People have speculated that this song is about death, but that seems an unnecessary assessment. The thing in this song is what /causes/ death; how do we arrive at the notion therefore that it is death? Likewise time, monsters, and psychopaths have all been suggested, each one fitting a certain aspect of the song, but never all of it at once.
And so I've arrived at the notion that the undoer in this song is entropy. It is the "omnicidal" bringer of death and ruin on every scale of existence. It is "pure, immaculate, clean." It's "cold" and its rise is "unconditional". In the way that it is woven into the laws and very fabric of the universe it is god like. In its approach towards universal homogeneity it is the ultimate bringing of ruin, the true "undoer of all." It is "inert."
Few other possibilities explain the title as clearly. The point of maximum entropy (the end to which all things move in a closed system) is the homogeneous point at which no energy is available for work. Sounds like a lethargic state of things, doesn't it?
@VainApocalypse The title is based on a once spreaded, rare disease in the early 20th century (encephalitis lethargica); it surely served a an inspirational template for the song.
@VainApocalypse The title is based on a once spreaded, rare disease in the early 20th century (encephalitis lethargica); it surely served a an inspirational template for the song.
People have speculated that this song is about death, but that seems an unnecessary assessment. The thing in this song is what /causes/ death; how do we arrive at the notion therefore that it is death? Likewise time, monsters, and psychopaths have all been suggested, each one fitting a certain aspect of the song, but never all of it at once.
And so I've arrived at the notion that the undoer in this song is entropy. It is the "omnicidal" bringer of death and ruin on every scale of existence. It is "pure, immaculate, clean." It's "cold" and its rise is "unconditional". In the way that it is woven into the laws and very fabric of the universe it is god like. In its approach towards universal homogeneity it is the ultimate bringing of ruin, the true "undoer of all." It is "inert."
Few other possibilities explain the title as clearly. The point of maximum entropy (the end to which all things move in a closed system) is the homogeneous point at which no energy is available for work. Sounds like a lethargic state of things, doesn't it?
@VainApocalypse The title is based on a once spreaded, rare disease in the early 20th century (encephalitis lethargica); it surely served a an inspirational template for the song.
@VainApocalypse The title is based on a once spreaded, rare disease in the early 20th century (encephalitis lethargica); it surely served a an inspirational template for the song.