[The ritual is at full power.] [The symbols are structural.] [Remove a symbol and something falls.] [The cat knows which symbols are load-bearing.] [The cat placed them deliberately.] [The cat placed them by sitting on the altar.] [This was the correct placement method.] [The symbols, catalogued] ▼ [descent — the primary symbol] ✝ [the crossing — where two things meet] ⌖ [the centre — where the cat sits] ▲ [ascent — which does not appear in this album] [the cat considered ▲] [the cat rejected ▲] [this is a descent album] [▲ would have been dishonest] [Verse 1 — the weight of each symbol] ▼ mrrrow ▼ [the descent, stated] ✝ nyaaa ✝ [the crossing, felt] ⌖ mew ⌖ [the centre, held] ▼ mrow ▼ [the descent again, deeper] [each symbol adds weight] [the weight is not burden] [the weight is structure] [the symbols are holding something up] [what they are holding up: the ritual] [what the ritual is holding up: the cat] [what the cat is holding up: itself] [this is sufficient] [Chorus — the load-bearing moment] ✝ HSSSS ✝ HSSSS ✝ HSSSS ✝ HSSSS ✝ [the hiss, framed four times] [four is the number of sides] [the ritual has four sides] [the cat is in the middle] ▼ MROW ▼ MROW ▼ MROW ▼ [the descent, three times] [three is the number of the name spoken aloud] [the name was spoken in Track 1] [it is still resonating] ✝ yowwwwl ✝ [one yowl] [one is sufficient] [one yowl contained in symbols holds more than ten yowls uncontained] [Verse 2 — the symbols interact] ▼ mrrrow ✝ nyaaa ▼ [descent meets crossing] ⌖ mew ⌖ [the centre remains stable] ▼ hssss ✝ mrow ▼ [the hiss and the mrow, framed together] ⌖ prrr ⌖ [the centre remains stable] [the centre is always the cat] [the cat is always stable] [the symbols interact around the cat] [the cat is the still point] [the still point of the turning symbols] [Bridge — the most load-bearing symbol of all] . [a single dot] [this is the most load-bearing symbol] [it holds the silence] [the silence is structural] [without the silence the sounds have nothing to stand against] [the cat placed the dot deliberately] [by sitting very still] [for a long time] [this is how the dot is placed] [Outro — the weight settles] ▼ mrrrow ▼ mrrrow ▼ mrrrow ▼ [descending] ✝ nyaaa ✝ [held at the crossing] ⌖ prrr ⌖ [centred] ▼.......................................▼ [the descent continues] [between the triangles] [the cat is between them] [always between them] [this is where the cat lives]
