I think this whole album deals with authority and the human mind.
Mirrors and Obfuscation deal with how everything you see isn't there in a different perspective (not literally) which really sets up Fossil Genera.
D,I,M shows us how easy it is to buy into anything and everything in exchange for some comfort.
Fossil Genera is a metaphor for who our lives are controlled more than we think, but that it wasn't always like this.
Desert of Song is the aftermath of Fossil Genera, where the "rebels" have to conceal making music.
Swim to the Moon is about someone who wanted to get away from this new society, but it seems he had to try to get away (embarrassing attempt at a "getaway outfit") implying that they (the night owls thing) really do have control over society.
Of course, this is probably wrong and this is only one perspective one the album, you can look at it so many different ways, like how Desert of Song is also a song about BTBAM themselves. So I guess you could close one eye and step to the side for a different view on this whole album. (incredibly cheesy, I know)
I think this whole album deals with authority and the human mind.
Mirrors and Obfuscation deal with how everything you see isn't there in a different perspective (not literally) which really sets up Fossil Genera.
D,I,M shows us how easy it is to buy into anything and everything in exchange for some comfort.
Fossil Genera is a metaphor for who our lives are controlled more than we think, but that it wasn't always like this.
Desert of Song is the aftermath of Fossil Genera, where the "rebels" have to conceal making music.
Swim to the Moon is about someone who wanted to get away from this new society, but it seems he had to try to get away (embarrassing attempt at a "getaway outfit") implying that they (the night owls thing) really do have control over society.
Of course, this is probably wrong and this is only one perspective one the album, you can look at it so many different ways, like how Desert of Song is also a song about BTBAM themselves. So I guess you could close one eye and step to the side for a different view on this whole album. (incredibly cheesy, I know)