From the recording Chiaroscuro
I don’t remember what the bumper sticker said. I do remember thinking, “that’s the most passive way to be passionate about something.” It was probably judgmental of me to think that (I don’t know what else they do to support their cause), but it made me start thinking about how we take our conceptualization of truth for granted, and how beautiful it is to forget everything you say you know and allow yourself to see things from an entirely different perspective. It’s almost always disruptive to awaken in such a way. I never noticed how x, y, and z…
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Then I woke up and it was wonderful
To see the view from over there
It’s about time,
but there will always be more time
to repair the broken bridge
Going through the circles in my head now
On the other side the witnesses are testifying
against crimes of passion in a marriage
There’s no way out
And it’s this again
then I spoke out in foreign languages
and everyone wants everything
a passive voice
sentence is not as effective
as a participle is
Going through the circles in my head…
It’s not enough, no,
it’s not enough to play along
You could have had everything that you wanted
Now everything that you wanted is gone
It will come back, but you’re still not enough
Then I woke up and it was wonderful
To forget everything I knew