A Pale White Dot (title track) lyrics?
Even though the album's been out since Friday, I chose to wait until I got a physical copy (CD) so I could experience the album for the first time the way I've been doing since Juggernaut; alone in an empty room with the lyrics in front of me.
When I reached the title track, I noticed that there are lyrics in the booklet, even though the song is clearly an instrumental. Even better yet, I thing they are the best lyrics on the album and some straight up excellent prose/poetry in its own right. It really captures the entire concept of the album quite beautifully.
I wondered if anyone else had noticed it, and for those of you who haven't seen it, here's the words:
The weight of loneliness slows time, introspection becomes unavoidable
Once the discomfort subsides, one can bathe in the clarity
Loneliness is a mirror, pure and undistorted
Our parts come alive and speak as themselves
Creativity free to flow without fear of interruption
The power of connection is counterbalanced and emphasized by one's depth of loneliness
Accepting and internalizing this dichotomy allows one to truly harness its power
Ironically, one who is mindful of this is never truly alone
If any band members show up in this thread I'm curious who wrote it, and what served as inspiration.