Picture A Vacuum
(专辑: Let Them Eat Chaos - 2016)
Picture a
vacuum An endless and unmoving blackness Peace, or the
absence at least, of terror I
see, and amongst all this space That speck of light in the
furthest corner Gold as a
pharaoh's coffin Now follow that light with your tired eyes Its been a
long day, I
know, but look Watch as it flickers and it roars into fullness and fills the
whole frame blazing a
fire you can't bear the
majesty of Here is our Sun And look See how the
planets are dangled around it And held in that intricate dance There is our Earth Our Earth Its blueness soothes the
sharp burn in your eyes Its contours remind you of love That soft roundness The
comfort of ocean and land mass Picture the
world Older than she ever thought that she'd get She looks at herself as she spins Arms loaded with the
trophies of her most successful child The
pylons and mines The
powerplants shimmer in her still, cool breath Now, is that a
smile that plays across her lips Or is it a
tremor of dread? The
sadness of mothers as they watch the
fates of their children unfold In now In fast Kaleidoscopic vision The
colours like drugs in your belly, churning Your skin pulled loose as a
puck shaken and tighten Now everything's flashing and the
waves are magnified as they roll up towards you and you're tiny as sand Just a
speck And as you approach the
surface, all of that peace that you felt is replaced with this furious neverknown passion You're feeling The
people, the
life, their faces are bright In your body, you're feeling You want to be close to them, closer 'Cause these are your species, your kindred Where have you landed? Uncurl yourself, stand up, and look at your limbs All intact, clothed in the
fashion This is a
city, let's call her London And these are the
only times you have known "Is this what it's come to?" You think "What am I
to make of all this? "