Gone
Ephemeral City: Exploring Love, Loss, and Transformation
Lyrics
Scattered in pieces
Feeling disorganized and fragmented
Though your form is distinctive
Despite having a unique identity
Tweak my genetics
Desiring a modification in my genetic makeup
To better match your aesthetic
To better align with your visual preferences
Blank page in our history filled in
Filling a blank page in our shared history
With false memories I'm busy building
Creating false memories and staying occupied with them
Our own private city
Building our own private world or relationship
Mostly it's empty and self-contradictory
The relationship is often empty and contradictory
Caught in a mystery
Caught in a mysterious situation
Is part of you missing me
Wondering if a part of you misses me
What I lack in skill
Compensating for lack of skill with consistency
I make up in consistency
Being consistently present despite shortcomings
Saw you coming from down the street
Noticing your approach from a distance
Saw you staring across the room
Observing your gaze from afar
When you give the signal
Waiting for a signal to transform or adapt
We change into our costumes
Changing roles or behaviors as needed
And we're gone
Transitioning or leaving
Moving on
Progressing forward
Off the ground
Rising above challenges
Don't want to be found
Not wanting to be discovered or recognized
There's a flash of hope
Noticing a glimmer of optimism
At the end of the tunnel
Seeing a potential positive outcome
Put ourselves back together
Rebuilding ourselves after challenges
I know you hate puzzles
Acknowledging your dislike for complex situations
I am just a chimpanzee
Comparing oneself to a chimpanzee at a typewriter
At a typewriter hitting random keys
Randomly engaging with life's challenges
And given infinite time
Given infinite time, things may start making sense
It might make sense
Accepting the uncertainty of outcomes
And if not, I tried
Trying one's best, even if the result is unclear
Kick open the goddamn door
Taking bold action to face challenges
Out into the wonder
Venturing out into the unknown
We have no excuse now
No excuses left for exploration and creation
Create and explore till the whole thing goes under
Continuing to create and explore until the end
We're gone
Transitioning or leaving (repeated)
Moving on
Progressing forward (repeated)
Off the ground
Rising above challenges (repeated)
Don't want to be found
Not wanting to be discovered or recognized (repeated)
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