[The tape has been reversed.] [This is not a metaphor.] [The tape is actually reversed.] [The cat sounds the same backwards.] [This was discovered during the ritual.] [It was not expected.] [It was also not surprising.] [Forward — the original] mrrrow mrow mrow nyaaa nyaaa nyaaa hssss hssss hssss yowwwwl......... mew [Reversed — what was found underneath] worrrrm worm worm [mrrrow, reversed] aaaynyaaaynyaayn [nyaaa, reversed] sssssh sssssh sssssh [hssss, reversed — a different warning] l̷w̷w̷w̷w̷o̷y̷......... wem [yowwwwl and mew, reversed] [The cat considers the reversed versions] [the reversed versions are different] [the reversed versions are also the cat] [the cat in reverse is: the cat, arriving from somewhere] [the cat forward is: the cat, going somewhere] [both are true at the same time] [the tape contains both] [Chorus — the corruption is the content] SSSSSH SSSSSH SSSSSH [the reversed hiss] [this is a different kind of warning] [the forward hiss warns something away] [the reversed hiss invites something in] [the cat did not plan this distinction] [the distinction was in the tape] WORRRRM WORRRRM WORRRRM [the reversed mrow] [worrrrm is also a word] [the cat is aware of this] [the cat finds it interesting] [Verse 2 — both versions simultaneously] mrrrow / worrrrm [the cat, both ways] nyaaa / aaaynyaayn [the address, both ways] hssss / sssssh [the warning and the invitation] yowwwwl / l̷w̷w̷w̷w̷o̷y̷ [departure and arrival] [The ritual meaning of reversal] [to reverse a word is to reveal its shadow] [the shadow was always there] [underneath the word] [the cat's vocabulary has shadows] [the shadows are also the cat] [everything is the cat] [this is becoming a theme] [Outro — the tape slows and reverses one final time] mrrrow......... [forward] ............worrrrm [arriving backwards] [they meet in the middle] [the middle is the ritual space] [the cat occupies the middle] [the cat occupies both ends] [the cat is the tape]
