Track By Tracks: Nebula Nine - The Last Sky Piercer (2025)

The sun is dying!

The suns’ fusion reaction is unstable. It is now exhausting its energy drastically faster than before and because of this, it is increasing in size incessantly. It has already engulfed Venus in a stellar firework. Earth will in a not too distant future, join Venus’s demise. Humanity’s last hope, the Sky Piercers, has safely shipped people off the planet at a rapid pace. The last one is about to depart and the people still on earth are rushing in desperation to catch it. Although, much like the lifeboats of the Titanic, there is not enough room for everyone still remaining. This, let’s call it a musical memoir, is one of only a few memories left from Earth after its near-total destruction.

1. Sky Piercer:

Sky Piercer Invites you into and sets the mood for the concept. The song itself is restless and gloomy by nature, much thanks to the fast-paced ⅞ time signature. The only thing clear is the urgency to catch ‘’The Last Sky Piercer’’. This song was not only the starting point of the concept, but the literal starting point as well, the song that spawned ‘’The Last Sky Piercer’’ as a whole.

The lyrics depict the narrator seeing the Sky Piercer for the first time, a reassuring yet foreboding sight. The setting is a barren cityscape, haunted by memories from a more joyful time. The narrators’ thoughts are somewhat meandering and scattered, while the thought of the new world brings hope; the thought of leaving Earth is bittersweet. While the sun on Earth is taking its last breaths, the new sun brings life and prosperity.

2. Terminal:

If the previous song has more of a looming and whimsical nature, ‘’Terminal’’ is more distressed and chaotic. The lyrics are fairly plain in its storytelling with focus pointing to the events taking place at the very moment. ‘’The gates’’, mentioned in the lyrics, are not metaphorical but literal.

The lyrics depict the moment before everyone’s fate is sealed. People at the terminal rush to the gates to get to the Sky Piercer, and havoc ensues.

3. Blood Red Eyes:

Musically, quite a step away from the previous two songs. The restlessness is still present, but the weight of the narrator’s realization requires an equivalent weight in the music. This song dances around a solid key center. This creates an almost drone-like sensation, which contributes to the heaviness.

The lyrics follow the fixed state of the music, repeating the same line in every verse; ‘’two blood-red eyes’’. This ‘’mantra’’ is meant to induce the listener into an almost trans-like state, which eventually is broken by the melodically more eventful ‘’don’t tell me there’s a dawn’’-part. The lyrics are mostly introspective, focusing on the state of distress and apathy the narrator is in.

4. Maroons:

The utter realization and struggle to cope with the fact of being stranded on earth. The song starts soft and somber.

It is written as a message for the lucky people who embarked on the journey with the Sky Piercers. The last hope and wish of the narrator is for all people left to at least be remembered as martyrs, who sacrificed themselves for the greater good.

The song segues into the takeoff of the Sky Piercer and the music gains momentum.

The protagonist witnesses the launch in desperation, even though he knows it is too late to change the future. The narrator then repeats the remark to ‘’pray for the martyr’’, this time with more confidence and urgency. An instrumental section follows, abruptly cut off by a single piano playing the motif of the EP.

The Sky Piercer disappears into the sky. The narrator disappears into the ocean.