Forsaken (song)
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| “Forsaken” | |||||
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| Single by Dream Theater from the album Systematic Chaos |
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| Released | 2007 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Progressive metal | ||||
| Length | 5:39 | ||||
| Label | Roadrunner Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | John Petrucci | ||||
| Producer | John Petrucci Mike Portnoy |
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Forsaken is the second track and second single of Dream Theater's album, Systematic Chaos. The song is the shortest of the release, and a soundclip of it was released in a Systematic Chaos promo video.
John Petrucci stated in the documentary Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos that the song tells a story of a man being visited by a vampiress during the night.
According to Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos, the song's working title was "Song #6" or "Jetlag".
This song explores the realm of progressive metal, changing textures and going between a haunting piano melody and a heavy guitar riff. The time signature is 7/8 for much of the song.
Look for a Latin literary intertext to this song in Propertius' elegy 4.7.
[edit] Music video
An anime themed music video made by the GONZO studio[1] was released on January 26, 2008 on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball[2]. Petrucci describes the story of the song as based on a short story by Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev, originally entitled "Phantoms," in a futuristic setting. He outlines the song as being about a man named Leo[3], jailed by an inhumane society, seeing an apparition of a futuristic android, Alice[3], in the night. Alice guides him on nightly journeys through the sky, and through time, as she harvests his blood to bring life to inanimate mannequins, who then reenact the darkest events in history (of the future).
[edit] References
- ^ Anime News - Gonzo Animates Dream Theater's "Forsaken" Music Video.
- ^ Forsaken Video to Premiere on MTV2.
- ^ a b Forsaken Video Teaser at RR.com.
[edit] Credits
- James LaBrie - vocals
- John Myung - bass guitar
- John Petrucci - guitar, vocals
- Mike Portnoy - drums, vocals
- Jordan Rudess - keyboards
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