The Raven Autarchy - Chronological Inconsistency

Open the gates of the lighthouse
I've got nothing to lose
I will ascend to the city in the clouds
I need to pay my debts

Quantum levitation holds up dystopia
Theocracy in the sky
Deception in the clouds

Slowly I venture through the land, of liberty,
Where the devil is not able to reach

They found the mark in my right hand
The backstabbing snake in the grass
I am the worst nightmare they fear
The true evil they want to purge

Isolation leads to civil war
Racial purification
I've become their target
There will be no redemption

Quantum levitation holds up dystopia
Theocracy in the sky
Deception in the clouds

Swiftly I'm scaping through the city
To pay off all my debts, to get back to the sea

There's always a lighthouse,
There's always a man,
There's always a city
Infinite worlds

The seed of the prophet
Shall sit the throne,
And drown in flame the mountains of man

Bring Us the Girl and Wipe Away the Debt