I actually think the reverse. This ending seems to represent a "afterlife" stage to me, while the original is more along the lines of what terminal lucidity is. The song heard at the end of EATEOT is a degraded version of the song "Friends past reunited" (ua-cam.com/video/8gOAPEDSs-o/v-deo.html) which fits Terminal Lucidity, where a person recollects their memories as on final rally against the dying of the light, it's the Caretaker remembering one of it's earliest songs and their personality returning. This version (And Bliss Everywhere Bliss) reads to me more like a person passing, but then arriving in the Afterlife. The song is based on a recording of a swedish song called "Solitude of the shepherdess", which that gets my noggin a joggin' about angels guiding souls into heaven.
@@MrSourceMan I can see that interpretation of it too, now that you mention it. That’s the beauty of Kirby’s works - everything he creates can be interpreted in an infinite amount of ways.
I like to think that, while the instruments represent terminal lucidity, the choir is the character being greeted by a group of angels, while still being sad over their death.
I mean the blue taped Canvas was supposed to represent our inability to see how the Victim is so it makes sense if this is the person that others saw them as.
Your eyelids slowly waver and open. You believe you are dreaming, and yet you sit up, light pouring in from out your window, illuminating the packet of IV fluid. The sunlight feels almost real, tickling your fuzzy conscience. You shuffle to the window to look outside and see a military band practicing. Funny, didn't you hear this song before?
[GOOD ENDING] You pass on from this plane, you have lived and died like those before you. You will be missed, and your stories and memories cherished by loved ones, for years to come.
@@CROWIntruder How could you die satisfied with what you've done if you can hardly remember what it was you did, and hell, if you can hardly remember that you even exist?
@@marz8386 memories as in, other people remembering you, that should be obvious, since I’m sure we all know what the cognitive decline that follows old age is.
In some aspects I really like this ending better actually. It feels like a somber and mellow ending, like music to play at someone’s funeral. This version also feels a bit more happy than the actual ending which, to me, sounds creepy with the angelic singing
I think it's because of how creepy and disturbing stage 6 sounds in the original that makes people maybe not cry at the end. To be honest it's not the music of stage 6 that affects me but the silence at the end.
@@DreamerFromTheDepths tbh i think stage 6 only affects me bc i was raised catholic. but this affects me without voices or different instruments playing.
To me, both this and the actual ending represent death, but it’s the perspective that's different. This feels like its from the perspective of loved ones mourning the patient's passing. While the actual ending is the patient ascending to the afterlife. That's just me though. I love both versions.
I feel that it has to be the opposite though. Like Friends past Reunited is viewed from our perspective moreso than from the victim, due to the dreary tone that it took despite how nice it sounded. This sounds like the True perspective of the Victim, after having to suffer from all 6 Stages of Alzheimers and finally feeling clear of mind after so long
@@idonttknowhowtoswithmyname2808 I agree with that, but to play Devil's advocate it's possible that this music could be the funeral music, a time in which the people who were left behind remember the times when the victim lead their lives to the fullest.
Instead of a dark, brooding end of this blissful world, your life ends with an appreciation for life, a happy, joyous call to heaven. No more suffering. No more forgotten memories. Just Sunny skies, good times, and reminiscence.
@@myusername3689 If it was an endless void, perhaps every living being that dies will demand a refund. Let's all pull a Rick Sanchez and get that damm refund
@May's Music hey you're the guy that made APMC i love your content, and i also cracked up a bit when i saw " The original was dying pathetically on a chair. "
If Kirby wanted Everywhere at the end of time to be about the caretaker being given dementia then think about this. People have mentioned in the comments the original ending was the perspective of the person ascending to the afterlife but this ending acts as the perspective of the family. This ending is the perspective of us watching The Caretaker come to an end.
I think I like this one better. The choir in he actual ending made it feel a bit grandeous for what was happening. Whether it be terminal lucidity (my real interpretation of that part), or the angles welcoming them, the choir just didn't quite resonate with me. It was beautiful, but it just didnt entirely sit with me. But this feels much more personal. I imagine a single person in a grand theater, only a violin in hand. The entire place is empty. There is no audience, even his entire orchestra is gone. But he plays on in a last desperate attempt to keep the show going. Before the lights flicker off, and the curtains close. This has a bit more finality to it. While the real ending brought me close to tears, this I think might have broken me if I heard it.
I agree, this does feel more in line with the rest of the album, but that's exactly the point, the choir is big and alienating it's the complete opposite of the whole thing because it means death, the end of it all, something unknown to all of us so of course it is grandeous and doesn't resonate. We know what's happening but we don't understand exactly what is going on because it's the first (and only) time experiencing death. That's why I think the one we got is superior.
@@DreamerFromTheDepths no, it was very interrupted. Had to do it almost stage by stage with stops occasionally. Life calls and such, and I unfortunately don't have 6 and a half consecutive hours to spare lol. Might've had an impact, but even then I still think I might not've. I did shed a tear on the 3rd viewing tho.
To me this sounds like a family member, friend, lover, etc. looking down in the casket at their loved one and remembering the memories they experienced. It’s really bittersweet and it’s like they’re saying goodbye for now
I can confirm, I looked down at one of my Dad's best friends - also one of my good friend's - being lowered. This song was very close to how it felt. It gives me comfort.
This is beautiful. To my perspective, this is the patient experiencing terminal lucidity. The patient now has clarity. But as they realize their situation, they come closer and closer to death.
I think the cover of this stage was discarded because it doesn't give that particular feeling of emptiness. also that the character on the cover is a Glitholder that already appears in stage 4 and if they put that it would be repetitive But its a theory
Apparently this painting and another one with flower is actually the painting of stage 6 because stage 6 cover is the back of a painting and it has that red thing underneath it
@Aiden Paradis i think it’s a theme of painting of Ivan seal where some objects or person are represented with some colour mostly blue green and black ,there isn’t a lot information about it
Interestingly the painting with flowers (the one I was talking about in my other comment) and this one are in the EATOT CD release as the two covers for stage6
I know this song is meant to represent death by dementia, but it also feels like recovering from depression to me. The hellish drones and wails representing the dark thoughts I used to have and the light bittersweet music as how I feel now. Recovering, still having some bad days but mostly ok.
I cannot wait to hear more mental illnesses represent in this manner. Depression would be an incredible one to hear and a relatable and potentially hopeful experience for a great chunk of the population.
@@jamesfinch2235 Faces On A Wall, by Mr.Nobody was an EATEOT fan project album depicting depression, sadly it was taken down along with all of Mr. Nobody's work after he was accused of being a pedophile (i think, not sure though)
That's honestly a good way to think of it. I think a cool fan project type thing would be EATEOT but instead of dementia, it's some sort of mental illness, I.E depression.
He still includes the minute of silence he had in the first one, indicating the actual death of "the caretaker" just without the clip of friends past reunited included. This is more of a reasonable look into the characters death while the chosen ending is very dramatic and follows the drama surrounding the death of the character. Both are beautiful endings to a tragic project
This reminds me of a dream that I had where I’ve passed away and my family is dousing my house (in the prairies) in gasoline from a will that said “if I passed on, please burn me and my home so that My ashes can flow throughout Canada.” A weird & sad dream but this scrapped ending made me remember this.
Stage ??? : This is the part where the person expirienced "Terminal Lucidity" before the person passed away and go somewhere to the afterlife 1. The End Is Near 0:00 2. Consciousness Has Return 1:37 3. Tears Of Lost One 1:46 4. Walking To Heaven 2:45 5. Sees of Light 3:26 6. I'm Gonna Miss You All 5:36 7. Au revoir 5:44
Post Mortem Stage 1 Post Mortem Stage 1 is without description. However, no matter how little is left, something is left to be described... it is merely something that cannot be put into words. 0:00 S1 A Meaningless Meaning 1:38 S2 A Silence That Is Not 1:46 S3 Ending of Something Without A Name 5:36 S4 A Silence That Is 5:44 S5 C'est Fini
Having studied the fashion of the 1800s, all I can see in this image is a very old woman from that period. This makes sense as the song is from around the start of the 20th century, unlike most of the 30s ballroom songs from the rest of the project. It makes me sad because anyone who used to dress like that regularly is probably now long, long dead, quite a few of them dying from dementia. It makes me think of an old woman in her last days coming to terms with the fact that she is dying, and finally letting go into the great mystery.
Friends Past Reutined: You suddenly started to remember anything but... at what cost? You didn't get to see your family before your death. You don't want to accept your death and you fight for your life. Unfortunately dementia has taken over you and you don't hear anything... but angel choirs... And Bliss Everywhere Bliss: You suddenly started to remember anything but... you are going to die soon. Luckily, your death won't be so tragic because your family is close to you and you even started to see their faces and hear their voices. They are cheering you that they won't forget about you and wishing you good luck in new eternal life. You accept your death and you die proud of life because you have done a lot of good things.
For me this image represents the brain, dry, burnt, similar to a grape which is left out for a couple of days until it expires, the stand looks like the body, and the brain is very explicit so thats why it looks so big. Do you see it?
this track portrays very well how it feels like to be in a funreal, at least from my experience and esspecially the last one was the toughest for me to handle, this music reminds me of that feel somehow and loss in general
To me, this ending seems to represent a afterlife to me, while the original is more along the lines of what terminal lucidity is. The song heard at the end of EATEOT is a degraded version of the song "Friends past reunited" (ua-cam.com/video/8gOAPEDSs-o/v-deo.html) which fits Terminal Lucidity, where a person recollects their memories as on final rally against the dying of the light, it's the Caretaker remembering one of it's earliest songs and their personality returning. This version (And Bliss Everywhere Bliss) reads to me more like a person passing, but then arriving in the Afterlife. The song is based on a recording of a swedish song called "Solitude of the shepherdess", which that gets my noggin a joggin' about angels guiding souls into heaven. And on the flip side you have "Take Care. It's a desert out there..." Which is far more representative of a purgatory or a empty nothing as a afterlife.
@@thecaketubby5764 Terminal Lucidity refers to an unexpected return of mental clarity and memory, or suddenly regained consciousness that occurs in the time shortly before death in patients suffering from severe psychiatric or neurological disorders. (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_lucidity) The end of Everywhere at the End of Time - ua-cam.com/video/z9EnyPqeDWg/v-deo.html The Caretakers song 'Friends past reunited', which a slightly warped version is clearly used at the end of Everywhere at the End of Time. - ua-cam.com/video/8gOAPEDSs-o/v-deo.html By having one of the first songs made under the Caretaker project name (a early and profound memory) return at the end, it seems like it is a possible reference to Terminal Lucidity. The song 'Solitude of the Shepherdess' by Ole Bull is the original sample used in the alternative ending song, And Bliss Everywhere Bliss. ua-cam.com/video/V4BF3e-XmHE/v-deo.html Shepherds and Shepherdess' are often used in religious imagery depicting guidance and protection given by the Lord. Angels are also often referred to as shepherds, guiding their flock that is humanity into heaven. Given the source of the song, that's what I thought the Caretaker was describing/evoking.
I personally prefer the ending we currently have. It really hones the damage done that was dementia withering away the person’s mind. This piece I don’t think does as well. It almost sounds as this has some kind of bittersweet ending which the original does not have whatsoever as the original more so depicts the ending of a straight tragedy with little upside which is finally over. Maybe it’s not even over since there are in reality, 7 stages and 6 is transitioning into 7, where the silence represented isn’t just to respect the death of someone, but to symbolize that... that’s it... the mind is no more. The silence is their memory and it simply would be futile to represent it in audio because there’s not even a single processed thought in there anymore. That and yeah I do like the idea of the original representing death more. That tugs at me in a terrible way and it’s perfect That blank canvas too. There could not have been a better portrayal for the 6th stage.
Actual stage one of dementia is asymptomatic. You could say that everyone is in stage 1. Kirby didn't do the actual 7 stages because that would basically just be a compilation of unedited ballroom music.
I like both to be honest, while the real ending is probably more realistic, since in life I have come to learn that the more negative it is the more realistic it is, but this sort of works as an alternate ending for me. While there's more depth to these tracks than I can understand, I think this is a scenario in the future when science finds a cure for dementia, and this song to me sounds like the recovery process before death. It depends on when the dementia was cured, but if this takes place at around stage 6 and you've been curedd at the last minute, you've still been freed of dementia. Even if your memories never truly recover, you can re-build old connections and enjoy the rest of the life you've got left, before you die peacefully, in this scenario you are able to help the people around you forget how dementia tried to ruin your image, not just to other people but to yourself. But this time you lived long enough for science to find a cure, you survived dementia lived for however long you had left, and died peacefully with every memory intact.
uhh, quick theory: this ending actually takes place a few minutes before the other ending. this represents actual terminal lucidity, while as the other represents ascendance to the afterlife. OR both ARE in fact different endings, and while as in this one the patient (the caretaker) DOES gets to terminal lucidity, while as the other he doesn't, and simply dies and ascends to the afterlife but i prefer to think that this ending takes place a few moments before the other one, because my theory feels a lot more heartwarming than "there are 2 endings, this one is terminal lucidity, the other one is death itself" and that would also make both endings "canon" as to the Caretaker's "Lore".
The good ending. A point of lucidity before the end, it all floods back to you right before the end. You remember all of it. A mellow tune plays as everything fades away to black peacefully. Loved ones surround you as you go, they cry for your loss but your years of suffering and torment have finally ended. You have been set free.
It feels like terminal lucidity like others said, but also it could be the last cleared thoughts in someone with a mental illness before dying. For example, one of the most worrying symptoms in someone with depression is suddenly (!) feeling better, because they found the solution to their problems, aka suicide. The quiet minute could be them doing the attempt when everybody thinks they're okay.
In my opinion, the last 5 minutes are not the terminal lucidity. I'm more in line with the "after-death" version but not quite convinced. For me, at that point The Caretaker is in agony, not lucid anymore but not quite dead. And the song is what people that came back from dead may depict as "the light at the end of the tunnel".
Post-awareness stage 7 is the final stage, often referred to as "terminal lucidity". The patient now has regained all memories and are as they were before the illness, regaining all cognitive function. However, they have little time left, and will soon expire, cherish this time while you can, for it will be brief.
i just lose my mother yesterday after she had a long and painful battle against several organ failures, her final days were so painful I like to think when she made it to heaven she heard something like this, a warm bittersweet song I'm happy she's not in pain anymore, I miss her so much I know she'll always be with me, but it won't be the same again I never got to tell her I was trans, I hope she's still proud of me, even if I want to be her daughter instead of her son I hope she's laying on the most pleasant ocean shores for the rest of forever, she was the best I could've asked for love you mom, thank you for everything edit 12/12/22: i felt i should leave an update for anyone passing through the comments, it only felt right im doing better, the days have gotten easier and life continued even though it felt it wouldn't i won't lie and say im always or completely okay, but im holding myself together, and im making it through i turn 18 in a few days, it feels weird facing adulthood without my mother, but that's the way it has to be now. i know she'd be proud of me. much love to you all, and take care of yourselves. 💜
I feel like this gives a hopeful undertone the album. The melody is not lost forever. Your memories will still live on, not in your mind, but of the minds of those who love you. Though you only catch a glimpse of this hope, the the last moments of the original album, your loved ones experience this, and carry on your story. The melody lives on.
i know everyone is talking about the music and the meaning behind it. but i want to talk about the art. i personally see the woman from stage 4 (same colors as her) playing a flute her grandparent, one last time
I will state this, if this song played at the end of Stage 6 instead of Place in the World Fades Away, I would have actually cried, because, with how I am, and I'm sure there are others like me too, it's not the sad songs that make me saddest, it's the happy ones. Had this song played at the end of Stage 6, I would have been mentally broken.
The original ending of EATEOT is for me an "melanchoic stairway to heaven" (No, not the led zeppelin song) what i mean is the choir really feels like you are going sadly from this world being quite, without have the ability of saying a last goodbye, just leaving the world, pathetically, without the ability of thinking to yourself, im was happy on this stage of life? or saying to the others, "thank you for your company and your support, live happy for me". its a sad ending, on a bad way at the point of being depressing, this ending represents the answer of ¿what happens next? symbolizing that you are going to heaven, for finally, rest But... this one, is just, different, for me this ending symbolizes the terminal lucity, look, in the start it sounds like the original ending of EATEOT, you cant remember how everything sounds, you are near to death every second more... the sounds are nearer and stronger... but suddenly when it sounds like the music is fading away in 1:36 it just goes away with a click.. silence... darkness... but then seconds next, you wake up and remember strangely everything, its like the original ending, but now you can use your thinking, your words, your *memories* one more time, only to think and say the things, you couldnt have said in the original ending, the music represents that you remembered again, how the music sounds, to recognize the people words, their faces, their expressions, YOUR *MEMORIES* WITH THEM, its a sad ending, in a good way, like when you cry of happiness, its like a good-bad feeling i cant even express with words, then you close your eyes, to finally, after six stages of sadness, confusion, pain and void, have a rest, a REAL and ETERNAL rest. The point i want to go to is, i dont think this ending was scrapped or replaced i think the two endings have the same veracity, just they have different conclusions, and explains different theories. Recently when EATEOT become popular everyone said it was depressing or scary, but its none of both, its a feeling you cant express in words, that makes you feel... alive. and for me, it feels nice and really makes you thankful for being sane and for STILL having life to live ahead. I like... no... I LOVED everywhere at the end of time
The lucid dream was a success. You now know what it's like to suffer the full effects of Dementia without ever genuinely contracting it. Embracing this newfound sense of purpose within your life, knowing you've evaded one of the worst "peaceful" fates anyone in old age could suffer, you rush to jot down every last fleeting minutia of your dream before it (ironically) eludes you. You've never felt so alive.
i like this version, it's certainly happier like most of the other comments say, but its not supposed to be. if i've learned anything from this project, its that dementia is terrifying. the album ending with the sombre, unsettling choir felt right to me. i feel this would work better at the end of stage 3, where your memories are fading away for the last time and you get to remember the good, before it's all gone. not to shit on this, though. it's very pretty i just personally don't think it would work as well!
It was likely because it didn’t fit too well, I would think that the Church Choir fit better because it could be interpreted as terminal lucidity or the patient ascending into heaven and being welcomed by angels. This song could only be made out to be just terminal lucidity.
I think this shows the outside perspective that the people around you don't recognized are happy that the feeling of dispair is gone and you're able to move on. No more pain and a little bit of sadness that comes with it.
This feels like at the end of it all…after you’ve experienced the horrible life filled with dementia….you finally remember it all…your friends..family…..the memories…being filed with true closure…and then…..it’s over
Unlike the original one that seemed to be see you, In the afterlife, this one seems like goodbye...forever, and that, in my opinion, makes it feel more emotional.
The art looks like a person how went on a long, tough, sad, journey, and is ready to die and for his/her suffering to end but at the same time right before death they are temporary lucid and happy about there life then die, happily.
This ending is a similar feel to NATMOS's ending (which tbh i still liked more) but instead of mourning the patient because they're about to die, these endings portray enjoying the patients final moments as they start to get their memories back. EATEOT's ending had me crying, this alternate one would've had me weeping.
I honestly love them both, but this sounds more peaceful. Like the person is experiencing terminal lucidity but they accept the fact that they’re dying and decide to spend their last minutes with loved ones.
In this one, the final rally of the patient’s memory seems to bring them comfort and peace, instead of the exhausted despair and resignation of the OG ending. This one sounds like a sweet, melancholy goodbye to the ballroom. This is a death with dignity, and maybe even hope.
Actually I think this could fit before Lasst mich ihm nur noch einmal kussen in Place In The World Fades Away. D: edit: This could be interpreted as terminal lucidity while LMINEK can be interpreted as death.
Does anyone else hear just a hint of Amazing Grace throughout this? Like at 2:40 or so, you can hear it as it goes to the higher note. Uuuuh-maaa-ZIIIING graaaaaaace. Just me?
Hold on.. You know the little stick object being held by the first alternative cover? What it it's holding the painting in stage 6! And EAEB is the painting behind Stage 6!
This honestly seems like a better ending to me. It’s somber but kind of beautiful, just being able to have some semblance of peace in the end after suffering so much.
For me this portrays the last moment of bliss after the madness or so called terminal lucidity but in a different way that the patien is passing a good and last times with his loved ones for his last moments
i kinda wish he did 7 stages, i like the cover art for stage 6 but i like this art more, i think this cover art could have been stage 6 and the stage 6 we got could have been 7? idk
Sample starts at 1:36 for anyone wondering. Cover art is called Pheifer Enzengi (let me know if i spelled it wrong cause I probably did lol) Also, where is this sample from?
i know everyone is commenting this but this really does sound like the good ending. the original gives me the mental image of floating peacefully in a grey void, looking up at sunlight above in patient, knowing silence, while this sounds more like sitting on the thick branch of a tree in a plain field, watching the sun set, the sky lit up a warm, comforting orange. both alone in death, but with the original, alone in the dim light, alone with the choir, while this, alone in bliss, alone with the warm sun. or something idk
Even though I prefer the original version, this track fits very well for terminal lucidity. The music is calm and blissful but also bittersweet. It feel like being happy that you can finally remember clearly again after all these years, but also somewhere deep down knowing that it is very soon coming to an end.
I would love to use this as an alternative ending for eatot…I’m kinda extending the album so to use this instead of fpr would be amazing. You’d get full credit and I’d just edit R1
although I prefer the original ending...this captures something different yet just as powerful. this feels more like the family finally glad that the patient is relieved from their torture. in other words, this feels like the more hopeful and happy outlook on life and the relationship between life and dementia which I find equally as interesting as the original ending which arguably represents the opposite
My theory is that the caretaker doesn't die Their brain is so far gone that they can't even distinguish between life and death anymore, and are trapped in an eternal limbo of forgetfulness Their physical body may have died but their consciousness never rests. As its approaches death its also approaching infinite, meaning the time stuck in the caregivers mind is eternal.
i think this ending portrays the “terminal lucidity” theory better, while the actual ending portrays the “post-death” theory better
A happier terminal lucidity
You get a flash of memories back, just enough of them to be happy for one last time, surrounded by your loved ones.
I actually think the reverse. This ending seems to represent a "afterlife" stage to me, while the original is more along the lines of what terminal lucidity is.
The song heard at the end of EATEOT is a degraded version of the song "Friends past reunited" (ua-cam.com/video/8gOAPEDSs-o/v-deo.html) which fits Terminal Lucidity, where a person recollects their memories as on final rally against the dying of the light, it's the Caretaker remembering one of it's earliest songs and their personality returning.
This version (And Bliss Everywhere Bliss) reads to me more like a person passing, but then arriving in the Afterlife. The song is based on a recording of a swedish song called "Solitude of the shepherdess", which that gets my noggin a joggin' about angels guiding souls into heaven.
@@MrSourceMan I can see that interpretation of it too, now that you mention it. That’s the beauty of Kirby’s works - everything he creates can be interpreted in an infinite amount of ways.
@@itssherm9390 for sure, even with a goal/aim for his work, he still leaves a lot of healthy room for interpretation.
I like to think that, while the instruments represent terminal lucidity, the choir is the character being greeted by a group of angels, while still being sad over their death.
Plot twist: This is the front side of the cardboard canvas.
I mean the blue taped Canvas was supposed to represent our inability to see how the Victim is so it makes sense if this is the person that others saw them as.
it fits the proportion i guess
But there is no such thing.
Looks almost like the monkey nft.
Your eyelids slowly waver and open. You believe you are dreaming, and yet you sit up, light pouring in from out your window, illuminating the packet of IV fluid. The sunlight feels almost real, tickling your fuzzy conscience. You shuffle to the window to look outside and see a military band practicing. Funny, didn't you hear this song before?
You should write a novel that's fucking beautiful.
@@Andux thank you lol
This is beautiful and sad man....
So a soldier got in the head while in combat and now he has dementia?
@@Andux Just wanted to let you know that I actually have begun work on a novel
for me it's like the good ending, like dying satisfied from what you've done
[GOOD ENDING] You pass on from this plane, you have lived and died like those before you. You will be missed, and your stories and memories cherished by loved ones, for years to come.
@@CROWIntruder How could you die satisfied with what you've done if you can hardly remember what it was you did, and hell, if you can hardly remember that you even exist?
@@marz8386 stories
@@marz8386 memories as in, other people remembering you, that should be obvious, since I’m sure we all know what the cognitive decline that follows old age is.
@@marz8386 terminal lucidity
"Hey, you, you're finally awake"
"you were trying to cross the border, right"
“Dragonborne...? GUARDS! THIS MAN HAS DIED!”
Maryland... I'm from Maryland.
As you pick up your eyes, opening them, you hear a voice...one very familiar to you, almost unbelievable. "So how was it?" you heard.
In some aspects I really like this ending better actually. It feels like a somber and mellow ending, like music to play at someone’s funeral. This version also feels a bit more happy than the actual ending which, to me, sounds creepy with the angelic singing
The death of the victim that has dementia has one memory left to enjoy and the video describes this comment
Hearing this at the end of the project would have done a better job at making me cry.
I think it's because of how creepy and disturbing stage 6 sounds in the original that makes people maybe not cry at the end.
To be honest it's not the music of stage 6 that affects me but the silence at the end.
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DONT SCREAM
@@DreamerFromTheDepths tbh i think stage 6 only affects me bc i was raised catholic. but this affects me without voices or different instruments playing.
This gives me pure melancholy while the actual ending gives me more existential panic. I definitely prefer this one
To me, both this and the actual ending represent death, but it’s the perspective that's different. This feels like its from the perspective of loved ones mourning the patient's passing. While the actual ending is the patient ascending to the afterlife.
That's just me though. I love both versions.
To me this is not that sad compared to the original
I feel that it has to be the opposite though.
Like Friends past Reunited is viewed from our perspective moreso than from the victim, due to the dreary tone that it took despite how nice it sounded.
This sounds like the True perspective of the Victim, after having to suffer from all 6 Stages of Alzheimers and finally feeling clear of mind after so long
Hey man! Nice to see you here! Groundbreaking server feels empty without you
The original is just terminal lucidity
@@idonttknowhowtoswithmyname2808 I agree with that, but to play Devil's advocate it's possible that this music could be the funeral music, a time in which the people who were left behind remember the times when the victim lead their lives to the fullest.
Instead of a dark, brooding end of this blissful world, your life ends with an appreciation for life, a happy, joyous call to heaven. No more suffering. No more forgotten memories. Just Sunny skies, good times, and reminiscence.
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heaven is fake so that makes the ending sadder
@@ortherner Is that means that reincarnation is real?
@@SilversonXmusic Maybe? Maybe after you die, it’s not just endless void for all eternity after all your senses have shut down.
@@myusername3689 If it was an endless void, perhaps every living being that dies will demand a refund. Let's all pull a Rick Sanchez and get that damm refund
The original was dying pathetically on a chair. This one is dying happily with your loved ones even when you forgotten about them.
@May's Music hey you're the guy that made APMC
i love your content, and i also cracked up a bit when i saw " The original was dying pathetically on a chair. "
the good ending
@@thechubster3423 yes
Like dying siting in a big leather chair and slightly keeling over after dying
“Pathetically” bruh real people die like this outside of their control turn off your fucking content brain 💀
If Kirby wanted Everywhere at the end of time to be about the caretaker being given dementia then think about this. People have mentioned in the comments the original ending was the perspective of the person ascending to the afterlife but this ending acts as the perspective of the family. This ending is the perspective of us watching The Caretaker come to an end.
I think I like this one better. The choir in he actual ending made it feel a bit grandeous for what was happening. Whether it be terminal lucidity (my real interpretation of that part), or the angles welcoming them, the choir just didn't quite resonate with me. It was beautiful, but it just didnt entirely sit with me. But this feels much more personal. I imagine a single person in a grand theater, only a violin in hand. The entire place is empty. There is no audience, even his entire orchestra is gone. But he plays on in a last desperate attempt to keep the show going. Before the lights flicker off, and the curtains close. This has a bit more finality to it. While the real ending brought me close to tears, this I think might have broken me if I heard it.
the violin scene you described is basically that scene in OMORI when sunny plays his violin on the stage before collapsing to his knees crying
I agree, this does feel more in line with the rest of the album, but that's exactly the point, the choir is big and alienating it's the complete opposite of the whole thing because it means death, the end of it all, something unknown to all of us so of course it is grandeous and doesn't resonate. We know what's happening but we don't understand exactly what is going on because it's the first (and only) time experiencing death. That's why I think the one we got is superior.
I'm surprised there's a human being who made it through the whole thing without crying without any mention of interruption or anything like that.
@@DreamerFromTheDepths no, it was very interrupted. Had to do it almost stage by stage with stops occasionally. Life calls and such, and I unfortunately don't have 6 and a half consecutive hours to spare lol. Might've had an impact, but even then I still think I might not've. I did shed a tear on the 3rd viewing tho.
@@redwolftrash When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's OMORI!
To me this sounds like a family member, friend, lover, etc. looking down in the casket at their loved one and remembering the memories they experienced. It’s really bittersweet and it’s like they’re saying goodbye for now
I can confirm, I looked down at one of my Dad's best friends - also one of my good friend's - being lowered. This song was very close to how it felt. It gives me comfort.
This is beautiful. To my perspective, this is the patient experiencing terminal lucidity. The patient now has clarity. But as they realize their situation, they come closer and closer to death.
Their last memory would be sadly the end of their time
I think the cover of this stage was discarded because it doesn't give that particular feeling of emptiness. also that the character on the cover is a Glitholder that already appears in stage 4 and if they put that it would be repetitive
But its a theory
Apparently this painting and another one with flower is actually the painting of stage 6 because stage 6 cover is the back of a painting and it has that red thing underneath it
@Aiden Paradis i think it’s a theme of painting of Ivan seal where some objects or person are represented with some colour mostly blue green and black ,there isn’t a lot information about it
@Aiden Paradis It's the name for Stage 4's cover. "Glitsholder" actually.
I wish there were more Hags in the world
Interestingly the painting with flowers (the one I was talking about in my other comment) and this one are in the EATOT CD release as the two covers for stage6
I know this song is meant to represent death by dementia, but it also feels like recovering from depression to me. The hellish drones and wails representing the dark thoughts I used to have and the light bittersweet music as how I feel now. Recovering, still having some bad days but mostly ok.
I cannot wait to hear more mental illnesses represent in this manner. Depression would be an incredible one to hear and a relatable and potentially hopeful experience for a great chunk of the population.
@@jamesfinch2235 Imagine all the disorders or diseases presented by a music, with stages...
@@jamesfinch2235 Faces On A Wall, by Mr.Nobody was an EATEOT fan project album depicting depression, sadly it was taken down along with all of Mr. Nobody's work after he was accused of being a pedophile (i think, not sure though)
That's honestly a good way to think of it. I think a cool fan project type thing would be EATEOT but instead of dementia, it's some sort of mental illness, I.E depression.
@@jamesfinch2235I Believe there's a schizophrenia one
He still includes the minute of silence he had in the first one, indicating the actual death of "the caretaker" just without the clip of friends past reunited included. This is more of a reasonable look into the characters death while the chosen ending is very dramatic and follows the drama surrounding the death of the character. Both are beautiful endings to a tragic project
Yes I believe in God and heaven, for me the two complement each other this being the last memories before departure
This reminds me of a dream that I had where I’ve passed away and my family is dousing my house (in the prairies) in gasoline from a will that said “if I passed on, please burn me and my home so that My ashes can flow throughout Canada.”
A weird & sad dream but this scrapped ending made me remember this.
it’s just a burning house
@@rattfish LOL
See, now if this were the ending to the album instead of the angels one, I would’ve cried way harder. Like, tears of joy crying.
Stage ??? : This is the part where the person expirienced "Terminal Lucidity" before the person passed away and go somewhere to the afterlife
1. The End Is Near 0:00
2. Consciousness Has Return 1:37
3. Tears Of Lost One 1:46
4. Walking To Heaven 2:45
5. Sees of Light 3:26
6. I'm Gonna Miss You All 5:36
7. Au revoir 5:44
Au revoir :)
Thx... For give me a guide to heaven :)
Au revoir
@@jwingxxgt6484 Your Welcome I guess
@@doodlehobbo8697 .........wanna go to..... A-al bowlly concert?
@@jwingxxgt6484 You'll visit him in the clouds alright and have a good time
Post Mortem Stage 1
Post Mortem Stage 1 is without description. However, no matter how little is left, something is left to be described... it is merely something that cannot be put into words.
0:00 S1 A Meaningless Meaning
1:38 S2 A Silence That Is Not
1:46 S3 Ending of Something Without A Name
5:36 S4 A Silence That Is
5:44 S5 C'est Fini
Having studied the fashion of the 1800s, all I can see in this image is a very old woman from that period. This makes sense as the song is from around the start of the 20th century, unlike most of the 30s ballroom songs from the rest of the project. It makes me sad because anyone who used to dress like that regularly is probably now long, long dead, quite a few of them dying from dementia.
It makes me think of an old woman in her last days coming to terms with the fact that she is dying, and finally letting go into the great mystery.
It’s the stage 4 lady
it looks like she is playing the flute
Friends Past Reutined:
You suddenly started to remember anything but... at what cost? You didn't get to see your family before your death. You don't want to accept your death and you fight for your life. Unfortunately dementia has taken over you and you don't hear anything... but angel choirs...
And Bliss Everywhere Bliss:
You suddenly started to remember anything but... you are going to die soon. Luckily, your death won't be so tragic because your family is close to you and you even started to see their faces and hear their voices. They are cheering you that they won't forget about you and wishing you good luck in new eternal life. You accept your death and you die proud of life because you have done a lot of good things.
For me this image represents the brain, dry, burnt, similar to a grape which is left out for a couple of days until it expires, the stand looks like the body, and the brain is very explicit so thats why it looks so big.
Do you see it?
Dementia is withering of the brain or brain shrinkage so you are actually right on the bullseye with that idea!
@@Strawbrryash Oh wow!
Honestly I see beavis and butthead
I see an elderly version of the stage 4 art cover
@@realquestforgreatness yeah, me too. It's possibly because stage 4 and the alternate stage 6 covers are both gritholders
this track portrays very well how it feels like to be in a funreal, at least from my experience and esspecially the last one was the toughest for me to handle, this music reminds me of that feel somehow and loss in general
This fits better for a terminal cancer-themed album
To me, this ending seems to represent a afterlife to me, while the original is more along the lines of what terminal lucidity is.
The song heard at the end of EATEOT is a degraded version of the song "Friends past reunited" (ua-cam.com/video/8gOAPEDSs-o/v-deo.html) which fits Terminal Lucidity, where a person recollects their memories as on final rally against the dying of the light, it's the Caretaker remembering one of it's earliest songs and their personality returning.
This version (And Bliss Everywhere Bliss) reads to me more like a person passing, but then arriving in the Afterlife. The song is based on a recording of a swedish song called "Solitude of the shepherdess", which that gets my noggin a joggin' about angels guiding souls into heaven.
And on the flip side you have "Take Care. It's a desert out there..." Which is far more representative of a purgatory or a empty nothing as a afterlife.
how is a church choir terminal lucidity and 20's music the afterlife? lmfao
@@thecaketubby5764 Terminal Lucidity refers to an unexpected return of mental clarity and memory, or suddenly regained consciousness that occurs in the time shortly before death in patients suffering from severe psychiatric or neurological disorders. (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_lucidity)
The end of Everywhere at the End of Time - ua-cam.com/video/z9EnyPqeDWg/v-deo.html
The Caretakers song 'Friends past reunited', which a slightly warped version is clearly used at the end of Everywhere at the End of Time. - ua-cam.com/video/8gOAPEDSs-o/v-deo.html
By having one of the first songs made under the Caretaker project name (a early and profound memory) return at the end, it seems like it is a possible reference to Terminal Lucidity.
The song 'Solitude of the Shepherdess' by Ole Bull is the original sample used in the alternative ending song, And Bliss Everywhere Bliss. ua-cam.com/video/V4BF3e-XmHE/v-deo.html
Shepherds and Shepherdess' are often used in religious imagery depicting guidance and protection given by the Lord. Angels are also often referred to as shepherds, guiding their flock that is humanity into heaven. Given the source of the song, that's what I thought the Caretaker was describing/evoking.
@@thecaketubby5764friends past reunited was the caretaker’s favorite song, so it played at the end since it was his most cherished memory
reminds me of a losing battle is raging
"R1 - The War has Concluded"
@@zergscaper4714 stage 7
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@@zergscaper4714 This song is where the war has concluded and dementia lets you see your family one last time before you have to go...
Noooooooo
I personally prefer the ending we currently have. It really hones the damage done that was dementia withering away the person’s mind. This piece I don’t think does as well.
It almost sounds as this has some kind of bittersweet ending which the original does not have whatsoever as the original more so depicts the ending of a straight tragedy with little upside which is finally over.
Maybe it’s not even over since there are in reality, 7 stages and 6 is transitioning into 7, where the silence represented isn’t just to respect the death of someone, but to symbolize that... that’s it... the mind is no more. The silence is their memory and it simply would be futile to represent it in audio because there’s not even a single processed thought in there anymore.
That and yeah I do like the idea of the original representing death more. That tugs at me in a terrible way and it’s perfect
That blank canvas too. There could not have been a better portrayal for the 6th stage.
Actual stage one of dementia is asymptomatic. You could say that everyone is in stage 1. Kirby didn't do the actual 7 stages because that would basically just be a compilation of unedited ballroom music.
Stage seven would be static
I like both to be honest, while the real ending is probably more realistic, since in life I have come to learn that the more negative it is the more realistic it is, but this sort of works as an alternate ending for me.
While there's more depth to these tracks than I can understand, I think this is a scenario in the future when science finds a cure for dementia, and this song to me sounds like the recovery process before death.
It depends on when the dementia was cured, but if this takes place at around stage 6 and you've been curedd at the last minute, you've still been freed of dementia.
Even if your memories never truly recover, you can re-build old connections and enjoy the rest of the life you've got left, before you die peacefully, in this scenario you are able to help the people around you forget how dementia tried to ruin your image, not just to other people but to yourself.
But this time you lived long enough for science to find a cure, you survived dementia lived for however long you had left, and died peacefully with every memory intact.
@@neodintchly silence
@@droptherapy2085 And I always thought the missing stage was the one between 3 and 4.
uhh, quick theory:
this ending actually takes place a few minutes before the other ending.
this represents actual terminal lucidity, while as the other represents ascendance to the afterlife.
OR both ARE in fact different endings, and while as in this one the patient (the caretaker) DOES gets to terminal lucidity, while as the other he doesn't, and simply dies and ascends to the afterlife
but i prefer to think that this ending takes place a few moments before the other one, because my theory feels a lot more heartwarming than "there are 2 endings, this one is terminal lucidity, the other one is death itself"
and that would also make both endings "canon" as to the Caretaker's "Lore".
The good ending. A point of lucidity before the end, it all floods back to you right before the end. You remember all of it. A mellow tune plays as everything fades away to black peacefully. Loved ones surround you as you go, they cry for your loss but your years of suffering and torment have finally ended. You have been set free.
still be crying either way
It feels like terminal lucidity like others said, but also it could be the last cleared thoughts in someone with a mental illness before dying. For example, one of the most worrying symptoms in someone with depression is suddenly (!) feeling better, because they found the solution to their problems, aka suicide. The quiet minute could be them doing the attempt when everybody thinks they're okay.
I like to think that the last few seconds of static right after the song ends signify neurons responsible for the heart beating being withered away
It may not have been the ending to “Everywhere at the End of Time”, but it was still the ending to the story of The Caretaker.
EATOT Endings:
Blank canvas and this.
Stage 1, aways Stage 1, the happy one.
In my opinion, the last 5 minutes are not the terminal lucidity. I'm more in line with the "after-death" version but not quite convinced. For me, at that point The Caretaker is in agony, not lucid anymore but not quite dead. And the song is what people that came back from dead may depict as "the light at the end of the tunnel".
EAEB feels like The Final Cut to EATEOT’s The Wall. Just a bleaker bunch of leftovers of a massively depressing project.
Post-awareness stage 7 is the final stage, often referred to as "terminal lucidity". The patient now has regained all memories and are as they were before the illness, regaining all cognitive function.
However, they have little time left, and will soon expire, cherish this time while you can, for it will be brief.
The patient will regain most of their memories similar to stage 2 or late stage 1, they wont regain all memory though
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Ugh, sincerest apologies
i just lose my mother yesterday after she had a long and painful battle against several organ failures, her final days were so painful
I like to think when she made it to heaven she heard something like this, a warm bittersweet song
I'm happy she's not in pain anymore, I miss her so much
I know she'll always be with me, but it won't be the same again
I never got to tell her I was trans, I hope she's still proud of me, even if I want to be her daughter instead of her son
I hope she's laying on the most pleasant ocean shores for the rest of forever, she was the best I could've asked for
love you mom, thank you for everything
edit 12/12/22:
i felt i should leave an update for anyone passing through the comments, it only felt right
im doing better, the days have gotten easier and life continued even though it felt it wouldn't
i won't lie and say im always or completely okay, but im holding myself together, and im making it through
i turn 18 in a few days, it feels weird facing adulthood without my mother, but that's the way it has to be now. i know she'd be proud of me.
much love to you all, and take care of yourselves. 💜
I feel like this gives a hopeful undertone the album. The melody is not lost forever. Your memories will still live on, not in your mind, but of the minds of those who love you. Though you only catch a glimpse of this hope, the the last moments of the original album, your loved ones experience this, and carry on your story. The melody lives on.
i know everyone is talking about the music and the meaning behind it. but i want to talk about the art. i personally see the woman from stage 4 (same colors as her) playing a flute her grandparent, one last time
I will state this, if this song played at the end of Stage 6 instead of Place in the World Fades Away, I would have actually cried, because, with how I am, and I'm sure there are others like me too, it's not the sad songs that make me saddest, it's the happy ones. Had this song played at the end of Stage 6, I would have been mentally broken.
it must have been so hard for James to choose which ending to use
indeed
Yes
yes
That static sounds very nice and dynamic
The original ending of EATEOT is for me an "melanchoic stairway to heaven" (No, not the led zeppelin song) what i mean is the choir really feels like you are going sadly from this world being quite, without have the ability of saying a last goodbye, just leaving the world, pathetically, without the ability of thinking to yourself, im was happy on this stage of life? or saying to the others, "thank you for your company and your support, live happy for me". its a sad ending, on a bad way at the point of being depressing, this ending represents the answer of ¿what happens next? symbolizing that you are going to heaven, for finally, rest
But... this one, is just, different, for me this ending symbolizes the terminal lucity, look, in the start it sounds like the original ending of EATEOT, you cant remember how everything sounds, you are near to death every second more... the sounds are nearer and stronger... but suddenly when it sounds like the music is fading away in 1:36 it just goes away with a click.. silence... darkness... but then seconds next, you wake up and remember strangely everything, its like the original ending, but now you can use your thinking, your words, your *memories* one more time, only to think and say the things, you couldnt have said in the original ending, the music represents that you remembered again, how the music sounds, to recognize the people words, their faces, their expressions, YOUR *MEMORIES* WITH THEM, its a sad ending, in a good way, like when you cry of happiness, its like a good-bad feeling i cant even express with words, then you close your eyes, to finally, after six stages of sadness, confusion, pain and void, have a rest, a REAL and ETERNAL rest.
The point i want to go to is, i dont think this ending was scrapped or replaced i think the two endings have the same veracity, just they have different conclusions, and explains different theories.
Recently when EATEOT become popular everyone said it was depressing or scary, but its none of both, its a feeling you cant express in words, that makes you feel... alive. and for me, it feels nice and really makes you thankful for being sane and for STILL having life to live ahead.
I like... no... I LOVED everywhere at the end of time
I like to think this painting is what's on the other side of the turned canvas in the Stage 6 album cover
The lucid dream was a success. You now know what it's like to suffer the full effects of Dementia without ever genuinely contracting it. Embracing this newfound sense of purpose within your life, knowing you've evaded one of the worst "peaceful" fates anyone in old age could suffer, you rush to jot down every last fleeting minutia of your dream before it (ironically) eludes you. You've never felt so alive.
I wonder if something like that is possible
*your consciousness is coming back but you memories is fade*
''restart to cero*
0/10 cover image isn’t 1:1 aspect ratio
jokes aside this works really well
This sounds like a really peaceful and distorted quartet and I love how I think of it like that
this album cover is almost like the figure from the cover of Stage 4, but at a different angle and with more lighting
i like this version, it's certainly happier like most of the other comments say, but its not supposed to be. if i've learned anything
from this project, its that dementia is terrifying. the album ending with the sombre, unsettling choir felt right to me. i feel this would work better at the end of stage 3, where your memories are fading away for the last time and you get to remember the good, before it's all gone.
not to shit on this, though. it's very pretty i just personally don't think it would work as well!
i can see why this was scrapped
It was likely because it didn’t fit too well, I would think that the Church Choir fit better because it could be interpreted as terminal lucidity or the patient ascending into heaven and being welcomed by angels. This song could only be made out to be just terminal lucidity.
The second song actually fit better because it was more startling than this. It had more of an impact, even without the first 6 hours.
And bliss everywhere bliss
I think this shows the outside perspective that the people around you don't recognized are happy that the feeling of dispair is gone and you're able to move on. No more pain and a little bit of sadness that comes with it.
R1- end of an empty soul
This feels like at the end of it all…after you’ve experienced the horrible life filled with dementia….you finally remember it all…your friends..family…..the memories…being filed with true closure…and then…..it’s over
And Bliss, Everywhere Bliss.
almost beyond this world
Unlike the original one that seemed to be see you, In the afterlife, this one seems like goodbye...forever, and that, in my opinion, makes it feel more emotional.
The art looks like a person how went on a long, tough, sad, journey, and is ready to die and for his/her suffering to end but at the same time right before death they are temporary lucid and happy about there life then die, happily.
reminds me a lot of Loss of Want Back There from Everywhere an Empty Bliss. Neato.
This ending is a similar feel to NATMOS's ending (which tbh i still liked more) but instead of mourning the patient because they're about to die, these endings portray enjoying the patients final moments as they start to get their memories back. EATEOT's ending had me crying, this alternate one would've had me weeping.
I honestly love them both, but this sounds more peaceful. Like the person is experiencing terminal lucidity but they accept the fact that they’re dying and decide to spend their last minutes with loved ones.
In this one, the final rally of the patient’s memory seems to bring them comfort and peace, instead of the exhausted despair and resignation of the OG ending. This one sounds like a sweet, melancholy goodbye to the ballroom. This is a death with dignity, and maybe even hope.
Why are people saying this is happier then the original? OG was literally heaven choir.
i think the normal ending is supposed to be more sadder than happier, this one seems more calmer
This would have been equally disheartening imo
Or maybe more.
so beautiful!
I feel more at peace with this ending after all the terror that began since either stage four or three.
and bliss everywhere, bliss.
?1:A Peaceful thought in the end of our Memories
Actually I think this could fit before Lasst mich ihm nur noch einmal kussen in Place In The World Fades Away. D:
edit: This could be interpreted as terminal lucidity while LMINEK can be interpreted as death.
congratulations you remembered (good ending)
0:01 Alright, who ripped up my magazine and tried to fix it?
Does anyone else hear just a hint of Amazing Grace throughout this? Like at 2:40 or so, you can hear it as it goes to the higher note. Uuuuh-maaa-ZIIIING graaaaaaace. Just me?
1:56 dont worry just time stamp for me
hehe flute
Hold on.. You know the little stick object being held by the first alternative cover? What it it's holding the painting in stage 6! And EAEB is the painting behind Stage 6!
It sounds like a song you would hear in stage 2
This kinda sounds like something you would hear in stage 2
This honestly seems like a better ending to me. It’s somber but kind of beautiful, just being able to have some semblance of peace in the end after suffering so much.
Anyone by any chance know the original sample used?
www.library.ucsb.edu/OBJID/Cylinder3550
@@thelegendarybulldozer7256 Yo! Thanks so much man!
For me this portrays the last moment of bliss after the madness or so called terminal lucidity but in a different way that the patien is passing a good and last times with his loved ones for his last moments
That looks oddly like stage 1
0:00 S1 The spiral stairs
1:38 S2 The memories came back
1:46 S3 And bliss, everywhere bliss
5:44 S5 Consummatum est.
i kinda wish he did 7 stages, i like the cover art for stage 6 but i like this art more, i think this cover art could have been stage 6 and the stage 6 we got could have been 7? idk
The real Stage 1 is what most of us have, aka, not having any signs of dementia. In a way, we all made Stage 1 our selves just by being alive.
@@thestargazer679 yeah I realized that a bit later, caretaker's stage 1 is technically actually stage 2
@@thestargazer679 yeah
I think the "stage 1" cover album would be the newspaper from the EATOT stage 1, but it with opened showing the news
@@finden3362 I'd say that or a car, or pretty much just any clear image of a very common recognizable thing
I don't know know how you guys feel but I'm immersed into an old western funeral.
1:54 Lento placido, molto teneramente
Sample starts at 1:36 for anyone wondering.
Cover art is called Pheifer Enzengi (let me know if i spelled it wrong cause I probably did lol)
Also, where is this sample from?
It's from Everywhere, an empty bliss, but the sample is Solitude of the Shepherdess by the American String Quartet.
i know everyone is commenting this but this really does sound like the good ending. the original gives me the mental image of floating peacefully in a grey void, looking up at sunlight above in patient, knowing silence, while this sounds more like sitting on the thick branch of a tree in a plain field, watching the sun set, the sky lit up a warm, comforting orange. both alone in death, but with the original, alone in the dim light, alone with the choir, while this, alone in bliss, alone with the warm sun. or something idk
Even though I prefer the original version, this track fits very well for terminal lucidity. The music is calm and blissful but also bittersweet. It feel like being happy that you can finally remember clearly again after all these years, but also somewhere deep down knowing that it is very soon coming to an end.
The drawing looks like a lady playing a flute
I would love to use this as an alternative ending for eatot…I’m kinda extending the album so to use this instead of fpr would be amazing. You’d get full credit and I’d just edit R1
although I prefer the original ending...this captures something different yet just as powerful. this feels more like the family finally glad that the patient is relieved from their torture. in other words, this feels like the more hopeful and happy outlook on life and the relationship between life and dementia which I find equally as interesting as the original ending which arguably represents the opposite
I feel like this version is supposed to represent the terminal lucidity, while the original is suposed to represent the death of the patient
That bird like monster... Must be the most terrifying painting I've ever seen
I interpret the alternate cover as being a vase, but the memory is distorted to the point of now being recognized as something else.
You imagined everything, little being. Now it's time to see things the way they were meant to be.
My theory is that the caretaker doesn't die
Their brain is so far gone that they can't even distinguish between life and death anymore, and are trapped in an eternal limbo of forgetfulness
Their physical body may have died but their consciousness never rests. As its approaches death its also approaching infinite, meaning the time stuck in the caregivers mind is eternal.
This feels like I'm witnessing a sun rise. After not sleeping all night.
Is it me or does the start sound like you’re drifting through space