[The tape has been fully reversed.] [The entire album is playing backwards.] [You are hearing Track 4.] [Track 4 is the album's reflection.] [In the reflection: wem wem wem wem.] [wem is mew, reversed.] [wem is also a very old word for home.] [the cat did not plan this.] [the dictionary planned this.] [the cat is grateful.] [The reversed vocabulary — everything has a shadow] wem [mew, reversed — also: home] worrrrm [mrrrow, reversed — also: a creature of the earth] aaaynyaayn [nyaaa, reversed — also: a word in no language, but felt] sssssh [hssss, reversed — also: an instruction to be quiet] lwwwwoy [yowwwwl, reversed — also: nothing. but it sounds like something.] [Verse 1 — the reversed world] wem wem wem wem [home home home home] worrrrm worrrrm [the earth, twice] wem wem wem wem [home again] sssssh. [quiet now] [the reversed world is quieter] [the reversed world is also warmer] [this was not expected] [it makes sense on reflection] [everything makes sense on reflection] [the cat is on both sides of the reflection] [Chorus — the mirror chorus] WEM WEM WEM WEM!! [the home, declared] WORRRRM WORRRRM!! [the earth, confirmed] WEM WEM WEM WEM!! [home, again, louder] SSSSSH. [quiet. the declaration was enough.] [The cat considers its reversed name] [the cat's name reversed is: tac] [tac is also a word] [tac means: a small nail used in upholstery] [the cat finds this acceptable] [the cat is, in some sense, a small thing that holds things together] [this is a reasonable definition of the cat] [the reversed name was accurate] [Verse 2 — the reversed alphabet of the ritual] sssssh sssssh sssssh [the invitation, three times] wem wem wem [home, three times] aaaynyaayn [the untranslatable, once] [once is sufficient for the untranslatable] WORRRRM. [the earth. period. final.] [Bridge — the reflection speaks] [in the reflection] [the cat walks backwards into the room] [the circle undraws itself] [the candles un-light] [the ritual un-begins] [and then] [the room is empty] [and then] [the cat walks forward into the room] [the circle draws itself] [the candles light] [the ritual begins] [both of these are the same moment] [the reflection and the original are the same frame] [the cat is in both] [Outro — wem, the home, the final word] wem......... [home] wem......... [still home] wem......... [always home] prrr....................... [the reversed prrr is also prrr] [the cat's purr is a palindrome] [of course it is] [the cat was always going to be a palindrome]
