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This is also a soundscape attempt. The guitar parts are fairly simple, and the bass/synth line just seem to give it a good variation of movement. I personally hear a subtle Radiohead influence here, but that could just be me.

Lyrically, the song is inspired by an excerpt from a C.S. Lewis novel titled, "The Screwtape Letters," which is a collection of fictional letters written from one demon (Screwtape) to his nephew (Wormwood). The letters offer advice on how to lead humans to sin.

The excerpt discussed how demons can lead humans to sin by giving them skewed visions of the past, present and future. So, in turn, that's what these three verses of the song deal with.

Oh, I also sing in my falsetto on this song. At some point I suppose I thought that would be a good idea.

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We all have been
and that can't be undone
It's concrete and defined
whether we've lost or won
It's over, it's happened
made us who we are
Whether we like it or not
we all have been scarred

We are in the moment
We're living it out
With the freedom to choose
in the here and now
Presently connected
to what eternity is
We're coming to learn
exactly what reality is

Tomorrow's not here
it's where they block out
All realistic thoughts
all the flickers of doubt
Optimistic it seems
but it's also how they tempt
us to believing tomorrow will be
different than how today was dreampt

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from The Cool, Sweet Smell of Snow, released April 10, 2012
Eric Stoff- All instruments

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