This song is about an episode from Battlestar Galactica. The first season, fourth episode is titled "act of contrition". I recently started watching the show since ive gotten more into space operas in the last couple years(mass effect, new star trek movie, star wars, firefly/serenity, etc). When I read the title I remembered a Shadows Fall song by the same title. I read the lyrics and saw the episode and it ties in perfectly. The episode is about a girl(Kara) who is feeling remorse because of the fact that she let this man Apollo's brother(Zack) into flight combat even though he wasn't fully trained for it and wasn't even capable of the basics. The reason she felt so terrible is because she was in love with Zack, and she let her feelings towards him get the best of her instead of denying him into the the squadron like she should've. He eventually died and afterwards the father of Zack(commander Adamo) had her become the trainer for the new squadron. But he did not know about the situation with Zack and Kara. He assumed she would use her better judgement to pick pilots like his son(even tho she only let him be a pilot because she let her emotions get the best). The pain was eating her alive and she took her frustrations out on the new squad by letting no one become a pilot even tho it was just their first day of training, she didn't give them a chance because they weren't good enough. The memories of Zack were painful. She felt she didn't want some one else dying and it resting on her conscience. If you read the song lyrics and see episode, u will see its exactly what the song is about. I suppose all bands draw their inspiration from somewhere. Who knew Shadows Fall were fans of Battlestar Galactica. I would've never drawn that line of hardcore metal to space operas lol. Its definitely a great show I recommend watching tho. And shadows fall is one of the best bands of course :-)
This song is about an episode from Battlestar Galactica. The first season, fourth episode is titled "act of contrition". I recently started watching the show since ive gotten more into space operas in the last couple years(mass effect, new star trek movie, star wars, firefly/serenity, etc). When I read the title I remembered a Shadows Fall song by the same title. I read the lyrics and saw the episode and it ties in perfectly. The episode is about a girl(Kara) who is feeling remorse because of the fact that she let this man Apollo's brother(Zack) into flight combat even though he wasn't fully trained for it and wasn't even capable of the basics. The reason she felt so terrible is because she was in love with Zack, and she let her feelings towards him get the best of her instead of denying him into the the squadron like she should've. He eventually died and afterwards the father of Zack(commander Adamo) had her become the trainer for the new squadron. But he did not know about the situation with Zack and Kara. He assumed she would use her better judgement to pick pilots like his son(even tho she only let him be a pilot because she let her emotions get the best). The pain was eating her alive and she took her frustrations out on the new squad by letting no one become a pilot even tho it was just their first day of training, she didn't give them a chance because they weren't good enough. The memories of Zack were painful. She felt she didn't want some one else dying and it resting on her conscience. If you read the song lyrics and see episode, u will see its exactly what the song is about. I suppose all bands draw their inspiration from somewhere. Who knew Shadows Fall were fans of Battlestar Galactica. I would've never drawn that line of hardcore metal to space operas lol. Its definitely a great show I recommend watching tho. And shadows fall is one of the best bands of course :-)