Released on September 1, 2023

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[Refrain]

This song's to ear as candiru’s to cock

The bland display elicits beige response

Regurgitated talking points for a like-minded audience

Ad nauseam


[Verse 1]

Adopt a posture, apply aggression

The Moon still came out tonight

I haven't changed anything

Candles all go out, breath abandons lung

The waves still push and pull

Still, you haven't changed anything

The tired lines of us with ashen foreheads

Remember you are dust

And to dust you shall return


[Refrain]

Some cosmic satirist with space as page and stars as ink

Kills off your character

Still the inspiration drips


[Verse 2]

Sit in a circle, naked and eager

We all take turns pretending we say anything important

Learn to tell the difference between white noise and applause

A universal eye roll and how we all tire of

My masquerading as an "artist"

The Sun cares not for "art"

It will rise and fall regardless


[Chorus]

There is no message of the profound

In any top from which I spout

A jargon-cum-monument built with self in mind

Mosaic of erections rise in perfect sync with jurisdiction

Or lack thereof the influence

A serpent swallowing its tail , an endless loop

There is no old, young, in between

Just flesh in constant state of change

There is no reason for this song

The impetus is blossomed on instinct’s pink, electric soil

History is luxury

A serpent swallowing its tail , an endless loop


[Instrumental Break]


[Outro]

After "blank" years of eyes shut, stumbling

There's one thing I've come to understand

How bought and sold you are

How bought and sold I am with bland, adult geometry

The self strung flaccid between two states suspended

Each limb tied onto a different horse

That which once showed me its bed, now shows me the door

Foul jest in passing, so stop me if you've heard this one

"My thoughts on faux expression

For lack of a more eloquent term

The capital speaks now in faked orgasm smirk"

Save applause for the end, a circle has none

“There is no message of the profound In any top from which I spout A jargon-cum-monument built with self in mind Mosaic of erections rise in perfect sync with jurisdiction”
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Put simply, Kent is saying that he has nothing profound or interesting to say, and writing music has become a self aggrandizing, masturbatory process with no real positive effect on anything

“How bought and sold you are How bought and sold I am”
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The speaker realizes how transactional the relationships in their life are.

“Save applause for the end, a circle has none”
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A circle has no end, so it seems that you’re not actually meant to applaud at all.

“This song’s to ear as candiru’s to cock”
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According to natives of the Amazon River Basin, the candiru (a fish), attacks people by swimming up their penises while they urinate. This song is meant to burrow painfully into the ears of its listeners.

“Sit in a circle, naked and eager We all take turns pretending we say anything important Learn to tell the difference between white noise and applause A universal eye roll and how we all tire of My masquerading as an “artist” The Sun cares not for “art” It will rise and fall regardless”
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This verse seems to be describing the plight of an artist trying to fit into any established “scene”. At a certain point, it all starts to feel like a big narcissistic circle jerk, actively doing nothing to improve anything. Kent also further elaborates on how meaningless he thinks the art he’s making is in a greater context, “the sun cares not for art, it will rise and fall regardless."

“Ad nauseam”
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Referring to something that has been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome.

“A serpent swallowing its tail”
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This line references Uroboros, a circular symbol that depicts a snake or dragon devouring its own tail and that is used especially to represent the eternal cycle of destruction and rebirth. (Merriam Webster dictionary) .

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“Adopt a posture, apply aggression The Moon still came out tonight I haven’t changed anything Candles all go out, breath abandons lung The waves still push and pull Still, you haven’t changed anything The tired lines of us with ashen foreheads Remember you are dust And to dust you shall return”
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Alex Kent is taking on impostor syndrome here, describing how, despite all of the art he’s made, nothing has really changed and he doesn’t feel any sense of accomplishment from it, but rather a sense of inadequacy and insincerity.

“Each limb tied onto a different horse”
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Likely a reference to Robert François Damiens' execution, which was described in detail by Michel Foucault in Discipline and Punish.