Make Way for Consequence

A compact, forceful declaration of self-belief, Make Way for Consequence introduces Seraphino not as rumor or accident, but as the inevitable result of discipline, ambition, and theatrical certainty. Its hard rhythmic pulse, low-string weight, and chant-like refrain make the song feel less like an entrance than an event already in progress.

Some men enter a room and await acknowledgment. I have always considered this an inefficient arrangement. Make Way for Consequence was written for the instant before introduction becomes unnecessary: when the footfall, the posture, and the gathering orchestral pressure have already informed the company that consequence approacheth.

The composition therefore wasteth no time upon persuasion. Its words arrive in measured ranks, its refrain permiteth no ambiguity, and its momentum alloweth scarcely a moment for dissent. Yet the song concerneth more than vanity. Consequence is what remaineth after fashion, rumor, and borrowed flame have spent themselves. I wished the music to sound as though history had acquired a pulse and was advancing at a pace of its own choosing. One may stand aside with dignity or be moved with considerably less of it.