"5 Paths" is a sprawling, symphonic journey through the afterlife a narrative epic that follows five distinct characters through their personal trials of transition. Blending cinematic orchestral scores with a grand progressive rock arrangement.
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Story behind the song
The song follows five distinct characters through a series of physical and metaphorical challenges:
Path 1A woman walking a "frost line" across "glass grass".
Path 2A man traveling beneath the ground, breathing in the dark.
Path 3A woman climbing in circles, ascending a spiral toward the top.
Path 4A man jumping across a void, catching the edge with one hand to keep climbing.
Path 5A woman standing still, hearing everyone at once before finding the "far end".
The Climax: All five paths eventually converge at the same curve, where the "veil parts open wide" and they step through to the "other side" together.
Lyrics and concept by Ward C Locke. Music produced using Suno AI.
Lyrics
[The Pearl Walker]
She walks the frost line, bells frozen still.
Glass grass cracks beneath her feet.
The ice shows her face back wrong.
She shuts her eyes, walks blind through white.
[The Shadow Walker]
He takes the path beneath the ground.
Walls pulse like breathing in the dark.
The path drops steep, he's sliding fast.
Lands hard, gets up, keeps walking down.
[The Spiral Walker]
She climbs in circles, tighter loops.
Sees all the others far below.
The spiral tilts, almost straight up.
Climbs with her hands toward the top.
[The Broken Walker]
He jumps from piece to piece above the void.
The gaps get wider, almost falls.
Catches the edge with one hand.
Pulls up, keeps jumping to the end.
[The Still Walker]
She stands and doesn't move at all.
Hears everyone at once.
Closes her eyes.
Opens them at the far end.
[The Convergence]
Five paths around the same curve.
Five struggles, one road.
The veil parts open wide.
They step through to the other side.
Where the dead go on.
