I wonderfully written and superbly analytical review, Trollheart. I have no disagreements or gripes on any of your criticisms, as some of the story decisions we made were certainly debatable and any art will come out with flaws that are uniquely identified by each listener.
I've thought that "Give Her My Best" was a very bittersweet ending that reinforces some themes introduced in "We Are The Dead," in that we are all already dead essentially and our goal should be to do as much as we can for the future as humanly possible before our time is up, and "Give Her My Best" just shows that the end can come at any time, and we wanted the ending to seem a little more hopeful than bleak, as the hero's final words suggest; "Give her my best, and that's all that I ask of the world."
I want to thank you again for putting forth the time and effort to give our album a listen and to write such an excellent, in-depth review. We really are grateful when ANYONE listens to our album, let alone when they dedicate as much time as you did to giving us a proper evaluation!
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