Dreaming Neon Black is a concept album; according to Nevermore's lead singer, Warrel Dane, "it's a very simple story about a man who slowly goes insane after losing a woman that he was very close to.

One of his former girlfriends, Patricia Candace Walsh,[5] ceased contact with him when she joined a religious group and was never heard from again,[6] and he began having nightmares of her crying out to him as she drowned.

[citation needed] In actuality, Walsh and her husband Douglas Zyskowski were murdered by serial killer Robert Ben Rhoades in January 1990 while hitchhiking to a religious workshop in Georgia,[7] although Dane was initially unaware of this.

The spoken word samples from the intro "Ophidian" and its 10-second reprise at the end of "Forever" are from the Clive Barker movie Lord of Illusions.

All lyrics are written by Warrel Dane; all music is composed by NevermoreNote: The song Forever has a run time of 2:35, followed by six minutes and 35 seconds of silence.