I was listening to Dream Theater's Train of Thought last night. I pulled out the booklet to read the lyrics for the first time. Well, if the lyrics of Mike Portnoy's Honor Thy Father come from Mike's heart then he has some serious anger issues to work out.

The song is too long to reproduce in full, but here's a sample.

...Well listen to me you ungrateful fool
Here comes a dose of reality
You'll go to your grave a sad and lonely man
The door is now closed to your pathetic little plan

On and on and on and on it goes
It's so easy to run away with nothing in tow

How can you ever sleep a wink at night
Pretending that everything is alright
And have the nerve to blame this mess on me

Never in my life have I seen someone
So ignorant to the damage he has done
You're the rotted root in the family tree

I tried your 4 bill therapy
I tried to make amends
But nothing could lure you out of your selfish shell again

Expecing everyone to bow and kiss your feet
Don't you see respect is not a one way street
Blaming everyone for all that you've done wrong
I'll get my piece of mind when you hear this song...

Yikes! He must have been one angry dude when he wrote this. I sure hope that getting his feelings out through this song provided some good therapy for him.

What songs have you heard that have made you wonder what the artist was going through when he or she wrote the lyrics?