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Finally Free
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
Length 12:00
Working title (unknown)
Release date October 26, 1999 (same as album)
Lyrics Mike Portnoy
Music Dream Theater
First live performance Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, USA, on January 31, 2000
Total live plays 201
Recorded BearTracks Studio
Other appearances Metropolis 2000, Live Scenes From a Memory, Breaking the Fourth Wall
Previous song Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On
Next song The Glass Prison

Scene Nine: Finally Free is the twelfth song on Metropolis Pt. 2, Scenes From a Memory, the fifth song of Act II of the story, and the final track on the album. It answers many of the questions about the album's story, and has an ominous ending where the hypnotherapist appears in Nicholas's house, says, "Open your eyes, Nicholas,", followed by a startled cry from Nicholas and the sound changing to static. It it later confirmed that the hypnotherapist killed Nicholas in this scene.

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