The album closer, appropriately named "The End", depicts the death of the universe as explained by the "Heat Death Theory".
In a rapidly expanding universe, thermal energy becomes spread too thin, causing the distribution of heat to be too widespread to sustain any form of life.
In the first movement, "i. Expansion", melodies are constantly growing, or "expanding", from a rhythmic/time signature standpoint until movement two, "ii. The Big Freeze", begins.
This movement begins by portraying a very tragic feel to the listener, while suddenly becoming quite chaotic to symbolize mankind's ideal reaction to such a worldwide/universal catastrophe.
The final movement of the track, "iii. Absolute Zero", summarizes the entire album, or life of the universe, in a piano-based medley to retrospectively "look back" on the life of the universe from beginning to end.
The ambience toward the end depicts the gradual freezing of the universe, and the "whooshing" freeze sound is the moment in which all terrestrial life forms finally die, and, at this point, the universe theoretically has ended.
In a rapidly expanding universe, thermal energy becomes spread too thin, causing the distribution of heat to be too widespread to sustain any form of life.
In the first movement, "i. Expansion", melodies are constantly growing, or "expanding", from a rhythmic/time signature standpoint until movement two, "ii. The Big Freeze", begins.
This movement begins by portraying a very tragic feel to the listener, while suddenly becoming quite chaotic to symbolize mankind's ideal reaction to such a worldwide/universal catastrophe.
The final movement of the track, "iii. Absolute Zero", summarizes the entire album, or life of the universe, in a piano-based medley to retrospectively "look back" on the life of the universe from beginning to end.
The ambience toward the end depicts the gradual freezing of the universe, and the "whooshing" freeze sound is the moment in which all terrestrial life forms finally die, and, at this point, the universe theoretically has ended.