Dream Theater - Night Terror (Official Video)

We’re excited for you to experience it on February 7, 2025.

Lyrics:
Spiders seeking shelter
Fading with the dawn
Vanishing at sunrise
As morning light shines on

Sacrificial martyr
Victim dressed in white
Headed for the slaughter
Angels cry for her tonight

To the cross
At the stake
To the lions
On the rack I break
I break

Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can’t see

Mind awake
Body at rest
Drifting through sleep transition
Borderland state
Swimming through waves
Sensory dream condition

Without warning
I fall down the bottomless well
Flesh is crawling
Need to claw my way out of this hell

By the sword
On the wheel
Twisting in the wind
Pierce the silence
With a scream
Why can’t I remember anything?
Anything

Night terror
Hysteria
Nocturnal trial by fire
Eyes open wide but I can’t see

I can’t see

[davidwoodward]

John Petrucci has seemingly been in his prime for 30 years.

[kravampz]

My brother was a drummer and a massive DT and Mike portnoy fan. Sadly he passed away last year due to a motorcycle accident. I wish he was still here to witness portnoy being back with the band

[auralfixxation]

Is it just me or does this song, have everything in it that made you a Dream Theater fan to begin with? Oh and yes, that's a compliment.

[rodrigomichelettoaffonso]

I have a huge respect for Mangini, cause he´ve respected all Portnoy´s fills and way of composing drum lines. Mangini has his particularities, as speed and criativity, but he was always there for the band. Thanks Mangini and welcome back Portnoy.

[Fernanufret]

LOOKS LIKE MEAT’S BACK ON THE MENU BOYS!! 🔥🔥🔥🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️

[arturodukemusic]

John Myung, true to his style, has never changed his outfit over all these years. Always dressed in black, sometimes with a jacket or shirt on top, but always in that iconic look. Why waste time thinking about what to wear when he can use it to play bass? Forever a legend! #JohnMyung #DreamTheater"

[phtalmeidaaa]

- How many iconic riffs can you put in a song?
Petrucci: Yes

[markbeavers]

I'm 68 years old and still headbanging to Dream Theater!!!!

[demontheory]

This straight up sounds where Black Clouds Silver Linings left off... Welcome back Mike.

[marvinzimmermann_]

8 days old and already 2 million strong 🔥

[Zachary-drmu]

I love so much that their lead single is 10 minutes long! Never change Dream Theater, you lads are awesome!

[AB-yfei]

Played this to my 65 year old dad. He said it's great to have MP and Train of Thought sound back. What a cool dad I have, thank you for introducing me to DT 21 years ago.

[beautifuldreamer]

10 minutes of absolute fucking joy over this perfection. The world is a dumpster fire but at least we have old DT back!!!!

[Samsungdreameternity]

Ideal vocal note in 2013 3:28 9:08
Ideal vocal note in 2024-25 5:12 8:50

[efetosun]

This song took me back to dt's systematic chaos and black clouds era. it's like im back in 2007-2010.

[joxerrrrr]

What an insane job by Petrucci yet again. And Mike's playing feels like home.

[Matthew-leeq]

Just survived Milton here in Florida, and couldn’t ask for a better “pick me up” than new Dream Theater!! They’re back, and better than ever!

[adude]

It's not that they can all play a zillion notes a second — it's that they can all play a zillion notes a second and be in perfect synchronization with each other. Trust me as a professional musician for more than 40 years: It's the tightness of the rhythm that really separates the geniuses like Dream Theater from the mortals. Their internal quantization is just on another level.

[StephenDanielAddeo]

Portnoy knew EXACTLY what we wanted to see... three bass drums.

[jokomendoza_official]

This video feels like a perfect metaphor for life as a middle-aged guy juggling work and family. It’s like after putting the kids to bed, I finally pick up my guitar and reconnect with the part of me that used to jam with friends. Watching this, I get the sense of old friends coming together, reliving those moments of pure musical joy, even after so many years apart. It really hits home in a nostalgic way! Night Terror!