Obviously the best way to start a new album is a track based around a poem about possible ways to die that you wrote when you were a teenager, right? Clearly.
A mix of words old and new and very old indeed, arranged in a somewhat novel fashion. More 41-EDO microtonal weirdness, here with some very tiny movements providing some rather dramatic chord changes in a few places. Intentionally confused and rhythmically blurred vocal harmonies tighten to a lullaby, then an alarming cluster of dissonance.
Like many tracks here, this was originally supposed to be on Die Alone but was incomplete at the time and felt like it didn't quite fit in the tracklist to begin with. Thus, an outtake becomes an opener.
lyrics
Talk about each way to leave:
So many doorways, such easy exits.
Talk about all that you see:
Such daring failures, exquisite tortures.
This is here and this is now;
all that was will pass before you.
This is null and this is void—
a grand return, a small departure.
By some elixir in glass,
be method of entry
sharp or smooth;
or perhaps a piece of metal
to cut or still,
fast or slow,
blunt or pointed;
or something a bit less solid—
a flight of stairs,
a greasy puddle,
something blunt or broken in someone's hand…
This is the key
and the way to the door.
This is the way:
Step outside.
You could tell them that it was easy,
and you could tell them there was no pain.
You could tell them, but you left without a sound.
I don't know if they'd believe you, but I do.
Would you tell them that it was easy?
Would you tell them there was no pain?
Would you tell them how you left without a sound?
I don't know if they'd believe you but I do.
Or would you tell them it wasn't easy?
Or would you tell them of your pain?
Or would you tell them how the quiet overtook you?
No, I know they'd not believe you, but I do.
(I won't sing for you any songs about dying.
I won't give to you ideals for living.
I won't give to you any thoughts on leaving.
I will hold you close until you stop breathing.)
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