r/boardsofcanada • u/WerewolfIcy7240 • 4d ago

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This is one of the most underrated tracks I feel, from the start's apocalyptic ambience and vocal sample to the beautiful piano and sampling at the end, it gets me nearly to tears everytime.

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u/idiale1 3d ago

When machines inherit the world, the piano still remembers humanity.

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u/Alexis_deTokeville 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah this is my take too. This song is a condensed version of the apocalypse, the “Great War” talked about in All Reason Departs. The “crowned and conquering child” is the antichrist made manifest as AI, which will spin and warp our perspectives of one another so profoundly that violence becomes the only way out. The text to voice nonsense in the background is symbolic of how AI catalyzes violence through misinformation and deception.

The Process is a horrifyingly sad track, it’s the wreckage of humanity after we destroy ourselves.