- Sacrificed Sons
Song infobox
Name = Sacrificed Sons
Format = CD
Artist =Dream Theater
Album = Octavarium
Released = 2005
track_no = 7
Recorded = 2005
Genre =Progressive metal
Length = 10:42
Label =Atlantic Records
Writer =James LaBrie
Composer =Dream Theater
Producer =John Petrucci ,Mike Portnoy
prev = "Never Enough"
prev_no = 6
next = "Octavarium"
next_no = 8"Sacrificed Sons" is the seventh song fromDream Theater 's album Octavarium. Written by vocalistJames LaBrie (lyrics) and the entire band (music), the song is about the attacks on theWorld Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001.The song starts with unintelligible chattering by foreigners, an effect which carried from the previous track, "Never Enough". For the next minute or so, actual footage from the 9/11 newscasts are heard, which are broken up by static noises, meant to represent the changing of channels; it is meant to emphasize the constant footage on every channel. The footage is then broken up by
Jordan Rudess ' haunting piano, inE minor . The lyrics by LaBrie describe the horror of the disaster, with lyrics including "A complete surprise, who'll be coming home tonight" and "Heads all turning towards the sky, towers crumble, heroes die".This song continues the trend of the "Octavarium" album; all eight songs are in a different minor key, starting at F minor. "Sacrificed Sons" is in E minor, and is the 7th song on the album. The first song, "The Root of All Evil", is in F minor; the second song, "The Answer Lies Within", is in G minor, and so on. The final song, "Octavarium", is in F minor, to complete the octave.Fact|date=May 2008
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