Song
Pathway to the End
From Unknower · Track 8 · 2017
The closing track of the 2017 album.
Lyrics · artist-supplied
It’s a long way back from within
We need to get back to where we begin
We’ve reached the point of no return
We had our chance but didn’t learn
The pathway to the very end
That leads us to where we begin
With all the energy we’ve spent
Trying to put it all back in
We crawled up out of the blue
Took interest in our view
As the stars fall down in the dark
And seas sink our ark
The pathway to the very end
That leads us to where we begin
With all the energy we’ve spent
Trying to put it all back in
Oh we lost it again
The pathway to the end
Oh we lost it again
The pathway to the end
We’re back where we begin
Working interpretation · analysis
Interpretation note: This is analysis of the supplied lyrics, not an authoritative statement of authorial intent.
The pathway to the end repeatedly leads back to the beginning, so the song's movement feels cyclical rather than final. The narrator says a chance to learn was missed and describes energy spent trying to restore something lost. Images of coming out of the blue, falling stars, and a sinking ark widen that loss beyond an individual journey, though the lyrics do not specify exactly what was lost. The closing return offers no clear resolution.
Themes
recurrence, beginnings and endings, loss, consequences