Lyric analysis‘All eyes on me now, If you still doubt mine, It`s too pointless, We`re still young and wild’ – hj is diverting everyone’s attention from their main goal and insists they’re young and wild state as captain and crew will remain forever.‘We gonna find new world to be mine’ – hj is talking about a new world instead of the treasure. Maybe hj dreams of a world where they can all stay together as crew members.‘The map is calling this place, It’s an island Which is the dream and fear of many, In the end, we dream of the beginning’ – hj is talking to his members saying they’re on the right path‘Spread your wings and forever childishly, Like Peter’ – hj still clinging to the past like the Peter Pan figure he is.‘Heart’s about the explode Pump it up Tighten your loose fist once again’The door of truth is opening As if we’ll break it down, We on fireAre you just gonna stop here? What you wanted so badly is right hereEven if we can’t ever go back Oh, we must going onLet’s go Let’s goBreaking the wall, oh oh It’s a place some people must go Even though it won’t be easyWe like the reason’ – basically, all these lyrics are suggesting that ateez are tired at this point but still determined to find their treasure.‘To the beginning where the end waits’ – ateez are willing to follow hj back to the beginning if he says that’s where the treasure is. They’re still loyal to their captain and aren’t aware of this motives. Beginning of the End‘Open your eyes’They’ve arrived at their next destination, but the battle’s not over yet. Hj is still overcome by his greed and is running out of options to delay his members.The orchestral music foreshadows their next encounter.‘Cheers like a thunder’ – the crew believes they’ve finally arrived at their treasure and are celebrating? EP. Epilogue: Action to Answer Concept Photos/Teasers‘Do you hear the voices? Can you see the changes?’ – maybe the voices are atiny leading ateez to the right path after hj has tried so hard to lead them astray. Judging from the hourglasses throughout the mv’s and concept photos, time is running out, so changes are happening whether ateez likes it or not. Answer• Time is running out for them to find their treasure, so they search for it desperately, tearing the world upside down, hence the broken chandelier. Maybe they don’t end up finding it and are left with the destruction they caused, and that’s why the concept is so dark?• Maybe hj is exposed for who he is and the hourglass is a symbol of his lies catching up with him over time?• Maybe hj is exposed for who he is, but the members have run out of time to find their treasure, and the members cause destruction out of anger?• They return to smn setting and see that they have to face their dark sides one last time to find the answer.• I feel like they never end up finding their treasure :( tragic end because their leader hj led them astray for too long and time ran out.• Hj has moody’s wand because he was an imposter throughout the journey, leading his crew astray until now.• We still don’t know what their treasure is, only that they had to struggle against their greed to find it. Maybe each treasure has to do with their solo scenes in mvs and the items in their teaser pictures.• MaYbE tHe TrEaSuRe WaS aTiNy AlL aLoNg? Outro: Long Journey Trailer• Holy shit im peeing• The voiceover is hj trying to convince his members that they’ve already found their treasure and it’s all around them. Going on adventures together is all they should ever want. He’s either convincing/brainwashing them that they’ve completed their quest, or that adventuring/going on journeys is more glorious than the treasure itself dooming them all to search for the treasure forever, hence the dark laughter and descending strings.o ‘can you hear those voices?’ it’s hj’s voice getting in their heads and convincing them to stay with him forever.• Maybe hj is finally exposed for who he is in this mv and the dark concept stems from the betrayal and anger they feel for being led astray for so long, reviving their dark sides, but rather than from greed, their dark sides rise from hate for their old captain.• Each member is shown having solo scenes again except for wooyoung and yeosang. Do these two know that hj is evil? What if they knew/suspected him all along which is why they’re shown interacting with other members throughout their solo scenes?• Hj is seen turning around into the darkness. Maybe his descent into his dark side/greed is completed and he drags his other members with him.