And a voice — James LaBrie’s — sings softly from the speaker: “Open your eyes, Nicholas…”
The Count of Tuscany’s Endless Sleep
He swallows it. Instead of death, he hears — his own fans screaming for encores. He is the prisoner of their applause. He must perform his own execution forever. Part Four: The Shattered Fortress (Systematic Chaos / Black Clouds & Silver Linings) dream theater full album
plays. He is suddenly in a therapist’s office. The therapist has no face. She says: “You created this album to punish yourself. You are not a man. You are a melody stuck in a broken player.” Part Three: The Root of All Evil (Train of Thought / Octavarium) And a voice — James LaBrie’s — sings
He puts the record on again. But this time, before the music starts, he hears a whisper in the groove: He must perform his own execution forever
But the photo is dated tomorrow.
He screams: “I just want to stop!”