Lay Your Ghosts to Rest

"Prospect 2: Under it all A new world A new world make with the hands of madness These hands They will always do the cutting Piece by piece the pain gets worse If only I could see myself right now"

He's cutting pieces of his skin off so that all that remains is new "material". Think of it as a full transformation. He is a new person, therefore he should have a new identity.

"The gathering of flesh Transforming my face into an unrecognizable state Smooth out the eyes Smooth out the lips Every mirror is a past idea smashed upon recognition (These selfish reason… the letter is all I left for explaining)"

He cut off all of the skin on his face, leaving it in an unrecognizable state. He has a letter, explaining why he did it.

Will it be found? Will the right hands deliver? The heartache I left

Will the letter (I'm assuming) be found by someone? Will the right hands deliver the same fate upon the earth as it did on his own planet? (Remember, his planet was destroyed)

Cut until all that is left is new material Myself Day in, day out Deep down I know what I must do

He keeps cutting his skin until everything on the surface is new. Deep down, he knows what he must do, and that is to destroy planet earth

So much happens behind closed doors So much happens behind our closed doors This key will open them Expose us all

I think he's talking about how a lot of stuff happens in the government behind curtains, that civilians don't know about. His idea to bring the earth to it's demise will reveal the true motives and morals of humans

Crusty-eyed symphony Awakened by my grunts and moans Why do I do this to myself? I suppose the choice was all mine God felt so much better before the mirror glimpse On the surface I know what I must do

"crusty-eyed symphony" - he's just waking up, with that feeling of crusty eyes. He was grunting and moaning during his sleep, and he woke himself up. He felt a lot better about his situation with his skin before he actually looked in the mirror and saw what he looked like. He knows what he must do (destroy earth) and he's growing okay with the idea.

Folder 502: The precaution documents The failsafe way back "home". Should I end it right here and now? That would be far too selfish I shall end what I've begun The creation of more More of us The skin and bones of destruction An army of weak souls Weak minds Weak life

He found a folder on the ship showing a "failsafe" way back home, or out of harms way. He's finally coming to the decision to destroy earth.

(written in a language I can understand. My brilliance seems questioned with these instructions. Fairly obvious for precaution documents I suppose. The "Night Owls" always send me back. Seems to be in their DNA) .fade out.

The "Night Owls" are from BTBAM's song "Fossil Genera". In Fossil Genera, the government is overthrown by the night owls, and they take control of every aspect of everyone's lives. From this, we know the folder he found was made by the Night Owls. It should also be noted that in Fossil Genera, they mention building "weapons that none of you could even begin to think would harm the outside world"

I wake to my own whimper Ship is counting down Must regroup myself

He wakes up to his own grunts and moans again. The ship is counting down to landing, so he must get ready.

The end starts now

Just like it says, the end starts now