Zenaida's Den

the entire plot is facilitated by clever characters cleverly ruining each other's clever plans. nobody is stupid but nobody trusts each other to make a clever plan that doesn't screw everyone else over, even though that's exactly what Jack, Elizabeth, and Will are all trying to do.

Will and Elizabeth from Jack's perspective: well-meaning, immensely frustrating, sappy lovebird morons.

Elizabeth from Barbosas perspective: commendably clever, but alas, not as clever as him >:)

Elizabeth from everyone else's perspective: hysterical moron.

Jack from Elizabeth's perspective: drunk scoundrel moron with a seed of goodness in his heart waiting to blossom.

Jack from Will's perspective: shifty opportunist who will sell you to Satan for a corn chip.

Jack from everyone's perspective: lucky drunk moron.

Because what do you mean after all the questions, all the doubt and fear woven through all the previous albums, this is the way the story ends?

That after "I haven't found a drop of life, I haven't found a drop of You"

and "You say that You are close, is close the closest star? You just feel twice as far"

and "But tonight, I need You to stay"

and "Why won't You speak where I happen to be? Silent in the trees, standing cowardly. "

and "Can You save my heavy dirty soul?"

and "Don't forget about me, even when I doubt You, I'm no good without You"

and "Though I am running to You all I feel is deny, deny, denial"

and "Be the One to take me home and show me the sun"

and "I'm a goner... I wanna be known by You"

and "Can You build my house with pieces?"

and "A curse from You is all that I would need right now"

and "I was born a choker, nobody's comin' for me"

and "I'll take anything You have if You could throw me a line. I should've loved You better; do You think that now's the time You should let go?"

and "I wonder where You are, I wanted to you to show me, but now the night was fallen, abandoned by the sun"

and "Entertain my faith"

and "Would You move closer if I grew quieter? Maybe this is You, maybe You don't fix and You like it like this."

and "Am I unholy land? Have I forced your hand?"

and "And I might doubt the process like I doubted the start"

and "You want to love me, I'll let You down"

and "Just figured you were keepin' track of every time I let You down."

and "Can You find me?

Can You find me?

Can You find me?

Can You find me...?"

WHAT DO YOU MEAN after all that, the answer is just three simple, perfect words: