How Terribly Strange
Journey Through Dystopia: Portal-Hex's Haunting Reflections
Lyrics
I'm gonna take you to somewhere dark
I will guide you to a dark place.
Take you where the trail ends and the rail begins
Take you to the end of a path where the railway begins.
Where nobody's liable for this sin
Where no one is held responsible for this sin.
Where life was made
A place where life was created.
And bones are still lining the grade
Bones still remain along the railway grade.
Obsolete machine
Referring to a no-longer functional or relevant machine.
Do you remember me
A question, possibly to someone or something from the past.
Share the RIP links
Suggesting sharing Rest In Peace (RIP) links for remembrance.
Until we're extinct
Continuing remembrance until extinction.
Those were the days
Nostalgia for past times.
We never fathomed its erase
Not anticipating the erasure of those times.
Now we're the only trace
Now existing as the only evidence of the past.
Let us through the gates
Requesting access through gates, possibly metaphorical.
Obsolete machine
Reiteration of an obsolete machine and questioning recognition.
Do you remember me
Repetition of the question about recognition.
You're my afterglow
Referring to someone as an afterglow, possibly a lingering presence.
My lung full of asbestos
Metaphorically describing a connection or relationship with hazardous elements.
Smokeless stacks
Describing a landscape without smoke from industrial stacks.
Next to a splattered carcass
Next to a destroyed carcass, symbolizing destruction.
Empty labs with employee tags
Describing abandoned laboratories with employee tags.
Super-funds along fallen flags
Reference to contaminated areas and fallen flags, possibly symbols of decay.
Obsolete machine
Reiteration of an obsolete machine.
They said this would happen
Referring to a predicted event that is now occurring.
Years and years ago
Confirmation that the prediction was made years ago.
The river started to blacken
Describing the pollution of a river with darkness.
As it moved overseas
The pollution spreading overseas.
And you would never believe it
Expressing disbelief about the transformed state of the river.
It's a gravel field now
Describing a field covered in gravel, possibly a consequence of pollution.
The town's cemetery
Referring to the town's cemetery, suggesting widespread death and decay.
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