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Where the sky is empty - This song introduces the album’s protagonist, Elise Lansette, and shows her wandering through her late uncle Carter’s home in the Welsh countryside. While the official story is that her uncle died in an accidental plane crash, she feels that something is off and searches his home for any clue that might shed more light on his death. She arrives at the house just as a team of movers is finishing packing up the last of Uncle Carter’s things for estate sale. She waits until they leave to use the only key that can open Carfter’s private study where she begins her search for clues. Noticing a false bottom in a desk drawer, she locates a device that contains a copy of the black box recording from her uncle’s plane before it was shot down.
Here is a transcript of the recording: “To my dearest Elise, I apologize. This will be my final entry. I have gone to the ends of the earth and back to uncover a most terrible secret. There are some gates that no living soul was meant to pass through, whether kings or common men. I hate that I cannot say this to you in person, but when shadows are darker than the light is bright, remember: Eyes up, look closely, Take courage. Press on, don't falter, look inward, that's the key. Now go conquer the world... I'll meet you out where the sky is empty.”
While most of the message remains a mystery to her, Elise manages to deduct several things from the recording:
“Final entry” indicates the existence of some journal detailing Carter’s research
“Eyes up, look closely, Take courage. Press on, don't falter, look inward, that's the key,” is a code telling Elise to literally press a specific book on Carter’s bookshelf called "Take Courage, Don't Falter" and look at what’s inside. When she does so, she discovers a hidden inner sanctum in Carter’s library where his research journal is located along with a strange amulet set with a large gemstone
The line “go conquer the world” is a familiar phrase that Uncle Carter used to tell Elise while playing board games as a child when it was her turn to move
She also finds an envelope containing a stack of photographs with the numbers 71.184711, 25.675444 written on the outside. She is able to identify one of the locations in the photographs as the Louvre. Hammurabi’s Code is featured in the photo, and a man she does not recognize is standing next to it.
“A secret coded by the god of justice through the ages”: the Babylonian sun god Shamash gave Hammurabi the first known code of law
“Listen closely for my voice because the world is quiet here” is a callback to our song “Through Inferno”
lyrics
Closed off windows, slamming doors
I can’t take this anymore
But time will show
Darker truths not known
And the reason why
I guard them with my life
You cannot know how I’ve searched for the words to express
A mere semblance of this emptiness
(I’ll find a way back home, way back home)
Gather ‘round as you share in your final testament
I never got a chance to say goodbye
I never got a chance to see you off through the door as you cross to the other side
Each word weighing down
As if you knew that it was our last parting
Every pause profound
A fragmented haunting
As I search the room
I feel you here
And I try to forget
That this time I’m all alone
This doesn’t feel like home
Being here without you
I’m so lost without you right now
This doesn’t feel like home
But time is quickly slipping
And I can hear you whispering “go on”
Eyes up
Look closely
Take Courage
That’s the key
Press on
Don’t falter
Look inward
That’s the key
I know if you could
You’d smile and tell me no tears
I know if you could
You’d take me far away from here
Growing gold as sunlight
In our memory
Write a different story
A different melody
As I search the room
I feel you here
And I try to forget
That this time I’m all alone
This doesn’t feel like home
Being here without you
I’m so lost without you right now
This doesn’t feel like home
But time is quickly slipping
And I can hear you whispering “go on”
Closed off windows, slamming doors
I can’t take this anymore
Go conquer the world
Chase the sun, the golden dawn, to the pyramid palace
Go cut out the heart
A secret coded by the god of Justice through the ages
Go conquer the world
Listen closely for my voice because the world is quiet there
Go cut out the heart
I’ll meet you out where the sky is empty
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This album manages to mix pure brutality, emotional melodies, addicting riffs, and brilliant lyrics all together, and it works in the most beautiful way. razorfish123
