"The grand tower opens up into total darkness. Following the glare of candles, Jason discovers a spiral staircase. The only way is up."
Narrator
The tower's lonesome entrance hall is dark and grim
Battered clean with sand and wind, untouched by rain
Scattered light illuminates soft etching underfoot
Below a scarab beetle traces human curves
And all is quiet within...
Seven burning candles lie before a spiral stair
Intently still they flicker casting light up there
Foreboding is the staircase rising high into the dusk
And the time has come to climb it, he knows he must
And all is quiet within...
Upon the steps he stares above
Jason
Does it ever end?
Narrator
The stairs pervade the height of the tower
Up above he must ascend...
- Climbing -
Narrator
Time passes slowly as each tick follows tock
Round and round in circles goes the clock
The candles are ascending with him fixed and aflame
Illuminating rusty iron rails
A tired, disillusioned Jason registers sound
Footstep follows footstep up above
With every step he takes it echoes endlessly
The shrouded man is climbing up ahead
Jason
The man with no face is awaiting me up the stairs
Beckoning me with each step
The man with no face he is waiting to welcome me
I'll follow his lead up the stairs
Narrator
Painfully he soon discovers, the stairs were on the move
Elevation, the realisation that he didn't need to climb
The top is reached nothing is seen but a rusty old red gate
(mum's gate?)
Jason
What can this be doing here? Can anybody tell me?!
- Confusion -
"Here, atop an impossible tower, in an impossible world, Jason encounters an exact replica of his first home's rear yard gate. Recognising it as a sign of home, he knows he must enter."
Jason
The man with no face is awaiting me up the stairs
Beckoning me with each step
The gate '57' a sign, a reminder
I must follow its lead to the end...
credits
from The Box (2011),
released July 5, 2011
Written, recorded & produced by Ian Gordon
Impressive music and inspiration
Loved the first EP , loved the concept and the theme.
I managed to order the digipack
Just discover lately that a full album was available. Not even disappointed. Great album , mescaline and the reissued utopium are standout
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