I Walk Beside You (track)
by Dream Theater
Year: 2005
From the album Octavarium (track #4)
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I Walk Beside You appears on the following album(s) by Dream Theater:
- Octavarium (track #4) (this album) (2005)
- Greatest Hit (....And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) (track #20) (compilation) (2008)
- Score (20th Anniversary World Tour) (track #2) (2006)
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| ! | 06/06/2026 16:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 174,914 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2025 10:45 |  luigybetis | 13,331 | 89/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2025 10:19 | tiger555 | 2,012 | 97/100 |
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/11/2022 00:41 | #287261
I actually really love this song. Another trip into the lighter side of the band after a heavier cut, but this one almost sounds like a prog praise band.
Though I am agnostic myself, the lyrics really move me and the arrangement is pretty fantastic. Mike Portnoy’s cymbal work is on point per usual.
