James LaBrie explains lyric meanings

Disappear is a lyric I was inspired by seeing a young couple in a mall. They looked like newlyweds and for most people including themselves they had the whole world and many years in their possession. I had a striking thought, what if all of this came to crushing halt when one of them is found to have a terminal disease. How would the one left behind deal and express their experience and loss.

Vacant is a very personal lyric. 3 days before my daughter's 7th birthday she had a seizure and went into a coma for 3 and half hours. The Doctors told my wife and I she might have had a stroke. While they were about to do a CAT scan Chloe came out of it. It was a miracle and never again did she have incident with this type of situation. The Doctors never did give us a full diagnosis as to what really happen. Quite honestly I think they were just as baffled as us. Nothing before or since has ever left me feeling as distraught or helpless.  Good news, she is a perfectly healthy girl and singing her ass off.