Major Spoilers for each song below. Highlight to read.
Regress: The Oracles return one last time to talk about The Boy's fate. They no longer have anything to say about him and leave him to his demise knowing their is nothing else to say to him. They depart hoping the end comes to him quickly.
The Moon/Awake: The album picks right back up to where it was left off. The Boy now under the thumb of the Pimp and the Priest he recalls all the regrets and woes that he has within his thoughts. He calls for his Mother, Ms. Terri for guidance knowing she will not respond. He reflects what his younger self would think of him now in the situation he is in. He wonders if he can repair himself if he can somehow correct his wrongdoings.
Cascade: The Boy wandering The City, his city he comes to the Church at night and collapse in front of the alter and talks to God about the stress it is to be mayor. He talks about how the decisions he makes now effects everyone in the city. He is constantly being watched with eager eyes of what changes he can make with the great city. The problem is, every problem the boy corrects, there is constant criticism on his projects. He almost mocks the people. "Hate the sinner, not the sin." He stays the night at the Church.
The Most Cursed Hands/Who am I?: The Boy wakes up to the Pimp and the Priest giving a sermon to the congregation about the devil and a gambler and when you want everything, you change to something worse than what you once where. The Boy tries to figure out who he really is in the story, the devil or the gambler. The Boy realizes the only way to get out of the pimp and the priests control is to wait for the right moment. As he leaves the church, the Pimp and the Priest stops him to talk to him about the grand reopening of the Dime.
The Revival: The Dime is reopended bigger and better before becoming a casino where everyone can live the life of luxury. The brothel part of the Dime is more for the high rollers. The Boy sees the monster he has created and regrets even running for mayor. Knowing he is just fueling the enemy. Knowing he is in a position in which he cannot break free from he is in too deep with the Pimp and the Priest now.
Melpomene: Amongst the denizens of The Dime, The Boy meets her officially now amongst the crowd, Ms. Leading they interact realizing just how much time really healed them. They needed eachother, and now as they are older, The Boy loses his guard on her and forgives her.
Mr. Usher (On His Way to Town): Mr. Usher, a new player to the scene arrives to the city, after hearing about the success of the Great Dime. He wants in on it. More cunning than the Pimp and the Priest he is hired as an enforcer for the Dime and tries to find a way to take everything away from the pimp and the priest, thats when he sees The Boy. Knowing he is the mayor he deduces just how control the Pimp and the Priest has on him, he figures he can get what he wants with The Boy.
The Haves Have Naught: Mr. Usher approaches the Boy in the city, requesting to meet the Mayor of the city. Mr. Usher gives him an offer, a way out and way to kick the pimp and the priest out of the picture. They discuss the citizens of the city. As The Boy sees them as people who just try to get by and make the world just a little bit better, Mr. Usher sees them as people who are just trying to make a profit and can be used like how the boy was used. The Boy talks about the pimp and the priest wondering what made him so evil. Mr. Usher leaves the boy to think about his offer.
Light: Though the Lover is no longer is involved with the Boy, she did have a child with them. The Boy meets his son (The Child) and though The Child doesnt or couldn't understand The Boy, he hopes for his child to remember the boy as a man, who like his foreseeable future will also make mistakes and hopes he doesn't make the same mistakes he has made. He confesses everything he has done to his Child.
Gloria: The Boy has a dream of his mother giving him the courage to carry out the plan of Mr. Usher, he realizes this is the chance he needed and there is no backing down. Mr. Usher and The Boy begin their plan.
The Flame (Is Gone): Mr. Usher approaches the Pimp and the Priest and confronts him for the hypocrite that he is. Telling him that his empire will fall and though he may decieve everyone, he cannot decieve no longer when its his time to go. The Pimp and the Priest not understanding him, it buys The Boys time as he sneaks into the Dime and sets it on fire.
The Fire (Remains): The Boy finally accomplishes what Ms. Terri wanted all this time, burning the down the Dime taking the only think the Pimp and the Priest's only think he ever cared about, money. The Pimp and the Priest sees his Dime being set on fire and runs towards it. Mr. Usher gathers what he can steal from the pimp and priest and leaves the city.
The March: The citizens of the city see the Dime and flames and sees the Pimp and the Priest, realizing The Boy did this, he preaches to the crowd and exposes The Boy to who he is, what he's done and convinces The citizens that they need to get rid of such evil, a demon that has decieved the citizens. The citizens agree and corner The Boy.
Blood: The Boy admits to his deception telling the citizens that all he tried to do was really for the greater good. He casts his fake identity and sees his chance and attacks the Pimp and the Priest finally killing him ending his evil knowing that the people will come for him he accepts his fate.
A Beginning: The Boy attacked by the citzens, after witnessing the death of the pimp and the priest by his hand, they beat him until they are satisfied until they know he is dead. The citizens disperse before they can be apprehended by the police. The Boy now alone laying in the streets, barely breathing he contemplates death and what is on the other side, worried he will only meet darkness he is scared. Before his last moments however, he sees Ms. Terri, the Son, he sees the ones who cared about him. They are waiting for him near the Tree. The Boy with his last breaths leave the cruel and bitterworld knowing he will be okay. He is coming home.
Topic: The Dear Hunter v "Migrant Returned" (10/6/23) (Read 344781 times)
