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Intercept A0
03:22
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Instrumental
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God of Rage
06:52
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God of Rage
This world is a fraction
Some things
Just aren’t there
And your loss is a crown
That I wear
Late night voices
Unwelcome words
I’ve heard them all
On a throne
Feet aflame
Fists of burning brass
Unchained
I complete my change
God of Rage
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Thought Experiment
07:15
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Thought Experiment
Some kind of distant signal
Picked up on my device
A chance interception
On a cold and frosty night
In June 1902
I spent years triangulating
The data made the case
The origin was Sirius
But still I held back my claim
That I found you
"Last night, I conducted
A thought experiment
In my cozy study.
The result was crystal clear.
Revelation!
"June the first, 1904.
The final elements have
Fallen into place
They came as if read to me
From a Godly text.
There at last,
Is the answer.
"Despite the evidence
Of my recent findings
I keep my counsel
For many questions remain"
I can only manage this message
At the fringes of my intellect
There, the only methods
Are imaginary instruments
"The Senders"
Who are they?
"The Message"
What did they say?
"Search your heart
You know it to be true"
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4. |
The Burden of Knowing
06:22
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The Burden of Knowing
This signal
And all of its problems
I had them worked out
On the night that you called
But even the breeze
As you walked
Through the door
Disturbing my papers
Clouding my thoughts
You brought me something
That you know I never had
The power to forget
Was the irresistible gift
That you were bringing to me
I couldn’t know
How could I know?
The answer was already here
Standing there right in front of me
A life’s work discarded
Machinery spoiled
My studies abandoned
To lassitude and dissolution
Sating at last
My deepest desires
And I couldn’t care if the
World outside was burning
I was just grateful to you
For taking from me
This burden of knowing
The irrefutable proof
That there was
Something out there
Something beyond
Someone unseen
Playing this role in my life
Deceive a Titan
And he’ll swallow a stone
Bring forth the galaxy
I’ll call it my own
A bolt of lightning
You blinded my eyes
As I was looking
To the skies
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Of Atwood's Machine
05:18
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Of Atwood's Machine
And there it was hiding
A shining strand
Of copper wire
Recalling a time
Of Lodestone
Of Bismuth Spirals
Electric Plumes
Of Atwood's Machine
It's time to wake
Return to work
"Try to rebuild"
Dissected Clocks
Condenser Plates
"The Apparatus"
Induction Coils
Linguistic Springs
"To carry me back"
To cozy rooms
And Leyden Jars
"Filled with a time
Before she came"
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Instrumental
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Spiral Staircase
07:53
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Spiral Staircase
Descending slowly
Down the spiral staircase
You start to feel uneasy
Patrician faces
Staring down at you there
Tin-type spectres
Glowing faintly
In cold electric light
The frame of a doorway
Your father's study
Inside he dreams a future
That slipped from his hands
Take the notebook
Start to read
Finally, his thoughts revealed
I've been here all these years
Waiting
I don't know can you hear
My signal?
I reversed my machines
For broadcast
They'll alert on receipt
Of your answer
There you are shining still In Winter
The brightest star on my horizon
You close the journal
Now a darkness gathers
Your fingers start to tremble
Revealed in verses
Daring ancestors stare
Out like ciphers
Familiar strangers
Now seen in different light
Reframe your perception
As truth is dawning
The room explodes with sound
Machines spring to life
Take the notebook
Start to write
Finally his...
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Jim Griffin Limerick, Ireland
Search your heart.
You know it to be true.
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