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Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory is the fifth studio album by American progressive band Dream Theater, released on October 26, 1999 through Elektra Records. The album is the sequel to “Metropolis—Part I: The Miracle and the Sleeper“, a song previously featured on the band's 1992 album Images and Words. TRACK LIST Act I Regression – 00:00 Overture – 02:12 Strange Déjà Vu – 05:50 Through My Words – 11:00 Fatal Tragedy – 12:04 Beyond This Life – 18:54 Through Her Eyes – 30:16 Act II Home – 35:45 The Dance Of Eternity – 48:39 One Last Time – 54:52 The Spirit Carries On – 58:39 Finally Free – 1:05:18 CONCEPT The concept of Scenes from a Memory is that it is a sequel to Metropolis, though the main concept is very different. While Metropolis was a largely abstract song thought to be about two brothers and Rome, Scenes of A Memory changes all this. The Miracle and The Sleeper are introduced as brothers, Edward and Julian, who both love the same woman, Victoria, who represents Metropolis. In this way, the album has little to do with the original song lyrically, though it does follow similar themes and borrows many of the musical cues from the song. STORY [Lyrics] In the story, a troubled young man named Nicholas is going through hypnotherapy, to analyze his dreams. Nicholas dreams about a young woman named Victoria, who died in 1928. It is revealed throughout the story that Nicholas was Victoria in his past life, and much of the story deals with her. Victoria leaves her boyfriend Julian due to his drinking and gambling problems, and finds comfort with his brother Edward, who she begins a sexual relationship with. In the end there is a “double reveal“. Through his research, Nicholas assumes that Victoria was killed by Julian out of revenge, who then killed himself. However through hypnotherapy, he reveals the truth behind her death. Victoria discovered at some point that she still loved Julian, and that her relationship with Edward was very shallow. She begins to see Julian in secret, and Edward discovers them, killing them both, and planting a note on Julian's corpse to make it seem like a suicide, and using his influence as a senator on the local newspapers. Disclaimer: I did not created any of this material, nor do I own any of it. I do not represent the following groups in any shape or form. Any material presented here is for entertainment only.
