Reading down the tracklist I would say that if you're looking for a governing theme here, it's calamity, as all the songs are either anticipating one or reflecting one that's already happened. You can tell your own fortune by declaring an allegiance on either side of that line.
Signal drawn upon the bricks of a clinic for the dispossessed
Collect the brine from the rain gutters, let the devil take the rest
Rats returning home to our nest
Beneath the streets of the city with my brethren in the never-ending shadow
Beneath the streets of the city with my brethren in the never-ending shadow, there I go
Secret hymnal with the words in a version of the mother tongue
Walls envelop all of us like a mother who protects her young
Spores at play deep down in our lungs
Beneath the streets of the city with my brethren in the never-ending shadow
Beneath the streets of the city with my brethren in the never-ending shadow, there I go
Down at the end of a bombed-out street
The shell of a house where my friends and me used to meet
Someday the old flesh will give way to the new
Find a functioning mirror inside and slip right through
And there, there I’ll be
And who, who’s coming with me?
To show me my one true face
When I arrive at my preordained place
Chain of command maybe ten years long
I emerge in Manhattan, still young and strong
Someday the hellhound will pick up the scent on the trail
Zero in on my penthouse and then pierce the veil
And there, there I’ll be
And who, who’s coming with me?
To show me my one true face
When I arrive at my preordained place
Hopeless but free
Lit up like a marquee
Shining over the freeway
Where will my long trail end?
Here, here with my new friend
Fruits of the spirit heavy on the vine
Undying hunger deep in the bloodline
Dodge the hook like a steelhead
Swim right through the night
Break the surface and rise like a geyser
When my time is right
There, there I’ll be
And who, who among you
Who’s coming with me?
To show me my one true face
When I arrive at my preordained place