[00:06.87]On the first…[00:09.35]On the first day…[00:13.29]On the first day, God created everything…[00:16.85]On the first day, God created everything there ever was[00:25.35]On the second day, God came to take it all back[00:31.16]Piece by piece[00:34.16][00:50.88]Empty room[00:55.26]Cast about for a familiar object[01:02.28]Because my body needs coordinates to move[01:11.03][01:16.84]In the dark[01:21.26]Range of motion shrivels all around me[01:28.82]All my nightmares I am slowly being cocooned[01:39.57]A single calf in the hecatomb[01:43.70][01:59.19]Crescent moon[02:03.68]Hollowed out of all my fabled insides[02:11.18]Occam shave me down to primal truth—return me to the womb[02:22.28][02:43.62]The spirit held a magic flask[02:46.55]Said, "drink it to forget the past"[02:50.80]"But careful it's a poison batch"[02:54.46]"Each drop more painful than the last"[02:58.28]"If you fail you'll wish for death"[03:01.97]"If you finish: you'll be free at last"[03:05.80][03:06.10]Asa nisi masa[03:09.06]Asa nisi masa[03:12.11][03:13.68]Asa nisi masa[03:20.78]Asa nisi masa[03:26.34]Hello?[03:26.66][03:27.35]Mother pulled from father's ribs, little baby in a crib, hands reaching up[03:42.01]Before the blinding light is split through the prism of your organs into colors[03:56.72]All that being and nothingness, on the same möbius strip[04:03.19]Sleep and waking up[04:04.65][05:06.45]On the first day[05:11.21]Wipe the blank slate[05:16.04]And you join the banquet[05:18.40]Served up helpless on a plate[05:25.19]But you find your land legs[05:29.59]And you learn to imitate[05:34.95]You'll wear any feather and hope that your efforts attract a mate[05:41.09][05:46.85]One day your children find you, locked in the bathroom[05:56.61]Staring in horror at the reflection of your face[06:05.84]And you say you're sorry to the guests at your party[06:16.17]But you can't help wonder, who is this person you celebrate?[06:21.87][07:27.99]And so the light fades[07:32.93]It's still your birthday[07:37.78]So blow out your past lives like they're candles on the cake