I just read this short story for english by Jorge Luis Borges called The Circluar Ruins
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jatill/175/CircularRuins.htm It is really good story about a Shaman who is considered a fire God who dreams up another creation who becomes his son. In his old age a fire burns through his temple, he walks through it and as the fire consumes him- he realizes that he too, is merely an 'appearance' dreamnt by another.
Check it out. Does it remind you of the new CD?
or in general- what messages did the new album Firewall give you? What is Conor trying to say?
I have been dissecting this CD and with every listen I come out with something new! Love it.