This song is about madness, insanity.
"Come distortured artists
Bitter things seek meaning
Even if they're madness to behold "
It's about the people who see more than meets the eye, and combined (as almost every track on Midian) with the theme of the end-of-the-world, it makes a killer track.
The last part is about when these mad people (allegorically, of course) leave the shore (which could be society) to completely indulge themselves into insanity.
"And bereft of compass, star or more" - whitout the guide of science
"Few at the prow, most slave below" - no leaders, just madmed doing their own thing,
"Painting coal, a perfect gold" - working with falsariums and illusions, and also vanity.
This song is about madness, insanity. "Come distortured artists Bitter things seek meaning Even if they're madness to behold "
It's about the people who see more than meets the eye, and combined (as almost every track on Midian) with the theme of the end-of-the-world, it makes a killer track.
The last part is about when these mad people (allegorically, of course) leave the shore (which could be society) to completely indulge themselves into insanity. "And bereft of compass, star or more" - whitout the guide of science "Few at the prow, most slave below" - no leaders, just madmed doing their own thing, "Painting coal, a perfect gold" - working with falsariums and illusions, and also vanity.