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The opening track describes a dream set on a chilly autumn afternoon where
our protagonist happens upon an old abandoned house in the forest. As he
approaches the aging structure, he sees his reflection in a window. The
reflection stares back briefly, but then sadly, shaking its head, it turns
and walks away and his vision fades leaving him with an empty view of the
interior of the house. What could it mean? This vision must mean
something. Was it a trick of the eye, some cruel prank? Leaving this
scene, he is filled with dread as he ponders the meaning of it all.
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His demeanor rapidly changes from a carefree young man to a brooding
misanthrope. Who can he trust with this dark secret? Who would believe
the vision he had? Who would even care? Black shapes flit in and out of
the edge of his vision. They haunt him day and night. Where is the reality
he once knew? The overwhelming melancholy pushes him into the madness. He
can`t escape. The world swirls around him as struggles with this new
perspective on reality. He knows he used to be somebody else, but who?
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Suddenly he thinks he knows, thinks he`s rediscovered that former Eden. In
a moment of insight, an epiphany, everything seems to come into focus.
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The nightmare has apparently faded and he feels free from the chains that have
held him down. He celebrates this freedom with wild abandon. It feels so
good to be alive. Why had the madness taken him before? It seems so
foolish now. That vision and the insight it provided.
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He must find out what it means. This will be his task in life, to decipher its meaning. It
is his obsession, his one goal in life. He pursues it single-mindedly as
the world spins out its endless cycles around him.
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He knows! The black void consumes him! It sucks him down into an endless
spiral. He`s screaming the voiceless scream that tears us from our
nightmares. He screams until his throat is raw and he can taste the blood.
And then he stops.
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The vertigo leaves him, and from his vantage point he
can see the details. It`s so clear now. He`s gained the one thing he
never had: the perspective to see it all clearly. The vision was there to
show him the way. It was the lack of knowledge and insight that tore the
hole in his soul. He knows now what he must do.
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