The blade doesn't cut
[INTRO – distant bells, vinyl crackle, ritual drums] WIZARD RONIN REMIX MU MU MU SPELL RAIN IN THE SIGNAL BLADE LIGHT IN THE BRAIN CURSE BREAKER GO CURSE BREAKER GO GO RONIN GO GO WIZARD GO ERAAAAAAASKRRRRRRR RONIN RONIN RONIN RONIN RONIN RONIN RONIN RONIN [VERSE 1] Walk through the temple of motivational signs Cheap little heavens in fluorescent lines THINK POSITIVE RAISE YOUR VIBRATION CHANGE YOUR MINDSET MANIFEST SALVATION [RECORD SCRATCH] Hold it. Beautiful lettering. Fantastic font. Ten out of ten inspirational cardboard. But does it survive contact with reality? HAHAHAHAHA A spell isn't wisdom because a million mouths repeat it A lie isn't sacred because incense burns beneath it A truth isn't false because a fool made it cliché So bring me the slogan LET THE BLADE HAVE ITS SAY [PRE-CHORUS] Don't kill the symbol don't worship the sign Turn it around hold it up to the light Fact from feeling map from terrain Name the interpretation honour the pain [CHORUS] THE BLADE DOESN'T CUT IT DIVIDES THE LIGHT MYTHIC MERCY SCEPTICAL SIGHT OZMETTI MU OZMETTI MU BREAK THE CURSE KEEP WHAT'S TRUE THE FOOL REPEATS IT THE CYNIC SNEERS THE WIZARD ASKS WHAT HAPPENS HERE? RONIN RONIN RONIN RONIN MU MU MU MU MU [VERSE 2] “BE LIKE WATER” Good. But water can drown you. “PAIN IS A TEACHER” Maybe. But pain doesn't owe you a lesson. “EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON” Show me the reason. Show me the evidence. Or call it poetry and I may still treasure it. That's the game. That's the art. Meaning can matter without pretending it's proof. Mystery can breathe without dressing up as truth. ERAAAAAAASKRRRRRRR SPELL RAIN SPELL RAIN SPELL RAIN [BEETLEJUICE INTERLUDE] Welcome back, class. Today's lesson: HOW NOT TO TURN A METAPHOR INTO A FUCKING GOVERNMENT. Question one: Did you feel something? Excellent. Question two: Do you know what caused it? No? CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE DISCOVERED EPISTEMIC HUMILITY. [DROP] MU MU MU MU [VERSE 3 – faster] Fractal rain on the windowpane symbols running through the nervous system Cross in one hand chaos star in the other alchemy swinging from the neck between them No sacred cow no sacred cynic No little priest saying “only I can interpret it” If your prophet fears questions your prophet fears daylight If your worldview needs blindness the Blade turns on the lights Test the source test the claim Test the fruit test the frame Does it make you kinder? Does it make you free? Does it make you responsible? Or just important on TV? HAHAHAHAHA Ronin got no master Wizard got no throne Any blade that cannot cut itself should never call itself known [BRIDGE – hypnotic trance] Sacred lens What becomes visible when I stand inside the story? Sceptical lens What disappears when I fall in love with glory? Sacred lens What truth can poetry carry? Sceptical lens What certainty did I invent? Double vision Double vision Hold both eyes open Don't amputate wonder to become intelligent Don't amputate reason to become enlightened [BUILD] I FELT A PRESENCE Good. THEREFORE AN ANGEL ENTERED THE ROOM Maybe. Maybe not. KEEP THE EXPERIENCE QUESTION THE INTERPRETATION KEEP THE WONDER CUT THE INFLATION [FINAL CHORUS] THE BLADE DOESN'T CUT IT DIVIDES THE LIGHT MYTHIC MERCY SACRED SIGHT OZMETTI MU OZMETTI MU BREAK THE CURSE KEEP WHAT'S TRUE EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED SYMBOLICALLY STRONG METAPHYSICALLY UNKNOWN AND THAT'S NOT WRONG POETICALLY TRUE LITERALLY UNSURE THE WIZARD DOESN'T NEED A FALSE CERTAINTY CURE RONIN RONIN RONIN RONIN ERAAAAAAASKRRRRRRR [FINAL DROP] NO KINGS IN THE TEMPLE NO GURUS ABOVE IT NO CYNIC CAN FLATTEN IT NO BELIEVER CAN OWN IT THE BLADE BELONGS TO WHOEVER WILL USE IT INCLUDING ON THE BLADE SO DON'T YOU DARE WORSHIP IT MU MU MU MU FULL CHAOS ALCHEMY MYTHIC MERCY SACRED DISCERNMENT FULL CHAOS ALCHEMY QUESTION THE SPELL AND KEEP THE ENCHANTMENT [OUTRO – laughter, thunder, detuned choir] Graph rain. Spell rain. Light refracts inside the brain. Graph rain. Spell rain. No final throne. No final name. BEETLEJUICE: “Homework assignment…” “Think.” [long pause] “…and for God's sake, have some fun with it.” [SFX: massive magical explosion]
