"The first half of the song lyrics were actually written down in my high school days around the age of 16 and wasn't completed until mid-last year. The actually song itself was composed in early 2010 just sitting at home throwing around complex riff ideas with simple melodies. The intro and ending wasn't created until over a year later and was originally just the segment from 1:15-3:34 which I felt needed to be re-recorded at the time then suddenly realized it was missing an introduction.
The album concept is about an android and his endeavors as it battles a virus taking control of and destroying all the systems that run a planet that would otherwise be barren without them. In turn after all it's efforts he is left in defeat and has no choice but to abandon it's world. I took much inspiration from an old game called Phantasy Star IV that I still love to play all over again to this very day.
The song "The Omniscient One" is the android realizing it is indeed something else that does not belong to a world anymore that the human race has tortured and ravaged a planet until it cannot sustain life on it's own. Through this it is no longer under command of anyone but itself and It has no regards for their loss due to their hateful and sinful ways.
After self-destructing it only reconstructs itself and develop a sense of self-awareness that it is far more powerful and capable than any being or tasks it has ever been given throughout its cycle. It then embarks on a journey into space giving itself it's own directives."
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