Low Level Lights

The title tells its own tale. Most of the time the song is very slow and quite dark and thus a strong contrast to its predecessor “Lithium Dreams”. It may be significant that this song was the first that was written for “The Modernist”, because it was clear from the start that it should be about a darker future vision.

The song is relatively complex and repeatedly falls back on certain melody patterns that are interpreted differently by different instruments. The confusion and disorientation that Oddward experiences in the new world of “Cloud Platoon” should be made clear with the help of the individual facets, which are often similar, but ultimately only turn out to be variants of the original form. Even more than with “Lithium Dreams” the song was decorated with many small arrangements and samples to reinforce the impression of enchantment when entering a completely foreign world. The song is also characterized by the many vocal passages, which are primarily intended to accompany the thematic introduction to the second chapter. In detail, however, the developments and entanglements can already be seen here, which can be found both in the music and in the lyrics.

At the end of the first chorus it says with comparatively hopefulness “this is my journey, and I miss you” and at the end of the second chorus the text deviates a little and paints a much darker picture of the situation: “this is my darkness, my lonely home “. “Low Level Lights” is probably the piece with the most depth within the second chapter.