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ACT 2: THE CRACKS IN THE GLASS
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6. The Ether Is Dead

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Intro

Verse 1

We built the altar in a basement made of stone

Searching for the medium, the ghost of the unknown

A river made of light, a wind we couldn’t feel

Desperate for the phantom to prove that it was real...

Pre-Chorus

Split the beam. Align the glass.

Waiting for the wind to pass.

Left to right... North to South...

ZERO.

Chorus 1

But the ether is dead! The sky is a lie!

A hollow vacuum where the answers go to die!

There is no medium! There is no sea!

Just a lonely cage of cold reality!

Verse 2

We’re rotating the mirror, we’re checking every gear

But the math is screaming something that we’re terrified to hear

The null result!

The universe is empty, the universe is vast

And the "Perfect Order" is a relic of the past!

Bridge

...Nothing.

It’s a long way down... through the empty space.

No wind to catch... no ghost to trace.

Chorus 2

BUT THE ETHER IS DEAD! THE SKY IS A LIE!

A HOLLOW VACUUM WHERE THE ANSWERS GO TO DIE!

Breakdown

RIP THE BLANKET! TEAR THE SKY!

WATCH THE ANCIENT ORDER DIE!

EMPTY! EMPTY! EMPTY!

Final Chorus

BUT THE ETHER IS DEAD! THE SKY IS A LIE!

A HOLLOW VACUUM WHERE THE ANSWERS GO TO DIE!

THERE IS NO MEDIUM! THERE IS NO SEA!

JUST A LONELY CAGE OF COLD REALITY!

Outro

Floating in the dark...

Zero. Zero. Zero.