Lyric discussion by DarkSidePoet 

Cover art for Tangent lyrics by Dark Side Poet

"Mother bestow order"- this is a reference to Gaia, one of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of the Earth and the ancestral mother of all life.

Morpheus- god of sleep.

"From high upon the mount we hear the proclamation Everything we need to know Written in stone to avoid a planetary devastation..." -A reference to the reading of the ten commandments.

"Once wasn't good enough; fool the author twice" -A reference to the Abrahamic god who wiped out humanity once with the biblical flood

"Fly into a TANGENT, settle into a self-contained corruption of time and space replaying its altered states for nobody's enjoyment"

  • A reference to the plot of Donnie Darko, which inspired this song.

Another main inspiration was Dreams, so read into the lyrics what you will.