“Son et Lumière” is the opening track of the concept album De-Loused in the Comatorium. The lyrics depict the protagonist of the album’s story (later named as Cerpin Taxt) reflecting on his wretched state as he drifts into a coma following a drug overdose. “Son et Lumière” translates roughly as “sound and light” and may refer to his final sensations as he loses consciousness. Shorter and simpler than most of the tracks on De-Loused

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