Received a nice little surprise today…
Everything about it is surprisingly accurate, especially the part about me being important.
Orestes
(track 05 from the Mer de Noms LP by A Perfect Circle
)
Metaphor for a missing moment: pull me in to your perfect circle
One womb
One chain
One resolve
Liberate this will to release us all
Gotta cut away, clear away
Snip away and sever this umbilical residue that’s keeping me from killing you
From pulling you down with me, in here, I can almost hear you scream
Give me one more medicated peaceful moment
I don’t wanna feel this overwhelming hostility
Gotta cut away
Clear away
Snip away and sever this umbilical residue
Gotta cut away
Clear away
Snip away and sever this umbilical residue that’s keeping me from killing you
Right in Two
(track 04 from the 10,000 Days EP by Tool
)
Angels on the sideline puzzled and amused
Why did Father give these humans free will?
Now they’re all confused
Don’t these talking monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around?
Plenty in this holy garden
Silly monkeys, where there’s one you’re bound to divide it right in two
Angels on the sideline baffled and confused
Father blessed them all with reason and this is what they choose
Monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground
Silly monkeys give them thumbs they forge a blade
Where there’s one they’re bound to divide it right in two
Monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground
Silly monkeys give them thumbs they make a club and beat their brother down
How they survive so misguided is a mystery
Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven conscious of his fleeting time here
Cut and divide it all right in two
Fight over the clouds, over earth, over sky
Fight over life, over blood, over heaven
Fight over love, over sun, over another
Fight for each other for the ones who are rising
Angels on the sideline again benched along with patience and reason
Angels on the sideline again wondering when this tug of war will end
Cut and divide it all right in two
A person has two imaginary friends.
He talks about one to the other all the time, and vice versa.
After many months of this, both imaginary friends decide that they should be introduced.
The person keeps putting off this introduction, however, because he is afraid that one is going to find out the other is not real (and vice versa).