The band wrote almost two CDs worth of material, including a 20-minute-long follow-up to the Images and Words song "Metropolis–Part I: The Miracle and the Sleeper". The label, however, did not allow the release of a double album because it felt that a 140-minute record would not be well received by the general public. James LaBrie also felt that the CD should be a single disc.LaBrie, James. (Summer '97) Images & Words No. 14, pg. 5 The unused songs were later released in the YtseJam Records release The Falling into Infinity Demos.
The band wrote almost two CDs worth of material, including a 20-minute-long follow-up to the Images and Words song "Metropolis–Part I: Th.e Miracle and the Sleeper". The label, however, did not allow the release of a double album because it felt that a 140-minute record would not be well received by the general public James LaBrie also felt that the CD should be a single disc.LaBrie, James. (Summer '97) Images & Words No. 14, pg. 5 The unused songs were later released in the YtseJam Records release The Falling into Infinity Demos.