Dream Theater Full Album -

“You are the dream. The theater is your skull. And we never left the first note of ‘Metropolis.’”

And a voice — James LaBrie’s — sings softly from the speaker: “Open your eyes, Nicholas…”

Nicholas screams: “How long?”

He puts the record on again. But this time, before the music starts, he hears a whisper in the groove:

But the photo is dated tomorrow.

Nicholas awakens in a white room. He has no memory of how he got there. A clock reads 9:00 PM — but the second hand ticks backward. On a dusty record player sits a single album: Scenes From a Memory . When he plays it, he remembers. But the album won’t stop. It bleeds into every other Dream Theater album, and each song reveals another layer of his looping nightmare. Part One: The Hypnotist’s Needle (Scenes From a Memory)

He screams: “I just want to stop!”

His father points to the moon. It has a clock face. plays softly. The moon ticks to 9:00 PM again. The second hand switches to forward. Epilogue: Finally Free?

The Count of Tuscany’s Endless Sleep