The Killing Hand

Petrucci wrote it as a sort of Twilight Zone story about war, in which the main character witnesses all these atrocities and sees the names of the dead on a wall. He then realizes it had been him the whole time causing the atrocities... Then he sees his own name on the wall.

But as always, this is open to interpertation by the listener.

One of the best Dream Theater songs ever. The lyrics are just beautiful.

Damn, when Thorns comes in this song gets even better. Great song.

I recently revisited this song. Watched its version from the WDADRU DVD - an extended version with an instrumental section of the band together and then a solo from petrucci. EXCELLENT STUFF! :D

I really dislike the WDADRU version. James' vocals are terrible in it. The Live at the Marquee or WDADU ones are brilliant.

Now listening to the version from The Show That Stumped Them All. It's sounding good =)

The live at the Marquee version does sound nice. Havnet heard of the WDADRU version. Or these other versions, should look into it.

"I really dislike the WDADRU version. James' vocals are terrible in it. The Live at the Marquee or WDADU ones are brilliant."

You're wront. In WDADU it wasn't James the vocalist yet, it was Charlie Dominici. He was replaced by James Labrie after WDADU and James started in Images and Words as vocalist of DT.

Edit: Never mind, my bad, I didn't saw "WDADRU". I thought you were talking of WDADR (the album himself).

anyone know whos playing the intro with petrucci? I hear a second guitar finger picking.

"anyone know whos playing the intro with petrucci? I hear a second guitar finger picking."

It's Jordan Rudess playing his keyboard with a guitar sound