Pull Me Under

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Pull Me Under is a single from Dream Theater's 1992 album Images and Words. It is widely considered to be the band's biggest hit. The song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Magazine Singles charts.

A distinctive feature of the song is its lack of a conventional ending. The song simply stops, mid-note, at 8 minutes and 11 seconds. This emphasizes the song's theme of the sudden and unexpected nature of death.

The song's lyrics refer to Shakespeare's Hamlet, and is told from Prince Hamlet's point of view. The lyrics allude heavily to the play and echo Hamlet's desire to give into his desire to gain revenge for his father at the cost of his own sanity.

A shortened version of the song (clocking at 4:48) also featured a music video which alternated between clips of the band performing and an obscure storyline about someone, who is often described by band members and fans as a "wolfman". The band members were reportedly unhappy with the storyline, saying that it doesn't have anything to do with the song's subject matter. Lead singer James LaBrie can be seen wearing a Napalm Death shirt in the video. [link]

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