Babel (Scene)

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At this point of the album, Thomas and Kai finally discuss their fear for the destination planet—a new Earth to inhabit themselves on, called Paradise. They fear they may… Read More

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Babel (Scene) Lyrics

[Scene V]

[THOMAS:]
Okay, so what do you think life was like before the fall? I mean we've seen pictures of open land as far as the eye can see and oceans incomprehensible in size that our grandparents would do their best to describe it. I just can't imagine life anywhere but inside a space station. I mean the simple concept of a sky doesn't even fully register...

[KAI:]
We do have fields on the Babel station and also—

[THOMAS:]
Yeah, yeah—but that's all synthetic. I mean we're heading to this planet right? That we call "Paradise," because we hope it can sustain life. Why?

[KAI:]
Because we'll eventually run out of resources...

[THOMAS:]
Exactly! I mean what if we got there and it's exactly as the data predicted: beautiful, lush—then we destroy it just like we did Earth? There's only 5 million human beings left in the universe. I mean, it's weird to think about the fact that in 2065 the last footprint was left on Earth before ascending to Babel.

[KAI:]
Man, what's your point?

[THOMAS:]
The point is, 30 ships have traveled in deep space looking for a planet like this. Damn near all of them return home without any luck! Some of them didn't return at all. I guess my fear isn't that we won't find Paradise: it's that we'll create purgatory...

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At this point of the album, Thomas and Kai finally discuss their fear for the destination planet—a new Earth to inhabit themselves on, called Paradise. They fear they may ruin Paradise as they did with their old Earth.

Logic describes this Paradise to be his own accepting world he created away from his haters on Earth. Thomas and Kai are reaching this ideal world, but fear attracting cynics who will metaphorically put Paradise into ruin.

The space station they live at is called Babel; a possible allusion to the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, wherein humanity teams up to build a massive structure as an attempt to reach the heavens. Like the story, the explorers of this album are seeking a Paradise, or heaven. However, they may fail, as it occurred with the ancient Tower of Babel.