<B>Chris says:</B> This song began life just as me intending to try and write a Summoning-style song; long, epic and fairly uncomplicated, with more of a focus on atmosphere than musical talent. I came up with the descending, distorted guitar riff, then it sat dormant for a long while. When I eventually went back to the song (writing some lyrics en-route which were then scrapped) it came together quite quickly, developing when I worked on it at home and with the second clean interlude and the big flute/keyboard section at the end added during a practice. This is definitely one of our heaviest and most black metal songs, I feel- when that big riff kicks in, I can't help but windmill my head almost clean off my neck. The second clean interlude is also, I believe, a rather lovely example of melodic inversion between the flute and the guitar- while I play an arpeggio starting on the A string, 7th fret and going up, Catie starts at the top of the same arpeggio and works her way down so that the two melodies cross over in the middle. It's going to sound incredible when properly recorded, trust me. :P

Lyrically, I believe it's about a figure journeying into the hills (which hills? These hills!) in order to find answers for the untimely death of his wife; he essentially climbs to the top of a mountain (the Peak District heavily inspires me in general, and in particular when I wrote this song, I was thinking of the spectacular scenery there) and screams at the sky, demanding the truth. Some of the lyrics are absolutely amazing and I love them more than can be healthy, which is why when we play live you'll often see me singing along like a twat. :P

<B>Martin says:</B> I normally listen to a song a number of times before I really get a feel for what the words should be and when I initially saw Chris' lyrics describing a landscape, I rejected them because I knew there to be a deeper darkness in the song.

My repeated listens led me to draw from this song a tale of a man searching for meaning in the death of his wife, only to find the emptiness of the infinite. I hope you enjoy.