Dream Theater - Beyond This Life

My personal favorite from the album "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory".

Scene Four: Beyond This Life

We learn the newspaper account of what happened in 1928. The story is that an anonymous witness heard a horrifying sound and upon reaching the scene of the sound discovered a woman who'd been shot dead, and the shooter standing over her. The witness tried to help, but the man shot himself next. The newspaper account talks of a sad close to a broken love affair. This indicates that the victim and the murderer are identified as previous or maybe even current lovers.

The paper goes on to explain that Victoria and her lover had recently broken up due to his decadent lifestyle; it's later suggested that gambling and/or drug addiction might be of significance. Julian later drops a liquor bottle in scene 9, so it's possible his habit was drinking. It's also indicated that Victoria would have taken him back if he'd straighten up his lifestyle. The article speculates that the murder may have been premeditated.

Next we read an account of the physical evidence at the scene. There is evidence of a 'violent struggle' and a switchblade is found. The switchblade causes some confusion, because the victim is a young girl and typically you wouldn't expect a young girl in 1928 to be carrying a switchblade, unless she was anticipating a need to defend herself. Also found, in the killer's pocket, is a written note. It clearly reads that Victoria's lover would rather take his own life than live without Victoria, but it mentions nothing of harming her.

Lastly, there is the repetition at the end of "Beyond This Life." These lines are deepening Nicholas's belief that he and Victoria share the same soul. They also indicate that not only souls reincarnate, but they also carry the same personality traits with them, and deeds will follow each soul throughout eternity.

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[muso123456]

3:13 to 3:27 : john petrucci poors shit all over dragonforce

[2PORCAS]

3 disgusting people

[danukenator123]

@SurvivorsOfTitanic +1000. Sure they aren't the best, but when did that matter. Their live album kicked ass and I look forward to their next release with Marc Hudson.

[Thebadsanta1]

Mike Portnoy got more technique in his little finger than all DF members together got in their whole body.

[machinehead912]

@SurvivorsOfTitanic agreed lol

[SurvivorsOfTitanic]

@machinehead912

Their Inhuman Rampage tour five years ago was a failure but they have majorly improved afterwards. And I agree their songs are often over the top, but that's just their personal style, and quite honestly same goes for many DT songs (which is part of the reason I like both bands so much). But realistically, comparing DF to DT is like comparing a student to a professor. Still, it's very annoying how so many people hate DF, because they're not all that bad at all.

[machinehead912]

@SurvivorsOfTitanic i've seen them. they're pretty bad and almost always drunk. I hate them too but some people may like that. You can like them all you want. I just think they layer they're tracks too much... it sounds overdone while DT plays everything you hear.

[SurvivorsOfTitanic]

@Ignore14

And how exactly are Dragonforce's guitar solos fake? Have you seen the band live? I have, and they have even made a live album called Twilight Dementia, which is more than a proof enough to show that they are capable of performing their songs live. Get your facts straight and stop being ignorant and immature.

[SurvivorsOfTitanic]

@Ignore14

Oh look, another DF hater. I'm disappointed. I thought that fellow fans of such a genius band as Dream Theater would be a little more open-minded. All of your arguments are invalid. You're obviously either trolling or ignorant (it seems you don't understand the very basic definition of power metal). Listen to Stratovarius, Power Quest and Gamma Ray, etc. Dragonforce quite obviously falls into the same category (the only difference being the blast beat drumming).

[Ignore14]

@SurvivorsOfTitanic power metal? dragonforce is some weird nu metal bullshit with fake, over produced guitar solos and effects, nothing more. DT is more power metal than Dragonforce is.

[theartinwar]

all i wanna know is wtf kinda name is dragon force...might as well name yourself dragon poop



[liveingthoughtsfade]

3:13-3:27 take that herman li