Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Blank #8 / Precipice , by - The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die. Release date: 02.10.2014
Song language: English
Blank #8 / Precipice |
| I’m standing on the precipice |
| It’s a cliff that I’ve prayed on before |
| So much so that despite the fact that |
| I don’t know if I believe in a god or gods anymore |
| My fingertips they bear callouses |
| My palms they bear callouses from pressing together so tightly |
| I pray hard when I pray |
| I’ve often thought that this maw in front of us was the end of everything |
| A darkness that consumed all, a black hole |
| Do you know that we are made up of the same stuff that makes up the stars? |
| So, what flows through us may not be just blood it may be stardust |
| And we are dying every second of every minute of every hour of every day |
| Brings us closer to that final day that final hour that final minute that final |
| second that final breath |
| Which means when we run out of hydrogen we become giants, or super giants, |
| or supernovas |
| And if not that then we are simply stars whose ill-fated courses end in |
| collision either way |
| Either way we’ll explode |
| With this in mind I reconsider the precipice |
| There is something beautiful in its blackness isn’t there |
| Something wondrous in its persistence in swallowing us all? |
| The end, the end of everything is the beginning of a brand new everything |
| The end of this universe may be the beginning of a brand new one |
| So that even now when my heart feels like the most congested intersection |
| The world, the world it is waiting |
| I reconsider the precipice and so, |
| In an effort to take part in reckless acts of self definition |
| I jump and I ask you to join me |
| As I fall, as I let that beautiful blackness take me into its arms |
| I know that I will be safe in them |
| I know that we, you and I, all of us |
| We will be safe in its embrace |