EVERYWHERE AT THE END OF TIME

IT'S SUCH... A FASCINATING PIECE TO ME. ALMOST INSPIRING, IN TRUTH, WHICH STRIKES ME AS ODD. DEMENTIA IS ONE OF THE MOST DESPAIR INDUCING ILLNESSES KNOWN TO MAN AND YET... I COULD NEVER DREAM OF REPLICATING SUCH RAPID MENTAL DECAY. IN ALL OF MY YEARS WORKING AS A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE ANYTHING OF THE SORT.

I'VE STUDIED THE HUMAN BODY AND MEMORIZED ITS WEAK POINTS... I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO STAB OR CUT OR BLUDGEON TO CAUSE JUST ENOUGH PAIN NOT TO KILL. YET THE HUMAN MIND ESCAPES ME. THE ABILITY TO CREATE SUCH PAIN AND DESTRUCTION USING WHAT SEEMS LIKE ONLY AGE... TRULY MAGNIFICENT, OUR BRAINS ARE. THIS ALBUM IS THE CLOSEST LOOK I'LL EVER GET TO ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING THE DISEASE, I SUPPOSE. PERHAPS I, TOO, WILL SUFFER FROM IT. SUCH AN IRONIC FATE, REALLY.

IT REMINDS ME OF THE PATIENTS I LOOKED AFTER DURING MY TEENAGE YEARS. SURE, I CONVINCED SOME OF THEM TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES, (WHICH WAS QUITE ENOUGH TO KEEP ME INTERESTED), YET THE DEMENTIA PATIENTS WERE DYING ON THE INSIDE. NO AMOUNT OF COERCION WAS NEEDED TO DRIVE THEM MAD, AS THEY WERE ALREADY PAST THE BREAKING POINT. OH, HOW I WOULD HAVE KILLED TO RECORD ONE OF THEM IN THEIR FINAL MOMENTS! I'M SALIVATING JUST THINKING ABOUT IT, THAT BREATHTAKING STATE OF DISREPAIR. MAYBE I'LL FIND A WAY TO CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL STATE OF DEMENTIA IN A YOUNGER BRAIN... HOW EXCITING, THE THOUGHT OF IT ALL!

PERHAPS I WILL PLAY THIS ALBUM DURING MY NEXT EXPERIMENTS, TO GATHER SOME MORE INSPIRATION. HOPEFULLY SECCO WON'T MIND IT; HE SEEMS TO ENJOY BOTH RADIO STATIC AND CLASSICAL TUNES, SO I DOUBT IT WILL AFFECT HIM. IT'S NOT LIKE HE HAS MUCH SAY IN THE MATTER ANYWAYS... BUT MAYBE I'LL LOOK INTO SOME EARPLUGS FOR HIM AS WELL.