Metropolis—Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper"

"Metropolis—Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper"" (often shortened to "Metropolis") is the title of a song by the American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in their 1992 album Images and Words. It was released as the album's second single.

History

"Metropolis—Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper"" was originally known as "Crumbling Metropolis." Sometime around 1989, "Crumbling" was dropped. "Part I" in the title was originally added by John Petrucci as a joke, as no sequel was ever intended. As fan demands began to increase, however, the popularity of the song eventually led to a second song being written. The second song was originally conceived as a twenty-minute epic for Falling into Infinity; it was cut from that album at an early state, before the song was completed. Lyrics for "Metropolis Pt. 2" were never written and the only recording of the whole song is a rough rehearsal. These song bits evolved into their own album, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory

Live performances

Much like "Pull Me Under", "Metropolis" is one of the band's most popular live songs, and is played often and with many variations. The song instantly became a live favorite even before the song's actual release, opening many of Dream Theater's early shows. The song was originally written when original singer Charlie Dominici was in the band, and was played live at every show in 1989, although this version had a different intro and a slightly shorter outro. In recent years, it has often been performed as the final encore, allowing the band to extend the solo section and James LaBrie to address the crowd. This version was released on Live at Luna Park. Metropolis has also been played as part of many medleys, including "Metropolis"/"Learning to Live"/"The Crimson Sunset", which closed Once in a LIVEtime, the "Instrumedley", which was included on the Live at Budokan album, and "Pullmeopolis", a mashup with Pull Me Under that has never been commercially released. In total, it has been played live 811 times as of June 2016, making it Dream Theater's second most played song after Pull Me Under.^[1]

Trivia

The song was used in the 2015 music video game Rock Band 4, where it is considered one of the hardest songs, being "Impossible" tier on all instruments.

Track listing

All lyrics written by John Petrucci; all music composed by Dream Theater.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Metropolis"	9:30

Personnel

Dream Theater

James LaBrie – background vocals, lead vocals
Kevin Moore – keyboards
John Myung – bass
John Petrucci – guitars
Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion

Releases

Cassette, Single, Promo – Atco, US 1992.

Dream Theater

John Petrucci John Myung James LaBrie Jordan Rudess Mike Mangini Mike Portnoy Kevin Moore Chris Collins Charlie Dominici Steve Stone Derek Sherinian

Studio albums	When Dream and Day Unite Images and Words Awake Falling into Infinity Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Train of Thought Octavarium Systematic Chaos Black Clouds & Silver Linings A Dramatic Turn of Events Dream Theater The Astonishing

Live releases	Live at the Marquee Once in a LIVEtime Live Scenes from New York Live at Budokan Score Chaos in Motion 2007–2008 Live at Luna Park Breaking the Fourth Wall

Compilations	Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)

Boxed sets	The Studio Albums 1992–2011

EPs	A Change of Seasons Wither

Videos	Images and Words: Live in Tokyo 5 Years in a Livetime Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York Live at Budokan Score Chaos in Motion 2007–2008 Live at Luna Park Breaking the Fourth Wall

Singles	"Status Seeker" "Afterlife" "Pull Me Under" "Metropolis—Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper"" Take the Time "Another Day" "Lie" "Caught in a Web" "The Silent Man" "Burning My Soul" "Hollow Years" "You Not Me" "Home" "Through Her Eyes" "As I Am" "Constant Motion" "Forsaken" "A Rite of Passage" "Wither" "Raw Dog" "On the Backs of Angels" "Build Me Up, Break Me Down" "The Enemy Inside" "Along for the Ride" "The Looking Glass" "The Gift of Music" "Moment of Betrayal" "Our New World"

Other songs	"Space-Dye Vest" "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" "Twelve-step Suite" "Stream of Consciousness" "Instrumedley" "Octavarium" "Illumination Theory"

Tours	Majesty Shows Early Dream Theater Shows When Dream and Tour Unite Pre-Images and Words Shows Images and Tour Music in Progress Tour Pre-Awake Shows Waking Up the World Tour A Change of Seasons Tour Home for the Holidays The Fix for '96 An Evening of New Music Touring into Infinity Deep Purple/ELP/Dream Theater Tour An Intimate Evening with Dream Theater Pre-Scenes From a Memory Scenes From a Memory Tour Metropolis 2000 World Tourbulence Escape from the Studio Train of Thought Tour Gigantour 2005 Octavarium Tour Chaos in Motion Tour Progressive Nation 2008 Progressive Nation 2009 The Final Frontier World Tour A Dramatic Turn of Events Tour Along for the Ride Tour 30th Anniversary Tour The Astonishing Live

Associated acts	Liquid Tension Experiment Mullmuzzler/James LaBrie Band OSI Platypus The Jelly Jam Explorers Club Transatlantic Neal Morse Adrenaline Mob Flying Colors The Winery Dogs Metal Allegiance Bigelf The Ox & The Loon Bonzo Bash Cygnus and the Sea Monsters Amazing Journey Yellow Matter Custard Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine, Sherinian Nightmare Cinema Avenged Sevenfold

Other	Discography Songs by lyricist Majesty Demos Lifting Shadows G3 Gigantour The Human Equation Roadrunner Records A Sort of Homecoming

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References

↑ http://www.setlist.fm/stats/dream-theater-bd6a102.html

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