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Grappling with Certainty

by Universal Obsolescence

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A song about René Descartes and mapping one's own consciousness as a way to stop one's sense of reality from crumbling to pieces.

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Woke up to red thoughts
With nuances missing
From my empirical
And final eulogy
Woke up to red thoughts
Circling me like sharks
Crumbling into dust
Like my reality

I could dream, dream
Of something far away
And scream, scream
Myself into disarray

But instead of it all
I chose to stand tall
To map my consciousness
To clean my own mess
Fingers blackened by ink
Like a blade on my skin
If there's one thing
I can prove I'm real

It started by doubting the truth
The words we use, our voices singing
I thought I was
Losing my mind again
A product of the revolution
Darwinistic absolution
Electric bliss
Against obsolescence

What is the first certainty
A mind can see, a mind can see ?
What is the first word of man ?
« I think. I am. »

I lose my grip to gravity
The constant does reassure me
It's only falling
If you hit the ground
A poison in my darkest hour
Coordinates become a blur
In my throat
I hear a dying sound

What is the first certainty
A mind can see, a mind can see ?
What is the first word of man ?
« I think. I am. »

Woke up to red thoughts
With nuances missing
From my empirical
And final eulogy
Woke up to red thoughts
Circling me like sharks
Crumbling into dust
Like my reality

It's not a lot to just exist
Disembodied consciousnesses
It's a step
That I'm willing to take
It won't do much against the sadness
A disembodied consciousness
But at least
It's something that won't break

What is the first certainty
A mind can see, a mind can see ?
What is the first word of man ?
« I think. I am. »
What is the first certainty
A mind can see, a mind can see ?
What is the first word of man ?
« I think, therefore I am. »

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released June 12, 2015

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Meeni Levi Belgium

I like to play with words and sometimes I also play on the ukulele.

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