If ITNOG or SS are going to be on the list, I would add TSCO or TITL. You don't even have to agree with it, just recognise or understand how or where the perspective came to be, then you won't care about how encompassing the substance of the subject is. I enjoy all those pieces for what they are, which is a point of view of an idea, expressed through music. There shouldn't be certain aspects of something that are off limits if it's a valid and real issue in the world today. Sorry to use your comment to make this point because I realise I'm going beyond anything you actually implied, but I just think in general, that it's silly to impose boundaries on a writer. Besides, a person couldn't have such a strong view if there wasn't an opposing point of view to measure the extent to which you can believe something. I mean, I don't like being preached one side of the coin as much as the next guy, because I prefer to recognise and appreciate how multiple perspectives relate to each other. I don't mean any offence or anything, but why do you think it's biting off more than they can chew? Should these subjects be explored only by the professionals or experts in their fields (whoever they may be), because the average joe's opinion is pretentious? And that's being very unfavourable to DTs status calling them average joes, I mean I'm sure they've all had a lot of experiential growth as individuals and have as much to say as anyone else would on certain 'touchy' subjects and so they should if they feel that it's important or relevant. The outlook of BAI is also the most mature out of the three LtL and ToT read like they were written by a man in his 20s while BAI reads like it was written by a man in his 40s (which of course is actually the case with all three). Breaking All Illusions is the least deep of the three lyrically, but it's the best musically (by a slim margin) and the lyrics still rank right up there with the rest of the trilogy in brilliance. However, Trial of Tears is right up there because of how evocative the imagery and symbolism is. Of the three I think Learning to Live has the deepest lyrics because it seems to be much broader in scope, dealing with a number of different aspects of life. All three are just brilliantly written songs about overcoming adversity and setting the right course in life, none of which ever fall into triteness. I'd say that it's what I think of as a trilogy (albeit an out-of-order one: chronologically, Trial of Tears should probably be first with Breaking All Illusions last) of 10-15 minute long songs with John Myung lyrics that revolve around similar themes and are at least fairly closely related in musical style: Learning to Live, Trial of Tears and Breaking All Illusions. Interestingly, a lot of JP lyrics in there. There are more that are quite 'deep' if you inquire a bit more, but these are just the ones that first come to mind. Although there are actually a lot of DT songs that reference and reflect these ideas of this constant flowing and forever changing ' stream of life'. The idea that everything fades like Lines in the sand, it can only be temporary until the flow of the tide (and time) reforms it's shape. Stream of Consciousness section is a highlight. Lines in the Sand, I love the imagery and metaphors in this. When Dream and Day Unite feels like it has some deeper meaning going on, but a lot of it seems to go over my head without analysis or lyrics in front of me. Parts of the 12 Step Suite are definitely deep in an introspective way. Scenes From A Memory/Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence gets an acknowledgement for being 'deep' by default just because of the scale of those pieces and the effort that was put into them. I believe all of these are very poetic, even if sometimes simple, but all of these at least have some section that makes you think or question certain ideas. Deep? To me there are different levels of what makes a song 'Deep', but if I were to judge it solely on lyrics then: Voices, Another Day, Along For The Ride, Breaking All Illusions, Bridges in the Sky, Far From Heaven, Vacant, Disappear, Illumination Theory, Profits of War, The Answer Lies Within, Surrender to Reason, The Bigger Picture.
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