History NightmareFuel / DreamTheater

* Ridiculous lyrics aside, "The Count of Tuscany" mentions a story being told about soldiers hiding in barrels full of wine to avoid being discovered by the Nazis... ''only to die inside the barrels'' because the Nazis wouldn't leave. Good luck ever trying to look at a wine barrel the same way ever again.

* "The Enemy Inside" is already a disturbing enough song about PTSD. The video adds to that, with its frighteningly realistic depiction of a traumatized father unable to execute simple everyday tasks without worrying about being shot.

* Their cover of "Flick of the Wrist" by {{Queen}} on the special edition of ''Black Clouds & Silver Linings'', specifically the way [=LaBrie=] sings the verses.

* "Voices" really captures the horrors of schizophrenia. The Pink Floyd-ish chord progressions and the lyrics about the hallucinations suffered by schizophrenics make the song incredibly unsettling.

* "The Enemy Inside" is already a disturbing enough song about PTSD, but the video adds to that with a frighteningly realistic depiction of PTSD, with a father always unable to execute simple everyday tasks without worrying about being shot.

* "Panic Attack." The lyrics are disjointed and the music is chaotic to symbolize a panic attack, and hot damn. It makes you feel as if you're having one. If you're prone to panic attacks, you'll know that it's pretty accurate.

[[HereWeGoAgain Just another Sunday morning]]

* ''Scenes From a Memory'' is incredibly unsettling. It begins with a very calm hypnotist and then his patient relating information. All of the spoken word aspects are very monotone, but the singing sounds strangely upbeat and then the background noises start getting harder to ignore.

** Especially disturbing as the "Open your eyes" comes up earlier in the song: "[[spoiler: * BANG* * SCREAM* "Open your eyes, Victoria" * BANG* ]]". The whole murder scene is incredibly creepy simply because it's related with sound rather than lyrics.
** Made even worse when you remember that [[spoiler: several songs earlier Nicholas mentioned having a wife and son.]]

** There's also "Voices", which really captures the horrors of schizophrenia. The Pink Floyd-ish chord progressions combined with the disturbing lyrics about the hallucinations that schizophrenics suffer make the song incredibly unsettling.
** Similarly, ''all'' of ''Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence'' can be Nightmare Fuel to anyone who has one of the disorders the songs are based on. Dream Theater does a disturbingly good job conveying these sort of things in music.
** "The Enemy Inside" is already a disturbing enough song about PTSD, but the video actually shows a frighteningly realistic depiction of what PTSD is like, with a father always being unable to execute simple everyday tasks without worrying about being shot. It's very terrifying.
* "In the Presence of Enemies: Part 2" begins with the sound of wind followed by a very creepy bass and piano part. James [=LaBrie=]'s singing in this section also helps with making you feel uneasy.

* "Forsaken", a song about man who encounters a vampiress and [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome she shows him all these wonders]]...but we realize [[DyingDream she's been drinking his blood the whole time]]...
* The NOMACS tracks on ''The Astonishing'' come off as this, showcasing the unnerving nature of AIIsACrapshoot, especially the track "Power Down".
* "In the Name of God", a song about the religious cult known as The Davidians, and their siege in Waco, Texas in 1993. Especially the way James describes how innocent members of the cult dropped like flies during the standoff.
* "Caught in a Web" can ''really'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VCPdhom8V4 inspire this sort of thing]].
* Their cover of "Flick of the Wrist" by {{Queen}} on the special edition of ''Black Clouds & Silver Linings'' too, specifically the way James [=LaBrie=] sings the verses.

** "Open your eyes, Nicholas." [[spoiler: * THUD* * static* ]]

* "In The Presence of Enemies: Part 2" begins with the sound of wind followed by a very creepy bass and piano part. James [=LaBrie=]'s singing in this section also helps with making you feel uneasy.

* "The Enemy Inside" is already a disturbing enough song about PTSD, but the video actually shows a frighteningly realistic depiction of what PTSD is like, with a father always being unable to execute simple everyday tasks without worrying about being shot. It's very terrifying.

* "In the Name of God", a song about the religious cult known as The Davidians, and their siege in Waco, Texas in 1993. Especially the way James describes how innocent members of the cult dropped like flies during the standoff.

* The NOMACS tracks on ''The Astonishing'' come off as this, showcasing the unnerving nature of AIIsACrapshoot, especially the track "Power Down".

* "Forsaken", a song about man who encounters a vampiress and [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome she shows him all these wonders]]...but we realize [[DyingDream she's been drinking his blood the whole time]]...

* "The Enemy Inside" is already a disturbing enough song about PTSD, but the video actually shows a frighteningly realistic depiction of what PTSD is like, with a father always being unable to execute simple everyday tasks without worrying about being shot. It's very terrifying.

* "In The Presence of Enemies: Part 2" begins with the sound of wind followed by a very creepy bass and piano part. James [=LaBrie=]'s singing in this section also helps with making you feel uneasy.

* "In The Presence of Enemies: Part 2" begins with the sound of wind followed by a very creepy bass and piano part. James LaBrie's singing in this section also helps with making you feel uneasy.

** Similarly, ''all'' of ''Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence'' can be Nightmare Fuel to anyone who has one of the disorders the songs are based on. Dream Theater does a disturbingly good job conveying these sort of things in music.

* "Panic Attack." The lyrics are disjoined and the music is chaotic to symbolize a panic attack, and hot damn. It makes you feel as if you're having one. If you're prone to panic attacks, you'll know that it's pretty accurate.

* "Panic Attack." The lyrics are disjoined and the music is chaotic to symbolize a panic attack, and hot damn. It makes you feel as if you're having one. If you're prone to panic attacks, you'll know that it's pretty accurate.