and his new lyrics on "Surrender to Reason" are totally poetic and inspiring
Wait, what?
Sees post is from 2013
Ooooohhhhhhh
Do you have your own analysis I love what you did with "The Bigger picture"
I do feel these 4 songs are some what related or inspired each other.
1.The bigger picture.
2.Surrender to reason.
3.Along for the ride.
4.Illumination theory.
In the final movement of Illumination theory V.Surrender,Trust and Passion if you will analyze the lyrics it tells the listener to Surrender to the light and trust in love.
It could be interpreted that the "river" in the bigger picture is the metaphor for fate, its the river mentioned in Surrender to reason meaning the listener should surrender and trust in fate or even "trust in love" and allow the river's current to take him away. Hence the line in Myungs Surrender to reason "The river’s currents slowly turns the stone "
So we could safely say that in the Bigger picture this line.
If the candle lights this crooked path
Like a lighthouse peering through the haze
I will find the river through the rain
And I’ll reach the water’s edge
The river mentioned there is the same river in Surrender to Reason
"The river’s currents slowly turns the stone " that river being a metaphor for fate and reason like the river of life. So the seeker in "The Bigger picture is searching for that river where he will eventually surrender.
So if we are going to build a mini concept album we can say Surrender to reason goes first and then the Bigger Picture and after the protagonists sees the bigger picture he realizes that they are not alone and they are indeed "along for the ride" and it all culminates with Illumination theory.
Heck to even make it dramatic why not listed to The Mirror,Lie,Scarred and Space dye Vest first before the selection from DT12. I think that is another reason why I love so much the Breaking the 4th wall DVD its like all the dark vibe of the Awake selection got resolved and illuminated by Illumination theory.