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The lyrics to 'Vacant' were inspired by James LaBrie's daughter, who fell into a short coma after suffering a sudden, unexplained seizure three days before her seventh birthday.

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Other voice samples heard during the bridge were taken from the movies Ordinary People and The Royal Tenenbaums as well as the TV series Oz. There are also parts taken from the film At Close Range in which a scene of Sean Penn and Christopher Walken's characters can be heard arguing.

Some of the samples in the instrumental break 'Honor Thy Father' are taken from Paul Thomas Anderson's film Magnolia, in the scene when Jason Robards' character is talking to Philip Seymour Hoffman's character about his regrets in life.

When asked about what inspired him to write that song, he stated in an IRC: 'I'm not very good at writing love songs, so I decided to write a hate song!'

'Honor Thy Father' was written about Mike Portnoy's stepfather.

For example, this song features a riff from 'The Glass Prison', which is heard at the start of this song's step 'Release'. These songs share some of the lyrics and melodies.

' This Dying Soul' continues Mike Portnoy's Twelve-step Suite, which started with ' The Glass Prison' on Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and later continued with 'The Root of All Evil' on Octavarium, ' Repentance' on Systematic Chaos, and concluded with ' The Shattered Fortress' on Black Clouds & Silver Linings.

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Some lyrics of 'As I Am' were inspired by Dream Theater's 2003 summer tour with Queensrÿche, described by Mike Portnoy as an 'irksome series of shows.' According to Portnoy, Queensrÿche guitarist Mike Stone tried giving John Petrucci tips on playing guitar, leading Petrucci to write the lyrics: 'Don't tell me what's in, tell me how to write'.Similarly, the faint piano note that ends the album is heard at the beginning of the band's next album, Octavarium. The album opens with the same chord that closed the previous album, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.

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All songs from it have been played live to date.Īs mentioned in videos of the recording/writing sessions, which were filmed by Mike Portnoy, the band 'cooped themselves in a rehearsal studio' in New York, and wrote the full album from March 10 through April 3, in a record time of three weeks, after which they began recording, starting with the drum tracks and ending with the vocals.

Most of the album was played in concert for the Live at Budokan DVD. It was engineered by Doug Oberkircher and mixed by Kevin Shirley. Inspired by the audience response to Dream Theater's heavier songs while on tour, in the Chaos in Progress documentary, Portnoy says that they wanted Train of Thought to be a 'balls to the wall' album with heavier, darker riffing, exposing them to a number of new metal fans. Train of Thought is the seventh studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on Novemthrough Elektra Records. March 10 – September 2003 in Cove City Sound Studios, Pie Studios and Beat Street Studios in New York City