"The Dream Sequencer" tells the story of the last human being alive, living alone on the Martian colony. Born of the earliest settlers on Mars, the colonist never lived on Earth, and could only experience it through a machine known as the Dream Sequencer. Developed by scientists on Mars to curb boredom, the Dream Sequencer uses a form of hypnosis that allows the user to travel back in time to their youth, or even farther beyond, to previous incarnations of their persistent selves. The colonist uses the machine and revisits his own youth, living on Mars, and eventually views many of his past lives: a woman fighting in the war of 2084, Queen Elizabeth I overlooking her fleet, a man present at the building of Stonehenge, and even the first human being to live on Earth, among other lives. Each track on "The Dream Sequencer" revisits one of these past lives. The digitized voices on this song were provided by Lana Lane and Erik Norlander. This song is about the Colonist's preparation to use the Dream Sequencer, and the orders given by the machine. After the spoken words, the Dream Sequencer plays a background music (which is, in fact, the track "The Dream Sequencer") that, supposedly, finishes on the eleventh track, "The Dream Sequencer (Reprise)". Vocals on this song were provided by Johan Edlund (of Tiamat) and Floor Jansen (of After Forever). Edlund is also the composer of the song's vocal melody. The song is apparently about the main character of the story as a child, with his sister, mourning the death of his father in the war on Earth and its destruction in 2084. By the end of the song, he has forgiven his father for leaving him, and breaking his promise to take him to Earth. Vocals on this song were provided by Lana Lane. This song is about the war which ultimately leads to mankind's destruction, referenced in "The Final Experiment", and later in "01011001". Still, the character speaking here is not the main protagonist himself, but one of his past lives (as told in "My House on Mars", the protagonist never saw Earth). According to Arjen Lucassen, the song tells of the events he lived during first manned lunar landing - the Apollo 11 mission. It uses the famous words of Neil Armstrong, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind". The song contains samples from the voices of astronauts, captured during moon landings.