The Lake South

The Lake South
[Instrumental]

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Alright, here’s our first instance of a purely instrumental passage that sounds like just a transition, but isn’t.

Going to my second assumption in reading: all songs are in sequential narrative order. What’s just happened narratively is that Hunter was born, and what will happen next in City Escape is that Ms Terri sets her room alight. So why are we getting a song about the Lake? Here’s why: this song isn’t just describing the peaceful atmosphere of the lake, or transitioning out of Battesimo Del Fuoco; we’re hearing Ms Terri consider where she could go if she were to leave with Hunter. This song is Ms Terri fantasising about a better future for herself and Hunter at the Lake, culminating into action in City Escape.

Most of the song is just a description of the lake though, with calm clear water, fields of green grass, a valley…

What’s in a name?
Why is it The Lake South? Because we’re north of it, in the city.

Battesimo Del Fuoco | Act I | City Escape