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ציטוט:
"The Count of Tuscany" concerns a meeting you had with a Count.
Yeah. "The Count of Tuscany" is about a trip that we took in the hills of Tuscany to a vineyard, and a castle that was run by a Count and his family. It just talks about the strange events that transpired over the course of the day. It's always been an interesting story that I've told to a lot of people, and I thought it would be perfect to put that into lyrics.
ציטוט:
"Wither" discusses your fear of writer's block.
Not exactly. "Wither" is more about the process of starting something creative, and starting from nothing, whether you're writing a song, or a lyric, or a book, or a story, or whatever. When you're staring down at a piece of paper, or at a computer screen, or if you're painting, there's always that point where you're facing a blank palette, and the process that your brain and your emotions go through to get something creative out of you was always an interesting topic I thought.
ציטוט:
"A Rite of Passage" concerns Freemasonry.
Yeah. Freemasonry has always been a topic of mystery, and intrigue. It's always shrouded in conspiracy, and is very similar to the Dan Brown novels - 'The Da Vinci Code' and all that. Freemasonry, and secret societies, are things that when you talk about them, not a lot of people know what they really are, and what it is. It's a very interesting topic. Anything that's kind of surrounded by conspiracy, and is a little bit dark, is very interesting, I think. There've been so many shows, documentaries and books written about it, so I always found that a very interesting topic. Finally, I worked that into a song.
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ציטוט:
Does Dream Theater have any plans to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2010?
I'm not sure if we really have anything planned right now, though I'm sure we'll plan something.