A Nightmare to Remember Lyrics

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Cover art for A Nightmare to Remember lyrics by Dream Theater

It begins in the first two verses as a prelude to the accident.

First part, a character/group is at a party. They're having a good time, until some uninvited guests come and ruin it. So they leave. Then they get into a car crash, and the character in the song goes on to describe how the crash went through in his head.

Second part, he wakes up in the hospital. He goes on to describe the day after the "nightmare". The drugs and the pain killers start to not only take away the pain, but carry him away.

Final part is just recalling how the crash.

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