Free fall through our midnight
This epilogue of our own fable
Heedless in our slumber
Floating nescient we
Free fall through this boundlessness
This madness
Of our own making

Falling isn't flying
Floating isn't infinite

Come, our end, suddenly
All hail our lethargy
Concede suddenly

To the quickened dissolution
Pray we mitigate the ruin
Calling all to arms and order

Drifting through this boundlessness
This madness of our own making

Sound our dire reveille
Rouse all from our apathy
Lest we
Cease to be

Stir us from our
Wanton slumber
Mitigate our ruin
Call us all to arms and order

Sound the dread alarm
Through our primal body
Sound the reveille
To be or not to be
Rise
Stay the grand finale
Stay the reading of our swan song and epilogue
One drive to stay alive
It's elementary
Muster every fiber
Mobilize
Stay alive

Stir us from our
Wanton slumber
Mitigate our ruin
Call us all to arms and order


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    I'm going to try and keep this simple. There's a certain drive in a person to maintain their survival. This is having one last cry before the end, going down with a fight.
    Considering how Maynard writes, lyrics are left pretty vague so you can interpret them as you will, to get you thinking. As an example: Parabola means something WAY different to me now than it did when I first heard it. See also how this album stagnated for so long, I can imagine this was written to get the band off their asses; maintain relevance, stay alive; even though it's likely the end anyways.

    Sound the dread alarm, through the primal body; Sound a reveille to be or not to be. Rise, stay the grand finale; stay the reading of our swan song and epilogue.

    Favorite moment of the album to me. Take care guys.

    Onedeadchickenon September 24, 2019   Link

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