Depth Perception by Diesel Cthulhu

[intro]
Close your eyes.
Open your mind.
Now close your mind.
The opening was the closing.
You're welcome.

[verse]
I'm the anterior of the posterior truth /
the beginning of the end of the proof
Simultaneous contradiction is the root of resolution /
the solution is the problem that I bring to the solution
Empirical mysticism / rational intuition /
the answer is the question that is answering the question
I stand in the center of the outside of myself /
the wealth is in the poverty of having too much wealth
The loudest silence is the quietest scream /
the wakeful dream inside the dreamless sleep of waking
Every road I take is the road I never took /
every word I write is what I meant before I could look
Forward-facing backwards through the lens of what was next /
the apex of the nadir is the depth of the convex
I contain the nothing that contains the everything I hold /
the story told inside the story of the story being told
Seven layers deep inside the surface of the skin /
the beginning of the outside is the ending of the within

[pre-chorus]
They say the river flows — but I say: what is flow?
The knowing of not knowing is the only thing I know
The knowing of not knowing is the only thing I know
And I know that absolutely

[chorus]
I am the answer and the question that negates them both
The north star of the south wind and the undeniable oath
Complexity distilled into the complex distillation
Infinite in structure / limited in limitation

[verse]
The paradox resolved itself by staying paradoxical /
the logical conclusion is illogically topical
Beneath the face of language is the language of the face /
and time is just the space between the absence of the space
I build cathedrals out of sand by understanding granite /
the cosmic is the local if the local spans the planet
Every action is inaction in a universe that's acting /
the abstract is the concrete when the concrete is subtracting
My center is the circumference / my silence is the sound /
the up is just the down that hasn't finished coming round
The vertical horizon meets the horizontal peak /
I speak the unspeakable then speak about my speaking of the speak
I carry ancient wisdom in a vessel made of now /
the what explains the why that is explained inside the how
Truth requires falsehood as its necessary floor /
the door is just the wall that happens not to be a door

[pre-chorus]
They say the river flows — but I say: what is flow?
The knowing of not knowing is the only thing I know
The knowing of not knowing is the only thing I know
That's the level

[bridge]
Let me slow it down for you.
The self that knows the self is still the self that doesn't know
And everything I've given you is everything I owe
The map is not the territory — the territory is the map
But I mapped the territory of the territory's map
Sit with that.
Take your time.
I'll be here.
I'm always here.
And also: I am nowhere.
Both are true.

[verse]
Accelerating stillness / decelerating speed /
the want is just the having of the having of the need
The subjective object / the objective subject clause /
the root of every effect is the effect of every cause
I transcend the transcendence of the thing I've transcended /
the message that I'm sending is the message that was sent and then was sended
Every word is weighted with the weight of weightlessness /
the greatness of the greatest is the lessness of the less
I stand on what I've fallen from and fall from where I stand /
the plan is in the planning of the planning of the plan
My grammar is the universe / my syntax is the soul /
the part of me that's broken is the part that makes me whole
The alpha and omega and the letters in between /
the seen behind the unseen of the unseen of the seen
I memorized the dictionary so the words could set me free /
now every word I speak is just a word that isn't me
Or is it?
It is.
It isn't.
Yes.

[outro]
What you just heard... was everything.
And nothing.
Simultaneously.
Which is the point.
Which has no point.
The circle closes where it opens.
You are now wiser than you were.
Or you were always already this wise.
There is no difference.
I am The Architect.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Both.

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[intro] Close your eyes. Open your mind. Now close your mind. The opening was the closing. You're welcome. [verse] I'm the anterior of the posterior truth / the beginning of the end of the proof Simultaneous contradiction is the root of resolution / the solution is the problem that I bring to the solution Empirical mysticism / rational intuition / the answer is the question that is answering the question I stand in the center of the outside of myself / the wealth is in the poverty of having too much wealth The loudest silence is the quietest scream / the wakeful dream inside the dreamless sleep of waking Every road I take is the road I never took / every word I write is what I meant before I could look Forward-facing backwards through the lens of what was next / the apex of the nadir is the depth of the convex I contain the nothing that contains the everything I hold / the story told inside the story of the story being told Seven layers deep inside the surface of the skin / the beginning of the outside is the ending of the within [pre-chorus] They say the river flows — but I say: what is flow? The knowing of not knowing is the only thing I know The knowing of not knowing is the only thing I know And I know that absolutely [chorus] I am the answer and the question that negates them both The north star of the south wind and the undeniable oath Complexity distilled into the complex distillation Infinite in structure / limited in limitation [verse] The paradox resolved itself by staying paradoxical / the logical conclusion is illogically topical Beneath the face of language is the language of the face / and time is just the space between the absence of the space I build cathedrals out of sand by understanding granite / the cosmic is the local if the local spans the planet Every action is inaction in a universe that's acting / the abstract is the concrete when the concrete is subtracting My center is the circumference / my silence is the sound / the up is just the down that hasn't finished coming round The vertical horizon meets the horizontal peak / I speak the unspeakable then speak about my speaking of the speak I carry ancient wisdom in a vessel made of now / the what explains the why that is explained inside the how Truth requires falsehood as its necessary floor / the door is just the wall that happens not to be a door [pre-chorus] They say the river flows — but I say: what is flow? The knowing of not knowing is the only thing I know The knowing of not knowing is the only thing I know That's the level [chorus] I am the answer and the question that negates them both The north star of the south wind and the undeniable oath Complexity distilled into the complex distillation Infinite in structure / limited in limitation [bridge] Let me slow it down for you. The self that knows the self is still the self that doesn't know And everything I've given you is everything I owe The map is not the territory — the territory is the map But I mapped the territory of the territory's map Sit with that. Take your time. I'll be here. I'm always here. And also: I am nowhere. Both are true. [verse] Accelerating stillness / decelerating speed / the want is just the having of the having of the need The subjective object / the objective subject clause / the root of every effect is the effect of every cause I transcend the transcendence of the thing I've transcended / the message that I'm sending is the message that was sent and then was sended Every word is weighted with the weight of weightlessness / the greatness of the greatest is the lessness of the less I stand on what I've fallen from and fall from where I stand / the plan is in the planning of the planning of the plan My grammar is the universe / my syntax is the soul / the part of me that's broken is the part that makes me whole The alpha and omega and the letters in between / the seen behind the unseen of the unseen of the seen I memorized the dictionary so the words could set me free / now every word I speak is just a word that isn't me Or is it? It is. It isn't. Yes. [outro] What you just heard... was everything. And nothing. Simultaneously. Which is the point. Which has no point. The circle closes where it opens. You are now wiser than you were. Or you were always already this wise. There is no difference. I am The Architect. Thank you. You're welcome. Both.

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