Ariel's final epiphany before his death. This is that moment that people talk about (life flashing before your eyes and all that) dramatized as a nine-minute epic. The title roughly means something to the effect of "a reflective death," in which Ariel looks back on his life and realizes a couple of ultimate truths that allow him to close his eyes with peace: 1. The greatest purpose that we can pursue is to strive to connect with others and create bonds of love and thus create a harmony amongst human beings. Karma deals fairly: Those who selflessly give to help others achieve their own happiness and fulfillment will receive their due reward in equal measure. 2. However he acted throughout his life, in good or in evil, he always acted as he truly believed he should, and whatever lies on the other side, he can accept it due to this fact. (He discovered in "The Black Halo" that Mephisto was simply a personification of the lust of his flesh) So he finally closes his eyes at the end of this track. In the next track Ariel is already dead. The tracks "Twelve Tolls for a New Day" and "Serenade" are meant to show that Ariel's death and final revelation can be a new beginning for us.
Ariel's final epiphany before his death. This is that moment that people talk about (life flashing before your eyes and all that) dramatized as a nine-minute epic. The title roughly means something to the effect of "a reflective death," in which Ariel looks back on his life and realizes a couple of ultimate truths that allow him to close his eyes with peace: 1. The greatest purpose that we can pursue is to strive to connect with others and create bonds of love and thus create a harmony amongst human beings. Karma deals fairly: Those who selflessly give to help others achieve their own happiness and fulfillment will receive their due reward in equal measure. 2. However he acted throughout his life, in good or in evil, he always acted as he truly believed he should, and whatever lies on the other side, he can accept it due to this fact. (He discovered in "The Black Halo" that Mephisto was simply a personification of the lust of his flesh) So he finally closes his eyes at the end of this track. In the next track Ariel is already dead. The tracks "Twelve Tolls for a New Day" and "Serenade" are meant to show that Ariel's death and final revelation can be a new beginning for us.