Lyric discussion by Aut0didact 

Cover art for Lunar Wilderness lyrics by Between the Buried and Me

Continuing my idea:

Prospect 1: He's lost time on this island. Evidence from the words state he actually is on the moon, and not an island. His boat was a ship and he was stranded on the moon. He loses his way and he doesn't know what to do with himself.

Prospect 2: He's stuck in hypersleep and can't open his eyes. He's no longer in control and he's regretting the choices he's made. He could have stopped what was happening.

The parenthesis are almost a direct excerpt from Lost Perfection A + B in which the world is basically ending in a fire.

He manages to open his eyes and wake from the hypersleep; but it's too late. The world is desolate and he is alone. Everyone he ever loved is gone and he will die alone.

I'd love for some criticism and other ideas to perfect the story.

Song Meaning

Prospect 1: (The Baby born with the end of the world), sent on a mission (the one the two adults were discussing?) still not a defined gender (correct me if I'm wrong) Devises a method of communicating outside (not sure if being experimented on (as proposed by someone else) or if imperfect improper direction was for the devise used to communicate with others, I think the latter, he/she is all alone and now they've found him/her) Who they are is still undefined, although I think it might be Prospect 2... It could be another anonymous bunch of humans who the...