The song's lyrics and video are inspired by science fiction novel "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell, that was already adapted for the screen by Christian Nyby/Howard Hawks ("The Thing from Another World") and John Carpenter ("The Thing"). The original story sees a group of scientists who are forced to defend themselves against a malevolent shape-shifting creature. But what if the creature had not been originally malevolent? What if it was simply confused by a different biology, or even facing a crisis, during its own process of inner growth? "The theme of metamorphosis always fascinated me. I see it as a central theme in the lives of all human beings, even though it lays under, mostly unconscious, so that it often needs mythological narrative to be decoded. We try and experience the pleasure of being someone else all the time. Everytime we read a book, we watch a tv show or a movie, or we daydream about our champions, we become these characters, we identify ourselves in them. Perhaps there is something in the stories of other people, like a way out - a kind of peace. "