace be upon us all...Dream Theater rocks!!! ^_^
MasYoNo25 1 year ago
@chaveznieves i think that its mainly about the crusades
hypnocSlayer 1 year ago
@chaveznieves yeah, that and religious intollorance
DylanEVH 11 months ago
@chaveznieves specifically the waco incident
WyattTheGuitarist 10 months ago
@chaveznieves actually i'd say its specifically against the middle east. Judaism and Islam. As a parallel of what Stalin said years ago, as long as the two exist, there will be war.
gotmilk2345 10 months ago
@TheMothmanb11Show The song's about an extremist christian cult that brainwashed people to kill non believers. There are lots of similarities with the cult described in the song and muslim extremist groups; all religious extremists use the same ideas, just modified slightly for their particular religion.
Spermwhales93 1 year ago
@Spermwhales93 true enough
TheMothmanb11Show 1 year ago
@TheMothmanb11Show
YES! i sad the same thing on another video of this. If you look at the song Sarcrificed Sons it makes sense that DT would make one like this.
nobama08100 1 year ago
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musicplaya4111 1 year ago
@TheMothmanb11Show -Actually its about a religious cult down South in an older America in which there was a self-proclaimed cult leader that was killing people for his religion- 'in the name of god' if you will.
musicplaya4111 1 year ago 3
@TheMothmanb11Show I think it refers to all religious extremism for example it reminded me the crusades
Mresquerde 1 year ago
@TheMothmanb11Show well id say the general idea of extremsm, but "Sacrificed Sons" of Octavarium deals more with islamic extremist ideals using lyrics like "Is gods True love an act of hate?" and more
frankyh101 1 year ago
@TheMothmanb11Show
nope
actualy a bit yes
it talks about all religious extremism
and it includes the islamic extremism as well as the cristian and jew
TheSeventhSin7 1 year ago
@TheMothmanb11Show
Else they would have called this song "In the name of Allah" i think ;)
Eijzman 1 year ago
@TheMothmanb11Show --yeah it's about all religious extremism. From Islamic to Christian( Al-qaeda-->KKK)
ProggyDrummer 1 year ago
@TheMothmanb11Show And if nobody's mentioned this yet, religious extremism across history too, like the Crusades.
facePuncher5 1 year ago
dream theaters heaviest album by far.
Drkingzzz 1 year ago
@Drkingzzz and Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Metallideth1120 1 year ago
@Drkingzzz Usually some people think their first album is the heaviest.
mctworm 1 year ago
@mctworm TOT is definately their heaviest album to date, BC & SL is nowhere near as heavy.
Spermwhales93 1 year ago
the begin kinda sounds like nothing else matters.. but it still rock much better!!!
svenno121 1 year ago 2
I like that their songs are so long that they need to be in 2 parts. :)
jesaispasmoi13 1 year ago
Lady GaGa in the Related Videos is Offensive.
perrottafamily 1 year ago 88
@perrottafamily and where the fuck is lady gaga, what are you talking about
Chueqitoo 1 year ago
@perrottafamily umm different music? cannot be compared! she is a great artist in her own type of music...dream theater is amazing in their own style and type of music soo...
batagaga 1 year ago
@perrottafamily hahaha havent noticed
resurrectorx 1 year ago
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RidleyPwnsU 1 year ago
Train of thought is my favourite album
rock0god 1 year ago
@rock0god You think it is.. But try comparing it with Metropolis pt. 2! That album blew my mind O:
I mean, train of thoughts is awesome. But Metropolis is just beautiful XD
rueben112 1 year ago
@rueben112
what gives you the right to tell him that his opinion is wrong
chaveznieves 1 year ago 5
@chaveznieves go get aids and fuck your family and then die all together plz
rueben112 1 year ago
@rueben112
LOL your so angry! its rather cute :)
chaveznieves 1 year ago 3
@chaveznieves well i did say plz
rueben112 1 year ago
@rueben112 ohhh i see since you "politely" asked me to contract an uncurable killing disease with which i would use to infect my family by means of incestual coitus; the end result being my entire family dies from the same disease...that makes it ok. :)
chaveznieves 1 year ago 7
@chavenieves what an epic reply. you win the internet!
Equipe3v 1 year ago 3
@Equipe3v
yay i needed one of those!
chaveznieves 1 year ago
@rueben112 fuck man settle down its all opinionated no one is right or wrong here just listen to the song.
18andLifeSR 1 year ago
@rueben112 just fuck off,
AlexMcshred6505plus 1 year ago
@AlexMcshred6505plus go wash your mouth!
btw, do you look justin bieber's father? Because you sound like douchebag.
We're all obviously enjoying this great music and people like you just ruin it.
rueben112 1 year ago
@rueben112 i simly object to any-one impliying the idea of aids as tool for the destruction of life. and if the most creative insult you can think of using your some-how vast knolage of my self is to compare me to the the father of some semminly irelivent and random child (atmitidly talletless, spoiled, falsely riched twat) but that's the ill-educated, narrow-minded retard that you are,
i don't what to start a childish youtube comment debate, i'm just going to say the truth, your a stupid cunt.
AlexMcshred6505plus 1 year ago 3