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One of the last "songs" written for the record, the arrangement was intended to reference the main musical themes from the entire record. The lyrics also harken to earlier in the record, creating a thematic closure of the cycle. Brandon had originally intended this epilogue to the record to be sung by Mike, but it was only briefly brought up and then never spoken of again. This was mainly due to the fact that the arrangement was still very fresh

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