1. |
fuck the cistem
06:20
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[vessel counting in, too slowly]
one, two, one two three four
[kholat syakhl, speaking calm but distort]
Hello, my name is kholat syakhl. I am a deathless creature beyond mortal comprehension. I have never lived, and thus can never die. And yet, i still continue my existence. I have been here since the dawn of humanity and i will be here until the heat death of the universe. With this being said, welcome and enjoy.
[vessel fails to start playing bass properly]
i know myself way better than any of you
just cause you are in power that does not make your biases true
i know myself way better than any of you
just cause you are in power that does not make your biases true
[kholat begins enbysplaining the word "cistem"]
The word "cistem" is a portmanteau of the words "cisgender" and "system", it designates the collection of systems in place to discourage being transgender and perpetuate rigid gender norms that hurt all of us.
fuck the cistem
or the cistem fuuuuucks you
fuck the cistem
trust me, you're in this too
[spoken softly]
respect existence
or
expect resistance
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2. |
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[vessel setting up a loop on the synth]
[spoken, slow, tired]
hundert prozent panoptikon
we are on stage right now
welcome to technologic feudalism
industrialised society was a mistake
[in the tone of a standup comedian]
you know, nature's just not real anymore
it's just
fuckin' cultivized land all the way down
somebody will find a way to
i don't know
harvest minerals in the fucking mariana trench soon
is there something that gives you life
a hobby, i don't know, art
something you're good at
why not sell it on the internet?
take every last bit of joy out of it
welcome to technologic feudalism
industrialised society was a mistake
100% panopticon
we are on stage right now
i don't know about you, but
for me the wheel already broke
[screaming]
reality's done!
none of this makes any damn sense anymore
content.
content, content.
none of this matters
we are all fucking matter
that taught itself how to think and that was a mistake!
but i can only say that because we made that mistake [unknown due to being drowned out by noise]
welcome to technologic feudalism!
industrialised society was a mistake
come with me into the rapture
let's go together
[drone gets louder, synth gets pitched up and down randomly]
content.
content
content...
[too low to make out, i don't remember what was said] i'm a fucking fraud
i don't care
i just
there's no use to any of this
[bass clipping]
it doesn't mean much [?]
if any second now
the sun itself
decides to just breathe wrong
we're all fucked, we're all dead
none of us are gonna make it
so who even cares, just live your fuckin' life
do what the fuck you want
nothing matters
and if nothing matters, then everything does
make up your own fuckin' mind
i won't do it for you
[sudden fade out, not unlike a gamma ray wiping out our civilization in an instant]
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3. |
outro
05:34
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[vessel, frustrated]
okay, scheiße. nochmal.
choose any path you like
but every choice is wrong
in truth the game was rigged from the start
and the rule is you can't win
my sweet summer child
i need you to stay alive
but if you can't find a reason to go on
just keep living out of spite
[beat comes in]
choose any path you like, every choice is wrong
in thruth the game was rigged from the start
and the rule is you can't win
sweet, sweet summer child
i need you to stay alive
but if you can't find a reason to go on
then just keep living out of spite
at least for a whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa [i wanted to sing "while" but forgot halfway through]
sweet summer child
just keep living out of spite
[you might not remember the best organ solo you ever heard, but you'll never forget the worst]
[vessel, exasperated]
fuck!
[beat drops out]
my sweet summer child
please, please stay alive
but if you can't find a reason to go on
just keep living out of spite.
[angery clap]
jesus christ!
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