Hidden lore in Alexander lyrics? [Potential Spoilers]

[NaoKith]

Relistening in 3.2!

Such an awesome remix, Soken = God

[MikaKrystel]

So now we have all the official lyrics from the OST! Damn, I was pretty close ... maybe it's time for a revised lyrics / lore analysis?

Alexander Boss Theme

Seeking the peace of reason,
Sheep in a peaceless season.
Reason to keep believing,
Waken the beast who's sleeping.

Let go this destiny (you're caught in a trance)
Ever marking time inside a dream, no sign of advance (you see?)
The mortal coil we serve is taut like a spring,
Step back! Two-step, two-step, two-step, 1-2-3

Our world's a fantasy (no more than a test)
Ever feeding off the fallacy creating this mess (deep down)
Inside this bleak machine with all of the rest,
Break free! Two-phase, two-phase electricity!

Time turning up the volume,
Time turning on us always.
No time enough tomorrow,
For turning back to where we began!

Twenty-two sectors tested,
Fragments in one direction,
Celestial noise detected,
Delirium unsuspected.

Static tuned in to reason,
Time in the aether deepens.
Transmissions blink uncompleted,
7 2 3 2 3 ... <send>

Arrested destiny (alone in a trance)
No escaping from this waking dream, no hope of advance (you see?)
The mortal coil we serve is naught but a spring,
Unwind! Too slow, too quick, too much to believe.

Your world's a fantasy (you've failed the test)
Ever forging all new fallacies, creating more mess (direct)
Through this bleak machine, with all of the rest-
DC! Dying, dying electricity-

Falling back right into the system of falling back on all that's erased,
When fighting back right out of this system means falling back right into this space ...
Yes, falling back right in with the system, who'll see you falling back to the end,
When falling back is better than simply falling back into pieces again!

Silent steel breathing, breathing,
Memory writing, reading,
Error! Repeat deleting,
Radicals flowing free and ...
Energy slowly seeping,
Suspending all disbelief (in)
Synergy with our being,
Synapses fire in three, then ...

Alexander Manipulator Theme

Snap click, crank-whirr whizz, bam boom.
Wheels hum-sing uplander doom!
Crack-thoom snap, bam bing bangy-zoom.
A near-soon far-bloom crimson THOOM!

Stop dizzy-heels of the wicked,
Defuse pop, debone stop, deflate.
No busy-deals for the wicked,
Too late, far too late, far too late!

Wake the metal!
Create the metal!
Unfold the metal!
Control the metal!
Embrace the metal!
We raise the metal!
Restore the metal!
Before the metal!

Thud tick, clank purr-fizz, blam crash.
Brew hand-back uplander bash.
Whack-boom clap, slam zing spinny-splash.
Not far-soon we smash heads, we dash!

Boom! Gobbie-bomb, gobbie neck-breaks,
Again, and again, and again.
Doom, gobbie-hands, gobbie end-makes.
The end, oh the end, yes! The end!

Wake the metal!
Create the metal!
Unfold the metal!
Control the metal!
Embrace the metal!
We raise the metal!
Restore the metal!
Before the metal!

With the new remix out, I prepared a macro so you can do a floor eight sing-a-long ver.!

Just hit the macro when the lyrics begin in the final phase, and enjoy

/say Snap click, crank-whirr whizz, bam boom ♪<wait.7>
/say Wheels hum-sing uplander doom ♪<wait.6>
/say Crack-thoom snap, bam bing bangy-zoom ♪<wait.7>
/say A near-soon far-bloom crimson THOOM ♪<wait.20>
/say Stop dizzy-heels of the wicked ♪<wait.7>
/say Defuse pop, debone stop, deflate ♪<wait.7>
/say Twenty-two sectors tested, fragments in one direction ♪<wait.7>
/say Celestial noise detected, delirium unsuspected ♪<wait.6>
/say Static tuned in to reason, time in the aether deepens ♪<wait.7>
/say Transmissions blink uncompleted, 7 2 3 2 3 <send> ♪<wait.7>
/say Falling back right in with the system, who'll see you falling back to the end ♪<wait.6>
/say When falling back is better than simply falling back into pieces again ♪

[Zohar_Lahar]

The Locus lyrics really foreshadows the plot revelations from Alexander: Midas.

[MikaKrystel]

Wow, although I was off the mark with my first post, I think we're finally making some headway before 3.4 arrives!

Desperately chewing at the tiny morsels of info from the trailer preview ...

Forward and back, and then forward and back, and then go forward and back and put one foot forward. Forward and back, and then forward and back, and then go forward and back and put one foot forward. Forward and back, and then forward and back, and then go forward and back and put one foot forward. Forward and back, and then forward and back, and then go forward and back and put one foot forward ...

Transcendental ...

So now we know about Alexander's time bubble, is it possible that the music is telling the story of the souls that have been trapped within his time continuum? This "forward and back putting one foot forward" may be their slow means of escape?

Makes me wonder if it's not just the Au Ra troupe, but also maybe the Goblins are trapped?

The word transcendental could also be referring to Alexander's supernatural influence, existing as something beyond merely a machine. I doubt his creators (or current inhabitors) truly ever had total control of it.

[Nestama]

Well the lyrics to Locus do have a few... worrying lines in them.

"Delirium unsuspected"
"Memory writing, reading. Error! Repeat deleting."
"Suspending all disbelief in, Synergy with our being, Synapses fire in three, then..."

[PArcher]

Well the lyrics to Locus do have a few... worrying lines in them.

"Delirium unsuspected"

Dark Knight reference, nothing more. The previous two lines reference Machinist and Astro respectively

[Mysteltain]

Well the lyrics to Locus do have a few... worrying lines in them.

"Delirium unsuspected"
"Memory writing, reading. Error! Repeat deleting."
"Suspending all disbelief in, Synergy with our being, Synapses fire in three, then..."

Locus's lyrics are an interesting topic in and of themselves beyond their meaning. According to Koji back at the last FanFast, during he and Soken's "Wild Ride" he explained that they needed lyrics for this theme, as it was originally Ravana's but had been recently changed to be Alexander's. So Koji came up with a lot of the lyrics while he was completely exhausted on train rides to and from work due to the already massive workload from the ever-looming release of 3.0.

On the one hand, there were a lot of really clever references to Alexander's time manipulating abilities that didn't make sense until after we cleared A8. On the other hand, how many lines are just due to a particulary exhausted Koji? =P

[Rocl]

Are you saying Koji might've been giving us deliberate misinformation?

[Zohar_Lahar]

Falling back right into the system of falling back on all that's erased,
When fighting back right out of this system means falling back right into this space ...
Yes, falling back right in with the system, who'll see you falling back to the end,
When falling back is better than simply falling back into pieces again!

These lines seem to be referencing the cycles of calamities and how all civilization collapses over and over in history due to the Rejoining.

[Nestama]

Without the fourth line, it would make sense. The last line sounds like Alexander would rather go back to a previous state, rather than 'simply fall back into pieces' at the hands of the Adventurer.