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

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"Metropolis—Part I: 'The Miracle and the Sleeper'" (often shortened to "Metropolis I") is a song by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, from their 1992 album Images and Words.

It was released as a promotional one-track cassette.

History

"Metropolis—Part I: 'The Miracle and the Sleeper'" was originally known as "Crumbling Metropolis."^[1] 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.^[2] 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

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"Metropolis" is featured in the 2015 music video game Rock Band 4, where it is considered one of the hardest songs.

Track listing

Personnel

Dream Theater

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

Releases

• Cassette, Single, Promo – Atco, US 1992

References