Empiricist

On the first…
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On the first day…
第一天
On the first day, God created everything…
第一天上帝創造了萬物
On the first day, God created everything there ever was
第一天上帝創造了有史以來的一切
On the second day, God came to take it all back
第二天上帝把它全部收回來了
Piece by piece
一塊一塊

空蕩的房間
Empty room
投射出那些熟悉的畫面
Cast about for a familiar object
我需要輔助才能走動
Because my body needs coordinates to move
在黑暗中

我周圍的活動範圍一點點減少
In the dark
我慢慢的被我的噩夢吞噬
Range of motion shrivels all around me
大屠殺中的一隻小牛犢
All my nightmares I am slowly being cocooned
一彎新月
A single calf in the hecatomb
把我空虛的內心挖空

只留下普世的真理讓我重新回到媽媽肚子裡
Crescent moon
天使拿著一個魔瓶
Hollowed out of all my fabled insides
說喝下它就能忘記過去
Occam shave me down to primal truth—return me to the womb
但這同樣也是一種毒藥

每一口都會比上一口更痛
The spirit held a magic flask
無法忍受就將痛苦的死去
Said, 'drink it to forget the past'
但喝完就能重獲新生
'But careful its a poison batch'
阿薩尼西瑪薩(咒語)
'Each drop more painful than the last'
Asa nisi masa
'If you fail youll wish for death'
Asa nisi masa
'If you finish: youll be free at last'
Asa nisi masa

Hello？
Asa nisi masa
媽媽從爸爸的肋骨中被抽出嬰兒床裡的孩子正伸著手
Asa nisi masa
眩目的光線被你的器官棱鏡分裂之前

存在與虛無都是一條麥比烏斯帶
Asa nisi masa
沉睡與覺醒
Asa nisi masa
第一天
Hello?
擦拭黑石板

你受邀盛宴
Mother pulled from fathers ribs, little baby in a crib, hands reaching up
但對餐盤很無助
Before the blinding light is split through the prism of your organs into colors
慢慢你學會用腿走路
All that being andnothingness, on the same möbius strip
你開始模仿
Sleep and waking up
開始用華麗的外衣吸引配偶

一天孩子想找你卻被鎖在浴室裡
On the first day
他們驚恐地看著你的臉
Wipe the blank slate
你在宴會上向賓客道歉
And you join the banquet
但你不禁要問，這個人你慶祝的是誰？
Served up helpless on a plate
光亮慢慢消失
But you find your land legs
這是你的生日宴會
And you learn to imitate
但就像吹滅蠟燭一樣忘記你的前世吧
Youll wear any feather and hope that your efforts attract a mate

One day your children find you, locked in the bathroom
Staring in horror at the reflection of your face
And you say youre sorry to the guests at your party
But you cant help wonder, who is this person you celebrate?

And so the light fades
Its still your birthday
So blow out your past lives like theyre candles on the cake