The album liner notes:

“The Captain’s only relief from the dementia comes when he is transfixed by the multitude of reflections that pass before his eyes on the still surface of the pond. She emanated the most profound purity that had ever come before his eyes. When she loses her grip on the Sound Current, the madness takes hold, and the cherry blossoms eventually turn to either dust or a rich, mud-like substance in the depths of the void. As a result, sprouting forth from a far-left dimension of the abyss is where the creatures come from. They march forth in search of…”