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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2actPByszo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjAwvRFdOSU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtyHJ5_vycU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUhojK6_JNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRN8BUKOkNE
http://futuremanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/soundtrack-to-a-moment
Mystery
The Effection Lyrics
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Lead me to the dead end road
See there, parking lot, no more mom and pop shop
Just soulless supermarket glow
Duty called and I had to leave you
Away to far-off distant lands
I left a boy, and i've returned this broken man
Hey there, mystery
Now be my destiny, surrender
Old friends click again to your local backbeat
I guess I had to hit and run
But now the bastard son returns to claim his heritage as
The rightful heir to the air in kingdom come
Sorry that I could not write you
I'm not the correspondence kind
Scream at me cathartically, I will not mind
Hey there, mystery
Throw your hands into the sky
Now be my destiny, surrender
Hey there, mystery
You can hold your head up high now
When you speak of me, surrender
Divine providence has seen you change a bit, but
The years have treated you so kind
But no more corner store, no more manhunt weekends
No more school, and no more five and dime
Duty called and I had to leave you
Away to far-off distant lands
I left a boy, and I've returned this broken man
Hey there, mystery
Throw your hands into the sky
Now be my destiny, surrender
Hey there, mystery
You can hold your head up high now
When you think of me, surrender
Hey there, mystery, you're still a mystery to me
The song "Mystery" by The Effection narrates the story of a man who has come back to his old town after a long time away. The lyrics describe how things have changed in the town, how small businesses have been replaced by soulless supermarkets, and how familiar and missed streets now look crooked. The man reflects on how he had to leave the town and become a "broken man," but has now come back to claim his heritage and be the rightful heir to his old kingdom. The chorus of the song urges the mysterious town to accept him as its destiny and to hold its head up high.
The song speaks to the nostalgic feeling of coming back to a place that was once familiar but has since changed. It also explores the theme of heritage and one's rightful place in the world. The man in the song feels a sense of obligation to reclaim what he had left behind and asserts his place as the rightful heir to what he had once owned.
Overall, "Mystery" is a heartfelt song that speaks to anyone who has left a place behind only to return to find it has changed. It speaks to the sense of longing for a lost time and the hope for acceptance upon return.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey there, one way street, I've missed your crooked asphalt
The singer addresses a street that only goes one way, saying that they missed the uneven pavement.
Lead me to the dead end road
The singer asks the road to lead them to a road that doesn't have an exit.
See there, parking lot, no more mom and pop shop, Just soulless supermarket glow
The singer observes that the parking lot where a locally-owned shop used to be is now taken over by a commercial supermarket, which the singer sees as a soulless business.
Duty called and I had to leave you, Away to far-off distant lands
The artist had to leave because of an obligation, to go farther away than before.
I left a boy, and i've returned this broken man
The artist left as a boy, but has returned feeling broken and changed due to their experiences away from the street.
Hey there, mystery, Throw your hands into the sky, Now be my destiny, Surrender
The singer addresses the street again, asking it to surrender to being their destiny, acting as a mystery that they want to uncover.
Old friends click again to your local backbeat
The singer mentions that old friends will still enjoy the local music from the area.
I guess I had to hit and run, But now the bastard son returns to claim his heritage as The rightful heir to the air in kingdom come
The artist acknowledges that they left abruptly in the past, but now they are back to take their rightful place as a member of the community.
Sorry that I could not write you, I'm not the correspondence kind
The artist is sorry they did not keep in touch but admits that they are not someone who typically writes letters.
Scream at me cathartically, I will not mind
The artist tells someone to scream at them as a form of catharsis and reassures them that they won't be upset with them for doing so.
You can hold your head up high now, When you speak of me, surrender
The singer tells the street that it can boast about them and retain their memory and history.
Divine providence has seen you change a bit, but The years have treated you so kind
The artist recognizes that the street has gone through some changes, but comments on how well the street has aged and held up over the years.
No more corner store, no more manhunt weekends, No more school, and no more five and dime
The singer notes that many local staples such as corner stores, school, and five and dime stores are gone.
Hey there, mystery, you're still a mystery to me
The singer acknowledges that the street remains a mystery to them, even after having spent their whole life there.
Contributed by Aiden F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@GamingSpoiler
There is one thing I'm surprised no one ever paid attention to, what Morinth says during her confrontation with Samara, she says something very disturbing
"I'm the genetic destiny of the Asari, But they are not ready to reveal this, so I must die"
Notice that she doesn't say "They are not ready for this" or "They can't see this" No, she specifically says "They are not ready to reveal this"
Later on the Ardat-Yakshi Monastery you find this Journal:
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Jethra,
I looked over this year's candidates for supervised visits to Thessia. I'm approving everyone but Yanis. She's impulsive, cunning, and worst of all, a romantic. Find me a worse combination to let outside our walls. (I find it suspicious she was even nominated: let's look into that, and pray it's not Yanis manipulating another infatuation.)
It takes a great deal of time and effort to persuade Thessia's government to let our best students visit their own homeworld. Unless Yanis matures, she won't be among them.
Matriarch Gallae
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This could probably point out that the Asari government have plans for the Ardat-Yakshi and they are preparing them for something.
If you think about it, The Justicars - while extremely powerful - are not reliable to do dirty work because their code prevents them from doing so, so on a political level, the Asari command can't rely on Justicars to do their dirty work. The Asari commandos while powerful are not similar to STG for Salarians or as the Specters to the Council. What if the Asari were planning to create their own modified super soldiers so they can do their bidding? it would make sense that since Morinth was on the run for so long that she had sources and contacts and knew something that others did not. And since she didn't trust anyone to reveal that information she chose to die with it.
@donalejandrodraper9347
Hey Dan,
Hey everyone!
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I wanna admit a sidenote for the following topic, "The Indoctrination Theory":
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First of all I would like to thank the creators, that they gave me another perspective, because in the end of Mass Effect 3 (beware Spoilers dear N7s ;)) I was a little upset too.
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The Indoctrination Theory contains many... maaaannny things that are kind of conspiracy like and many of them are way too far away from reality in my oppinion. But some are amazing. Just amazing.
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I would like to emphasize a few things.
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1.) There are SO MANY coincidences, I just can not believe when Bioware states the theory isn't true. I would personally act a little more conspiracy-like, to be honest, because the coincidences are so crazy. So unbelievable crazy, they just can't be coincidences and "accidentally writing". I mean c'mon^^. Iam sure they just say "this theory is not right" (but in their mind they finish the sentences with kind of "but 80% of it is" or something like that.
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2.) The Starchild is... no I have to start somewhere else. So if you're not into what the Theory contains, ähm try the following perspective:
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Imagine that the Crucible Szene, where Shepard decides between Refusal or 3 differnet endings in 3 colors, is kind of a dream. Not a real dream but, it is in Shepards mind.
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Now we can start. Houuu I like it so much to talk and write about that :D
Allright here we go:
1st of all you have Shepard talking to the Starchild and a very large spot where Shepard is able to move. He can go straight forward to encounter the "green" symbiosis ending. He can go left, for the blue control ending and he can go right for the red destroy ending.
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Now keep in mind what you do all the time when you talk to someone as Shepard. When you do, you have a dialogue wheel where you can investigate on the left, make a neutral answer on the right, the bottom is renegade and the top is paragon.
Now remember the szene with the starchild. And try to "zoom out" and look at it from a perspective of a bird.
You will the the classic Dialogue Wheel.
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Now we have the question: Why is RED the renegade ending and blue (good) the paragon one?
It is simple in the end.
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Your goal is it, in the game, to stop the reapers and your only information is, that you CAN stop the reapers. You can probably destroy them, this is your goal. Since you have the opportunity to do so the indoctrination, that works on Shepard hits a critical spot.
The Reapers are trying to indoctrinate you as a gamer. Its a brilliant move, from the developers, they break the 4th wall. When you choose to control, either symbiosis, you got fooled and indoctrinated, because the starchild is trying to convince you that everything is a good idea but the renegade option. And within the whole game all your "evil"/renegade choices are on the bootom right, from the dialogue wheel. So the reapers try to make Shepard think he does something cruel, something renegade and they deliver arguments only against this "red" ending.
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So why is the Starchild a child actually.
Well in the first scene, even in the trailers of ME3 you can see a small girl, or a small boy playing and fooling around and in the first Mission on earth you "see" the boy on various very strange locations, where noone else ever get a notice of that child.
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The Indoctrination, or kind of hallunization begins when the game begins.
The Starchild is noone less, then "all the childs shepard would not have rescued", its the child from the beginning. The Child from is dreams. Shepard dreams twice a dream where a forest with "oil shadows" appears and a boy is running away from him".
When you remember the rachni Queen in Mass Effect 1, she talks about "oil Shadows" and a blurred view.
This matches perfectly with Shepards dreams.
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So he is in the middle of an Indoctrination.
And the game suggest you, you managed it. You just made it. Problem solved.
But.
Sorry, but... but: There is only one right answer: Its Red. Renegade, the Destroy Ending unless you don't want to be indoctrinated.
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In my oppinion this is a freakin' Masterpiece of Storytelling and I just gave you glimpse of what is all insde the whole Indoctrination Theory. Is lesser a theory. Its more a Gathering ... or collection of facts, you encounter in the trilogy.
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Its Fact, that you use the dialogue wheel trough the whole 3 Games.
Its Fact, that the child, Shepard sees in ME3, beginning, Anderson does not see, nor notice.
Its Fact, that the Rachni talks about Oily Shadows and Shepard got similar dreams.
Its Fact, that if you choose the Red Ending, you can get a breathing Chest Ending.
Its Fact, that if you choose the Red Ending, Shepard straighten himself up when he decides to move to destroy it.
Its Fact, that you have "Deus Ex: Vibes" in the last moments of the game. Never heard of that Options before. The Reapers are in panic mode, they have to stop you at all costs.
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In My Oppionion Shepard just stands close to a console, and he is about to push "the one red button". But he can't, because something in his mind just tricks him not to do it.
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My newest, personal theory is, that not even the Red ending "really" ends the war. It just ends the indoctrination and the war probably finds a slow end... but... however, this is a topic for another time. First of all I hope I could have give you some more insight within the very very very intersting Indoctrination Theory. :D
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If you believe it ore not: I whish you a good time, saving your Galaxies, N7s ;)
Cheers
@Arthurio99
In the part, where you talk about the Ardat-yakhsi, the codex literally said that banshee can be created from asari with latent gene, and because asari rarely mate with other asari, there can be ton of them, in one family, and never actually become them. So number of banshees has no impact on number of living Ardat-yakhsi before reaper harvest.
@MaartenKok
So much this, it seems Dan doesn't know what 'latent' means :P
@Tommy57G
Yea, the devil is in the details. Missing the 'latent' part of that entry really changes things. So many theories across so many fandoms sprout from misheard/misinterpreted bits of lore. Sometimes it is subtle and easy to miss, other times a simple reread/rewatch before mapping out your 17 page theory is advised. Star Wars, Westworld, MCU, Mass Effect, Horizon series and many more all have had theories expanded upon by fans based on a slightly incorrect lore note.
@troymorales484
Facts my head cannon is that the government doesn’t talk about the number publicly so the justicar only talk about the few that run.
@user-ww1gk5ku1w
If I’m not mistaken during the Monastery mission you can find some data pads where some Matriarchs are talking about new arrivals on the Monastery, something about the Ardat Yakshi’s annual visit on Thessia and even some Ardat Yakshi talking about watching movies together so technically there WERE other Ardat Yakshi aside from Morinth, Rila and Falere
@Arthurio99
@V yeah there was more of them. Outside of it being retcon, it can be explained as being a secret, so Samara only knew about her own family members.
Another big pointer is, that It would be quite surprising if all of staff that maintained the monastery would be latent carrier of the gene, so we can assume, that probably most Banshees inside the monastery were created from Ardat-yakhsi. But apart from that number of banshees in the galaxy will not give us any information on Ardat-yakhsi population overall.
@THE_KIRYU
The Thorian surviving is an interesting theory and I've wondered myself if it could be possible, after all Shepard only "kills" one nervous center. Unfortunately we may never know the truth. Maybe you should speak to Fai Dan, he will know more about it
@tomleary508
The only way you're killing that thing is by glassing the planet and killing everyone infected with its spores, then burning the corpses.
Nothing short of that would be enough.
@misipapa3626
You caught me of guard with this one 😂
@xenon8117
I hear he has his own lore channel, Small Fai Dan Theorising.