| Midnight Messiah | |
| Parasomnia | |
| Length | 7:58 |
| Working title | N/A |
| Release date | 22 January 2025 |
| Lyrics | Mike Portnoy |
| Music | Dream Theater |
| First live performance | Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, PA, USA, on Feb. 7, 2025. |
| Total live plays | 27 |
| Recorded | DTHQ |
| Other appearances | N/A |
| Previous song | Dead Asleep |
| Next song | Are We Dreaming? |
Midnight Messiah is the fifth track on Dream Theater's sixteenth studio album, Parasomnia. It was released as the album's third single on January 22, 2025. Many lines in these songs are direct callbacks to other lyrics written by Mike Portnoy.
John Petrucci recorded this song using a 6-string guitar tuned 2 whole steps down (C-F-B♭-E♭-G-C).
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"That's my problem. I'm like I'm trapped. I keep thinking that I'm waking up but I'm still in a dream, it seems like it's going on forever, I can't get out of it, I want to wake up for real. How do you really wake up? When I finally woke up, I was like, 'whoa, that wasn't a dream. That was a visitation to this real place: the Land of the Dead.'" Lost time, thought I lost my mind How the hell did I end up here? Rewind, help to remind The last thing I can remember Dreamtime, floating cloud nine Heavenly bliss utopia Sublime, feeling so divine Just another pleasant nightmare In my dreams there's a song I once knew Like an uncanny strange déjà vu Memories flashing all through my brain Over and over and over again Midnight messiah Darkness descends Eternally wired The dream never ends Twilight desires Midnight messiah Moon shine, time to come alive No rest for the wicked Downtown, have a look around Feeding the obsession in my head There's a place that I go Where no one's afraid It's a feeling that we all know But everyone's ashamed to say In my dreams there's a flame burning bright Constant motion shines into the night Forevermore blistering out of control Over and over and over it goes Midnight messiah Darkness descends Eternally wired The dream never ends Twilight desires Midnight messiah Back in the waking life A midsummer night's dream I realize I can no longer fly alone Help find my destiny Take me back into the dream For all eternity It's calling me back to my home In my life I've lost all self-control Like a sword piercing this dying soul Breaking and shaking and left in the cold Watch this compulsive obsession unfold Midnight messiah Darkness descends Eternally wired The dream will never end I can't stand the pressure The daytime collectors I’ll never go back there again Keep those eyes closed You’re now going home Forever alive in your head Twilight eternal Midnight messiah
Lyrical Callbacks[]
- ''Just another pleasant nightmare'' - Scene Two: II. Strange Deja Vu
- "Like an uncanny strange déjà vu" - Scene Two: II. Strange Deja Vu
- "There's a place that I go" - The Glass Prison
- "Constant motion shines into the night / Forevermore blistering out of control" - Constant Motion
- "For all eternity / It's calling me back to my home" - Scene Six: Home
- "Like a sword piercing this dying soul / Breaking and shaking and left in the cold" - This Dying Soul
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