Empiricist Lyrics

Empiricist - Typhoon

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Empty room

Cast about for a familiar object

Because my body needs coordinates to move

In the dark

Range of motion shrivels all around me

All my nightmares I am slowly being cocooned

A single calf in the hecatomb

Crescent moon

Hollowed out of all my fabled insides

Occam shave me down to primal truth

Return me to the womb

Mother pulled from father’s ribs, little baby in a crib, hands reaching up

Before the blinding light is split

Through the prism of your organs into colors

All that being and nothingness, on the same möbius strip

Sleep and waking up

On the first day

Wipe the blank slate

And you join the banquet

Served up helpless on a plate

You find your land legs

And you learn to imitate

You’ll wear any feathers

And hope that your efforts attract a mate

One day your children find you,

Locked in the bathroom,

Staring in horror at the reflection of your face

You say you're sorry to the guests at your party

But you can't help wonder, who is this person you celebrate?

And so the light fades

It’s still your birthday

Blow out your past lives like they're candles on the cake