parallel process

As the song fades in, you try to pick up the pieces (such as they are) and get back to some kind of solid footing. You also realize that now you're on a different path than before - a parallel process. So it's a sort of bizarre netherworld to suddenly be in, and a state of being you've not experienced before. Yet still in shock, the personality moves forward. It begins to process what has happened, and to accept this uncertain new reality...