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The first few lines are taken directly from "The Dead" by James Joyce.

I don't know if Kevin Moore was foretelling his decision to leave or not, but...

"So many ways to drown a man So many ways to drag him down Some are fast and some take years and years"

...how true in any context!

Dream Theater is brilliant.

LM

The stuff in the beginning:

"Well isn't it for the honor of God Aunt Kate"

"I know all about the honor of God Mary Jane"

Is not about pot. It is a quotation of a dialogue btween two characters in "The Dead", one of a compilation of stories in Dubliners by James Joyce.

"The Dead" is basically a story about a man who thinks he is superior to everyone around him. Over the course of the story, however, he is gradually broken down and humbled, realizing that everyone is equal, and all are destined to the same inevitable fate of death.

Any ideas on how this might fit into the song? Maybe a parallel to Kevin Moore's feelings upon leaving the band? What do you guys think?

Here are some lines from Robert Frost's "Stopping by Wood on a Snowy Evening":

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

That clearly recalls the "can't find strenght...." part, though I don't know if there's an actual connection between the poem and the song, it might just be a reference.

Just discovered this band a couple of months ago, and just now got around to looking on this site for lyrics and meanings and such. The speech is a quote from James Joyce's "The Dead."

"No," continued Aunt Kate, "she wouldn't be said or led by anyone, slaving there in that choir night and day, night and day. Six o'clock on Christmas morning! And all for what?"

"Well, isn't it for the honour of God, Aunt Kate?" asked Mary Jane, twisting round on the piano-stool and smiling.

Aunt Kate turned fiercely on her niece and said:

"I know all about the honour of God, Mary Jane, but I think it's not at all honourable for the pope to turn out the women out of the choirs that have slaved there all their lives and put little whipper-snappers of boys over their heads. I suppose it is for the good of the Church if the pope does it. But it's not just, Mary Jane, and it's not right."

I know this song was probably/possibly written about Kevin Moore and his creative differences with the band, but my interpretation when I first heard it was this:

A guy, probably getting on in his years, realizes some sort of talent, but feels trapped by the day-to-day business of working life. He becomes torn to the extent where he can't even get out of his car to go to work. He realizes that his time is short, and he has to act now.

As someone else mentioned, the voice samples are from James Joyce. As much as I LOVE Jordan Rudess's work, I miss Moore's use of voice samples.

It's about DT's first keyboardist, Kevin Moore, deciding to leave the band

dt's kicks ass

This song is class,its the best one of the album.Great bass work at 0:53 seconds,nice distortion.John myung is a great bassist.

Not to say ystejamfan is wrong but Kevin Moore leaving came as a suprise to the band.