History ShoutOut / MeWithoutYou

*** The band ends up vanishing, referencing the RetGone Marty almost suffers. Aaron and Mike even look at their hands as they turn translucent in the same manner that he does.

[[LiteraryAllusionTitle The title itself]] references the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Horseman of Death]] from the Literature/BookOfRevelation.

[[LiteraryAllusionTitle The title itself]] references [[Literature/SongOfSongs Songs]] [[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Song+of+Songs+2:15&version=ESV 2:15]].

* "Break on Through (to the Other Side) [pt. Two]": The title (which is sung) indicates the song is intended as a sequel to [[Music/TheDoorsAlbum Break On Through (To the Other Side)]] by Music/TheDoors.

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** There are two references to Film/BackToTheFuture in the music video.

** This lyric references "Reel Around the Fountain" by Music/TheSmiths; the lyric booklet even prefaces the second line with "SCORPION [a Smiths fan].

** Additionally, the first verse references the ProphecyTwist in the fifth act while the second includes a lyric worded similarly to a line of dialogue from Ross (also in the fifth act). Interestingly enough, the lyric in the booklet [[LyingCreator differs from what is actually sung]] in that it more closely resembles the original line[[labelnote: note]] The line from ''Macbeth'' is "Your cause of sorrow must not be measured by his worth, for then it hath no end". The line is written in the booklet as "'Your [''cause of''] sorrows [''must not be''] measured by [''your''] his worth / For then it hath no end’ [''again, from Macbeth'']." The lyric in the song itself actually sounds like "Were sorrows measured by your worth / Our grief would have no end." [[/labelnote]]

** Additionally, the first verse references the ProphecyTwist in the fifth act while the second includes a lyric worded similarly to a line of dialogue from Ross (also in the fifth act). Interestingly enough, the lyric in the booklet [[LyingCreator differs from what is actually sung]] in that it more closely resembles the original line.[[labelnote: note]] The line from ''Macbeth'' is "Your cause of sorrow must not be measured by his worth, for then it hath no end". The line is written in the booklet as "'Your [''cause of''] sorrows [''must not be''] measured by [''your''] his worth / For then it hath no end’ [''again, from Macbeth'']." The lyric in the song itself actually sounds like "Were sorrows measured by your worth / Our grief would have no end." [[/labelnote]]

* "Messes of Men": "The propeller's spinning blades [[Theatre/TwelfthNight held acquaintance with the waves]]"[[labelnote:*]] specifically from Act 1, Scene 2 [[/labelnote]]

** "And the night birds beat me with their wings with a horrid laughter as they pass" is adapted from sung dialogue in *The Damnation of Faust* by Music/HectorBerlioz.

** [[Literature/TheFourGospels "For anyone with ears to hear?"

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** Additionally, the first verse references the ProphecyTwist in the fifth act while the second includes a lyric worded similarly to a line of dialogue from Ross (also in the fifth act). Interestingly enough, the lyric in the booklet [[LyingCreator differs from what is actually sung]] in that it more closely resembles the original line. [[labelnote: note]] The line from ''Macbeth'' is "Your cause of sorrow must not be measured by his worth, for then it hath no end". The line is written in the booklet as "'Your [''cause of''] sorrows [''must not be''] measured by [''your''] his worth / For then it hath no end’ [''again, from Macbeth'']." The lyric in the song itself actually sounds like "Were sorrows measured by your worth / Our grief would have no end." [[/labelnote]]

** The song further references the play in both the first and second verse, with the latter including a similarly worded lyric which more closely resembles the original line in the lyric booklet [[labelnote: note]] The line from ''Macbeth'' is "Your cause of sorrow must not be measured by his worth, for then it hath no end". The line is written in the booklet as "'Your [''cause of''] sorrows [''must not be''] measured by [''your''] his worth / For then it hath no end’ [''again, from Macbeth'']." The lyric in the song itself [[LyingCreator actually sounds like]] "Were sorrows measured by your worth / Our grief would have no end." [[/labelnote]]

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* [["Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt"]]: [[LiteraryAllusionTitle The title itself]] is a phrase found in Literature/SlaughterhouseFive.

* [[Literature/SlaughterhouseFive "Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt"]]: This lyric is an almost-direct quote from "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by Creator/JohnDonne.
-->''"And so you'll be to me\\

* "Blue Hen": "Far beyond a cure, far beneath regard" is a paraphrase of [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Lady Macbeth's line]] "Things without all the remedy should be without regard", which is itself written underneath the sung lyric in the booklet.

** "Hastening lest thy gates be closed / But I find that there is time" is adapted from the last line of "Endless Time" by Creator/RabindranathTagore.

* [[Literature/SlaughterhouseFive "Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt"]]:
-->''[[Creator/JohnDonne "And so you'll be to me\\

And makes me end where I begun"]]''

* "Four Word Letter (Pt. Two)"
** This lyric is an almost direct quotation from "This Great Love" by Creator/{{Rumi}}.
----> ''"But I'm so small I can barely be seen\\

They're small in size''
But they see enormous things