Lyric discussion by Syco 

Cover art for Extremophile Elite lyrics by Between the Buried and Me

For this to make sense, read my comment on "Lay your Ghosts to Rest"

Prospect 1: To see one's self is hard to explain Last night was the first notion of this Once again real life and dreams are whirling amongst one another Space flight navigator A walking mirror Galaxy drifter Entwined together To grasp the other hand To hear the other speak Carve one's skin out of their own soil Sends chills throughout my body

He is having dreams about prospect 2, knowing he is just like him. He's a "walking mirror". He is also aware that he is from another planet and traveling space. He's aware that prospect 2 "carved his skin".

Wake up to a dirt covered surrounding Machines in the distance Something far too familiar The world comes to a screeching halt when I cover my ears Lift off the hands and the claws work again Digging graves Deeper graves The machines deafen my ears with such extremity Constant maze from digging graves I bury my head in the dirt It all stops

He wakes up at the bottom of a dirt hill, and he hears machines very loudly in the distance. When he covers his ears, he finds peace again, much like he did at sea. He wants this to continue, so he buries his head into the dirt.

This sends bliss throughout me Upside down dreaming The sound of earth soothes my entire body Real life and dreams are whirling (A hand lifts my head out of the dirt) Pulling hairs from what seems to be my brain I see him… me… us? The walking mirror .fade out.

He is overwhelmed by the peaceful feeling. Real life and dreams are whirling, almost as if they are one. Prospect 2 pulls his head out of the dirt, and they finally meet.

Prospect 2: Eyes slowly open as dust clouds surround me Speak to me freely I am listening

Rewind to Prospect 2's landing on earth. The "dust clouds" are from his ship's landing.

The clanking of machines scream in the distance I strain in order to get up Soon I stumble down a dirt hill and see a buried man Just his skull is underground Once again real life and dreams are whirling amongst one another Walking into a certain state of desperation (Dig deep into the soil to lift this man's head. It pulls out of the ground with ease.)

He hears the machines in the distance and goes down a dirt hill, where he finds prospect 1 with his head buried into the ground. He pulls prospect 1's head out of the ground in desperation

Carves one's skin out of their own soil Sends chills throughout my body It is a corpse Something is buried where his head once lay A note… my note My hands shake and I fall to my knees Slowly read… "please know I love…"

Prospect 2 finds the note he had written in "Lay your ghosts to rest". Somehow, it was in the hands of Prospect 1. Prospect 2 falls to his knees in the realization that they are the same person

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