Cassandra Geminni: Multiple Spouse Wounds Lyrics

Lyric discussion by orphaeus99 

Cover art for Cassandra Geminni: Multiple Spouse Wounds lyrics by Mars Volta, The

Wow, there are some really off guesses here. The whole album is based on a diary late band member Jeremy Ward found in a car he repossesed while working as a repo man. The diary contained entries about a main character's search for his parents throug various people (the album's song titles). As for what "the darkest reaches..." or the song title means, it's anyone's guess (though I believe MSW is a reference to a parental split), but I don't think it's sexual.