"Along for the Ride" is a
power ballad by American
progressive metal band
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of the ...
, and is the second single from their self-titled
12th studio album. It was announced on the band's official Facebook page as the second single on September 6, 2013 and was made available in various locations on September 9. The band's guitarist
John Petrucci, talked about the lyrics in an interview in which he said: "the message to that song is very much like you know with all the crazy stuff that happens in the world and all the dangerous events and people out there and things going on... that we don't have a lot of control for that, and then we're just on this big planet, and we're along for the ride".
The world tour to promote ''Dream Theater'' is named after the song.
Track listing
Releases
* CD-R, Single, Promo – Roadrunner Records, US, September 9, 2013.
See also
*
List of Dream Theater songs
References
External links
Official Dream Theater websiteOfficial Dream Theater Facebook page
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2013 singles
Dream Theater songs
Roadrunner Records singles
Songs written by John Petrucci
Songs written by Jordan Rudess
2013 songs
2010s ballads
Heavy metal ballads