Originally Posted by EricV Originally Posted by

Very interesting.

Also it´s interesting to hear how DT always throws in quotes of themselves... like the "I can feel my body breaking..." lines in "Root Of All Evil"... I don´t know if those are the same lyrics, but the same vocal line ( the actual melody ) and I think the same words have occured in another DT song.

There are quotes all over the place.

The "albums starts like it began" ain´t a surprise for DT fans, I guess. I think there was one DT album that started with the end of the previous one.

The lyrics about alcohol... I think that´s part of a series of lyrics Portnoy started to write about his own alcohol problems in the past. The last few DT albums each had a song with that subject. ( "Glass Prison" for example )

Those guys put a lot of thought into it ( like the morse code Portnoy played in "In The Name Of God" ), into stories, themes, quotes, and little mind games like the ones the reviewer pointed out.

Very interesting indeed, and I am sure there are a bunch of guys who love that kinda stuff. ( I read a few very thorough and long essays by fans on the SFAM-story, for example ).

Eric