The story
The body broke.
The songs survived.
Chapter One: The Driver
Musical Soldier has traveled enough of the road back from hell to recognize somebody walking. So he pulls over. He offers part of the ride: a song, a story, company, an hour of listening.
The Silence
There is a night the album refuses to narrate. Part I stops, and then Part II exists. That existence says survival without exploiting the worst hour.
Chapter Two: The Passengers
The stories that come next belong to the people who ride along. The "I" in those songs belongs to someone else. Musical Soldier listens rather than speaks over them.
The stairway to Heaven doesn't mean anything. It's the road back from hell that leads a man from death back to life, and music is the vehicle. Musical Soldier