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It’s kinda odd how the inspiration for this song came about.  I was sitting in my dorm and was watching a JFK assassination documentary on the History channel and a topic about the Manchurian Candidate came up, and that interested me how the "candidate" really had no say in what him/her was brainwashed into doing.  And after their task was completed, they had no recollection of any event that had just taken place.  
A couple of days later I was on YouTube just listening to some Opeth and the lead singer and drummer of Opeth were in a side project called Bloodbath.  And the first song that I heard by them was called Eaten!! Here’s the link/url for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiONOj4nAqY It’s a very brutal and just metal song. Reading the lyrics and listening to the music I couldn’t help but laugh the whole time because it was such stereotypical kinda metal.  I still don’t know what the song’s about but from reading the lyrics and with the Manchurian Candidate idea still in my head I came up with a fictional story about a zombie.  A zombie that, unlike the Manchurian Candidate, HAS a recollection of what he’s done; he’s aware of what he’s doing at that moment but can’t stop because being a zombie, it’s his innate nature to feed on the living.  But he so desperately desires to ascend beyond death and stop his life of being apart of the un-dead. 
And musical inspiration comes from Dream Theater first and foremost, Opeth, and Coldplay's Chris Martin!!
Please note that you have to allow yourself a full 14:34 to listen to it as it is a stroy and should be heard in its enitreity. 
Kinda dark and melancholy but I enjoyed writing it.  And to reiterate, this song is about a zombie, not about me; I merely enjoy writing fictional stories. Questions and comments are welcome!!

To Meet the Angels

I. Exposition
Awakened by the moon
From the earth I ascend
I bring the innocent their doom
I’ll bring their end

I am a walking mystery
For I am oblivious 
My mind can’t conceive 
Should I be cursed or bereaved

Long for conversations
Prisoner of my mind
I dream for liberation
But my thoughts are confined

Coping with this matter
Is not an easy task
My eyes are full of tears
From living behind this mask

Self pity is my only ally
I am drowning in the river of remorse
My emotions I can no longer fake
As my tears are lost in the waters wake

But the urge to devour
Is still strong in me
Will I ever be free?

II. Rising Action
I am yearning to ascend 
To congregate with all the angels
But I’m losing to the darkness
Lingering deep inside me

In my dreams, in the end
The placid clouds will separate
And a gleam of light will shine on me
And carry me to streets of gold
But until that day comes around
I’m left to walk across this land alone
Oh my God what the hell have I become
Help me

III. Climax
This is not the life I wished for
I am a prisoner kept against my will
Aware of my actions
But what can I do
My mind it can’t think for itself
Declining in a hypnotic state
At a rapid rate
This is my fate

IV. Falling Action
The death of the moon resurrects the life of the sun
There’s hope for me
I return to my grave and I bury myself
With my dreams
I feed on my dreams for the hope 
Of an afterlife, my home sweet home

My soul’s decaying without my body 
I’m losing to the darkness
Somebody free me from this torment I’m feeling
Oh God wont you help me I know you are listening to me
Help me
I’m fading away…

V. Resolution
And now I see the light
Shining down on me
My spirit ascends
To meet the angels
I am complete
My soul’s made new
My home sweet home

Luke Mellinger

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