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Lost Not Forgotten
A Dramatic Turn of Events
Length 10:11
Working title (Unknown)
Release date 13th September 2011
Lyrics John Petrucci
Music Dream Theater
First live performance Main Street Armory, Rochester, NY, USA, on Jun. 15, 2012
Total live plays 36
Recorded Cove City Sound Studios
Other appearances
Previous song Build Me Up, Break Me Down
Next song This is the Life

Lost Not Forgotten is the third track on Dream Theater's eleventh album, A Dramatic Turn of Events, and the first of many songs on the album to eclipse the ten minute mark. Sprawlingly technical, Lost Not Forgotten is a relatively dark metal song by the standards of its album, and its intro features an extended unison that fans have nicknamed the "tickle section."

The lyrics are about an ancient Persian army.

The name of this song was used to name the band's reissue series of the YtseJam Records catalog, being named the Lost Not Forgotten Archives.

John Petrucci recorded this song using a 6-string guitar tuned 1 whole step down (D-G-C-F-A-D). It was the last song to use this tuning until At Wit's End on Distance Over Time.

Lyrics[]

I am not immortal
I am just a man
A power-craving tyrant
Beyond the shadows in the sand

Men have come to fear me
Many bow and cry
Known across the desert
I am the one who will not die

I have faced the demons of our most desperate moments
I have been the one to defend our pride
I have worn the banner of my abandoned brothers
I will be the first one to give my life

Lost not forgotten
Reigning against the odds
Feared and respected living among the gods
Leading the empire
Spirit as black as coal
Lost not forgotten
King of the deathless soul

An epic novel no one's read
Pages torn and faded
The greatest story never told

Behold the kingdom I possess
Land of wealth and beauty
Where the streets are paved with gold

Once fearless and brave
A realm passed away
The ghosts of yesterday

Lost not forgotten
Reigning against the odds
Feared and respected living among the gods
Leading the empire
Spirit as black as coal
Lost not forgotten
King of the deathless soul

Lost not forgotten
Reigning against the odds
Feared and respected living among the gods
Leading the empire
Brutal and heartless
Vanishing further
Into the darkness
Lost not forgotten
King of the deathless soul
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