The 2 Sides (2012): Concept

The concept of the 2012 version of the disc is almost the same as the original, only that this has more details in the first life of our protagonist, and gives the disc a more proper conclusion.

Somewhat citing the page of the concept of the original disc:

First of all, the name of the disc, "The 2 Sides", is a reference to Life and Death, those being, the two sides.

A long, long time ago, God was created ("The Beginning"). He created the world, but someone appeared and questioned everything. This resulted in God abandoning His creation ("Parody of the existence"). After a while, a new soul was created, but instead of being alive or dead, the soul didn't exist in the physical world yet ("The third side"). The soul became a human being, having a normal life first ("Wanna know my name? Later"), later marching in protests and shouting what he didn't like ("Nothing is like it used to be"). After this, he became an assassin ("I'm back"). Some time after this, he fears to be discovered by the police, so after quitting his job, he covers all the possible clues ("Slowdown"). However, he starts to become crazy because of his past ("Back in time"). He sees himself as a monster, and realizes death is the only exit ("Nothing's being made").

The next song, however, finds our protagonist in a new life, trying to find love ("Small little lady"). After being rejected ("Involuntary suicide") he kills himself by jumping off a bridge. He finds himself now in the afterlife, being judged, and gets transformed into an insect. After some lives, he becomes a ghost ("What can I do to cure this evil?") before becoming a human again, and being visited by death again to take him to the afterlife ("Afterlife experiences"). In the next life, however, he remembers all his lives, and writes about them ("Working song"), as if him wrote all the songs of the album. However, he finds out that he can't only see his past, but the future as well. He tries to warn the people that the moon is going to fall down to Earth, but gets rejected.

He escapes and watches the moon, falling down to Earth. He cries for the souls of the people while the rain stays with him ("Different"). With no one on Earth, he writes a final song, "The Finale", that contains all his experiences. The disc ends with the lines "This is the end, the finale / we can't do anything about it / a decision was made, oh yeah / and it occurred very soon".

To read a more in-depth concept, check every article of every song, under Track list.

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