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Sign
04:50
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Party crashers
Raised up crosses
While we forgot to keep the feast
It felt like an epiphany
Of our true allegiances
To say the least
I just know that
We've been here before
Burning incense
To a strongman
And we just don't know when to stop
Without a sign
Of contradiction
Men without chests
Mourned no losses
When they lit up New York City pink
We don't hesitate to say
They love the least of these
What a nice thing to think
I just know that
We've been here before
Offering tribute with our own children
And we just don't know when to stop
Without a sign
Of contradiction
There's no bloodless membership
It's just a question of whose blood it is
We gather our strength against
Whatever victim seems expedient
You should know cuz
You've been here before
Being opposed from all directions
And we just don't know when to stop
Crucifying what
Contradicts us
We just don't know when to stop
Without a sign that can
Contradict us
I just know that we've been here before
I cannot get around the fact
Your holy innocence is the only last
Contradiction
That speaks against
And saves us
In the end
Please give us a sign
And contradict us
Cos I know we've been here before
I know we've been here before
And we just don't know when to stop
Without a sign of
Contradiction
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False Infinities
04:55
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Do you still remember
The driver
We met from Denver
With the ouroboros tattoo?
He said that everything
Will recur
Until we all dissolve in time
(We all dissolve)
That's the kind of vaguely spiritual thing
You can get away with saying to strangers
But he really didn't like you
Telling him how to drive
I had a perfect circle and I tried to paint it all black
But then I couldn't decide if I should paint it all white
Or in perfectly balanced halves
And my eyes are acrobats
Leaping out, desperate
To catch sight of something real
That can bear a human face
I need something that can break
Through to me
And break through
My false infinities
But here's yet another
Ex-pastor
In Warby Parker
Glassses without a prescription
He said we're star stuff
And baby, we are enough
And the Kingdom of Heaven is within
(It's all within)
And the capital U-universe is here to guide us
Toward our own inner light
Well ok
But just saying that sort of thing
Never got anyone crucified
I had a perfect circle and I tried to paint it all black
But then I couldn't decide if I should paint it all white
Or in perfectly balanced halves
And my eyes are acrobats
Leaping out, desperate
To catch sight of something real
That can bear a human face
I need something that can break
My arms are acrobats
Flying out through emptiness
To lay hold of hands
That have borne our human weight
I need something that can break
I was a self-referring circuit of positive inputs
But nothing electric ever struck
Nothing could judge me
Oppose or conduct me
And therefore not love me that much
But you found me going nowhere just
Circling the parking lot
Reciting slogans to myself
Like "we're just drops in the ocean"
It sounded pretty deep
But it didn't help
Cuz our hearts are acrobats
Leaning out across a gap
To be one with you
Even now in time and space
Cuz a sacred heart can break
And we need something that can break through
All our false infinities
But between you and us
Is a wire
And the tension remains a crucial thing
Just meet us up there dancing
Above trees that go branching
Beyond all our false infinities
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