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* HauntedHouseHistorian: The old man who tells Nicholas about Victoria's murder in "Fatal Tragedy".
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* HauntedHouseHistorian: The old man who tells Nicholas about Victoria's murder in "Fatal Tragedy". It's described in "Strange Déjà Vu".
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!!! Tracklist (each track is called a "Scene"):
# "Regression"
# "Overture 1928/Strange Déjà Vu"
# "Through My Words/Fatal Tragedy"
# "Beyond This Life"
# "Through Her Eyes"
# "Home"
# "The Dance of Eternity/One Last Time"
# "The Spirit Carries On"
# "Finally Free"
# "Regression"
# "Overture 1928/Strange Déjà Vu"
# "Through My Words/Fatal Tragedy"
# "Beyond This Life"
# "Through Her Eyes"
# "Home"
# "The Dance of Eternity/One Last Time"
# "The Spirit Carries On"
# "Finally Free"
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* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins]]
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* HauntedHouseHistorian: The old man who tells Nicholas about Victoria's murder in "Fatal Tragedy".
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* GrandFinale: "Finally Free".
* HauntedHouseHistorian: The old man who tells Nicholas about Victoria's murder in "Fatal Tragedy".
* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]
* HauntedHouseHistorian: The old man who tells Nicholas about Victoria's murder in "Fatal Tragedy".
* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: As far as we know, neither Edward or the Hypnotherapist ever face justice for their crimes.]]
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* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: Nicholas thinks he has solved the murder of Victoria and found out the meaning of his dreams. He goes home happy, turns on some music, and is promptly murdered by the Hypnotherapist.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Edward and his reincarnation, the Hypnotherapist. It is implied that the entire reason Victoria is communicating with Nicholas is to warn him that the Hypnotherapist will murder him as Edward did Victoria, leading to the further implication that the whole album is part of an endless cycle of murder and rebirth.]]
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* DownerEnding: It's heavily implied that, at the end of "Finally Free", [[spoiler:Nicholas is killed by the hypnotherapist, who is a reincarnation of Edward, the man who killed Victoria.]]
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* DownerEnding: It's heavily implied that, at the end of "Finally Free", [[spoiler:Nicholas is killed by the hypnotherapist, who is a reincarnation of Edward, the man who killed Victoria.]]]] Confirmed on the live DVD by the band.
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* IronicNickname: [[spoiler:All the characters. "Metropolis" is Nicholas', as is Victoria's (who also has "Love"); Julian is "The Sleeper"; "The Miracle" is for Edward Baynes, and his reincarnation, the Hypnotherapist.]]
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* [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence Interplay of Sex and Gambling]]: In the middle of "Home".
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* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "Overture 1928", though it is proceeded by a track with lyrics ("Regression").
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** "One Last Time" subverts this. The piano part at the end sounds creepy in a way, but the last chord is a happy sounding D-Major chord. D-Major is the key that next song, "The Spirit Carries On", which is a heartwarming yet [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] PowerBallad, is played in.
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** "One Last Time" subverts this. The piano part at the end sounds creepy in a way, but the last chord is a happy sounding D-Major chord. D-Major is the key chord that sets up the next song, "The Spirit Carries On", which is a heartwarming yet [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] PowerBallad, is played in.On"
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* HauntedHouseHistorian: The old man who tells Nicholas about Victoria's murder in "Fatal Tragedy".
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* DarkReprise: "Through Her Eyes" can be seen as a {{downplayed}} version of this to "Through My Words". The piano part in the verses and chorus of the former make up the entirety of the latter. Lyrically, the former is much more of a TearJerker than the latter.
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* MindScrew
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* MindScrewMindScrew: It's the easiest way to describe the album.
* OneWomanWail: At the beginning of "Through Her Eyes" and the end of "The Spirit Carries On"
* OneWomanWail: At the beginning of "Through Her Eyes" and the end of "The Spirit Carries On"
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** "One Last Time" subverts this. The piano part at the end sounds creepy in a way, but the last chord is a happy sounding D-Major chord. D-Major is the key that next song, "The Spirit Carries On", which is a heartwarming yet [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] PowerBallad.
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** "One Last Time" subverts this. The piano part at the end sounds creepy in a way, but the last chord is a happy sounding D-Major chord. D-Major is the key that next song, "The Spirit Carries On", which is a heartwarming yet [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] PowerBallad.PowerBallad, is played in.
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* FridgeHorror: It's implied that Victoria's communications with Nicholas are to [[spoiler: warn him that the Hypnotherapist is going to kill him, because he is Edward reincarnated]]. If this is the case, then it's entirely possible that The Miracle will [[spoiler: continue to murder further reincarnations]] for the rest of eternity. As if being killed once wasn't bad enough.
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** "One Last Time" subverts this. The piano part at the end sounds creepy in a way, but the last chord is a happy sounding D-Major chord. D-Major is the key that next song, "The Spirit Carries On", which is a heartwarming yet [[TearJerker tear-jerking]] PowerBallad.
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* MindScrew
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* VillainSong: Any part sung in Edward's point of view. Examples include the second verse and second chorus of "Home" and the first verse of "Finally Free".
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** KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Edward]] did this to Victoria. [[spoiler:The hypnotherapist does this to Nicholas.]]
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* LastNoteNightmare: See IronicEcho above
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* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler: Edward.]]
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-->''"OPEN YOUR EYES, NICHOLAS"''
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* MurderBallad: "Fatal Tragedy" and "Beyond This Life."
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* MurderBallad: "Fatal Tragedy" and Tragedy," "Beyond This Life.Life," and "Finally Free."
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I assume this was supposed to say \"wasn\'t,\" rather than \"was.\"
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* FridgeHorror: It's implied that Victoria's communications with Nicholas are to [[spoiler: warn him that the Hypnotherapist is going to kill him, because he is Edward reincarnated]]. If this is the case, then it's entirely possible that The Miracle will [[spoiler: continue to murder further reincarnations]] for the rest of eternity. As if being killed once was bad enough.
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* FridgeHorror: It's implied that Victoria's communications with Nicholas are to [[spoiler: warn him that the Hypnotherapist is going to kill him, because he is Edward reincarnated]]. If this is the case, then it's entirely possible that The Miracle will [[spoiler: continue to murder further reincarnations]] for the rest of eternity. As if being killed once was wasn't bad enough.
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Edward is The Miracle, not The Sleeper.
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* FridgeHorror: It's implied that Victoria's communications with Nicholas are to [[spoiler: warn him that the Hypnotherapist is going to kill him, because he is Edward reincarnated]]. If this is the case, then it's entirely possible that The Sleeper will [[spoiler: continue to murder further reincarnations]] for the rest of eternity. As if being killed once was bad enough.
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* FridgeHorror: It's implied that Victoria's communications with Nicholas are to [[spoiler: warn him that the Hypnotherapist is going to kill him, because he is Edward reincarnated]]. If this is the case, then it's entirely possible that The Sleeper Miracle will [[spoiler: continue to murder further reincarnations]] for the rest of eternity. As if being killed once was bad enough.
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*FridgeHorror: It's implied that Victoria's communications with Nicholas are to [[spoiler: warn him that the Hypnotherapist is going to kill him, because he is Edward reincarnated]]. If this is the case, then it's entirely possible that The Sleeper will [[spoiler: continue to murder further reincarnations]] for the rest of eternity. As if being killed once was bad enough.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that at the end of Finally Free, Nicholas is killed by the hypnotherapist, who is a reincarnation of Edward, the man who killed Victoria.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:It's It's heavily implied that that, at the end of Finally Free, Nicholas "Finally Free", [[spoiler:Nicholas is killed by the hypnotherapist, who is a reincarnation of Edward, the man who killed Victoria.]]
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* IronicEcho: [[spoiler: "Open your eyes, Nicholas." *yelp* *static*]]
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* IronicEcho: IronicEcho:
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* EpicRocking: The album is almost 80 minutes long, spread across 12 songs, the longest (Home) being 12:53 in length, followed closely by Finally Free (11:59) and Beyond This Life (11:22).
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* EpicRocking: The album is almost 80 minutes long, spread across 12 songs, the longest (Home) being 12:53 in length, at twelve minutes and 53 seconds, followed closely by Finally Free (11:59) and Beyond This Life (11:22).
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* GospelRevivalSong: "The Spirit Carries On" has shades of this.
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* GospelRevivalSong: GospelRevivalNumber: "The Spirit Carries On" has shades of this.
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* GospelRevivalSong: "The Spirit Carries On" has shades of this.
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* MurderBallad: "Fatal Tragedy" and "Beyond This Life."
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* GenreShift: The last few minutes of "Finally Free" contain no music, instead playing out like a radio show.
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* SpokenWordInMusic: The album contains voice acting for the Hypnotherapist, Victoria, Julian, and Edward.
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* TriumphantReprise: "The Spirit Carries On" contains a full-band reprise of the acoustic track "Regression", complete with a gospel-style choir.
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* ArcWords: The phrase "Open your eyes" appears many times throughout the album. The first person who says this is the Hypnotherapist at the beginning of the album, but the words are later repeated by [[spoiler: Edward right before he kills Victoria]] and by [[spoiler: the Hypnotherapist before he kills Nicholas]].
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* IronicEcho: [[spoiler: "Open your eyes, Nicholas." *yelp* *static*]]
