Silent Circles :
The Horror of Stage 6 still remains incomprehensively heavy to me. This Section of the caretakers Work appears to be almost an exact polar opposite of the Former Stage. Instead of Severe confusion and Panic setting in every few Seconds accompanied by Short Bursts of clarity, None to very little of that remains. Everything that once painted the Silhouette of a living being, every destinctive trait has suddenly vanished and Turned Into the vast emptiness of space. The tiping Point is located right Here, the Song Titles Tell whole stories compared to what their contents show. This Part of the Album is the best depiction of a mental vaccum which every once in a while emits a Strong droning Echo, highlighting a bookshelve filled with blanck books. By now, everything that Made you be yourself, every minoscule Detail defining your specific personality ceases to exist. All this also raises the very question of when exactly consciousness fades and If
inner experiences still persist in such vegetative State. Even the messy landscape of denial and Anger or any other Emotions are flattened Out. What was once a diverse Landscape with high peaks which have never been Seen before devolves Into a plain, bland black and white landscape. You could argue that there is a hint of a feeling in the aggressive droning that Fights it's way Into the foreground, however I may Interpret it as the Sole Aftermath of an exhausting Battle that could never have been won. "A brutal Bliss beyond this empty defeat", mirrors this exact devastated battleground, it's full of Explosion craters and lifeless bodies of once so brave sodiers... Just the thought of a lost Battle fuels the neurons to fire strongly in such a terrifying tone. The phrasing "empty defeat" is truly Genius, as it perfectly portrays how Alzheimers Strips everything from it's victim, Not Just it's memories But also the Person they truly are. A brutal Bliss is an interesting opposition As Well, usually bliss is associated with a positive experience/Feeling, nevertheless Not even a sole glimpse of optimism is capable of emerging from Singularity itself. The Outcome of the very Battle that has been fought all along loses it's sign
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