"Now it's time to stare the problem right between the eyes" is similar to the line from "The Mirror," “Let's stare the problem right in the eye." The second section ("Release") of this song opens with the same riff as the second part ("Restoration") of "The Glass Prison.” "The Root of All Evil" “The Root of All Evil" consists of parts six and seven of the Suite ("Ready" and "Remove"). It is the opening track on 2005's Octavarium and the shortest track in the Suite. Portnoy considers it to be "an archetypal Dream Theater track, tidily mixing heavy riffs with some progressive moments." "Repentance" “Repentance" features parts eight and nine of the Suite ("Regret" and "Restitution"). It is the fifth track on 2007's Systematic Chaos. By this stage, Portnoy had been sober for seven years. Portnoy stated that it was intentionally conceived as "a bit more of a breather," as the previous songs in the Suite had been "so aggressive and bombastic." He said that of all the tracks on Systematic Chaos, he was particularly proud of "Repentance" because it was "a moody, dark song, hypnotic, psychedelic ... something that we’ve never done before." He described "Restitution" as having a "spacey, Pink Floyd feel". James LaBrie considered the challenge of "being able to really convey that message, but with the proper character" on "Repentance" to be the hardest part of his performance on Systematic Chaos: "I wanted it to come off sounding very somber, very serious, very ... not cold, but a somber approach, you know." Portnoy described the ninth part of the Suite, "Restitution," as being "all about making amends to people you’ve harmed." When writing it, he did not want to write about his own personal life as it would have made the song "too specific" to himself, wanting to make the lyrics more general. He instead asked friends of the band to contribute spoken word apologies. Steve Hogarth, Steven Wilson, Jon Anderson, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Corey Taylor, Daniel Gildenlöw, Neal Morse, David Ellefson, and Chris Jericho all contributed apologies which featured in the final track. Portnoy was disappointed that Dave Mustaine, Geoff Tate, Bruce Dickinson and James Hetfield declined his invitation, but was pleased with the final list of contributors. "The Shattered Fortress" “The Shattered Fortress" concludes the Suite, featuring the last three parts ("Restraint," “Receive," “Responsible"). It is the fourth track on 2009's