I'm not the only one who likes Pain of Salvation? Sweet! And yes I definetley agree with you Flare on BE. I have to agree that PoS has better lyrics, definitely, and I have a friend who likes them more than DT too.
As for Nekofrog...
You know by now that I think Images and Words is in fact it's the best album ever, but your taste is heavier than mine anyway, so eh whatever (personally I like the mellow stuff a lot). Train of Thought I 100% agree with you though, my personal second favorite (maybe my second favorite album ever), though my favorite song from the album is EASILY EASILY Endless Sacrifice. Also I don't like Octavarium as an album very much either, but I gotta say, the title track is one of their best songs, sorry . And yes, I've seen the Gigantour version of The Glass Prison, and it's amazing.
Question for Nekofrog (or anyone else): what did you think of the song "Scarred"?
That's the only Dream Theater song I can't get into at all. It's so damn WEIRD.