Like the spectrum of light, the human experience ranges. One that is especially poignant is that of the color red--or in this song's case, vermilion--as it denotes extremely strong feelings, often illustrated as passion or rage. What connects the red to the violet, the opposite of vermilion? How do we bridge that gap? Why? This is about how human emotions are wired--contrived even--to certain stimulus responses, and one's attempt to deconstruct and analyze the profundity of experience.
I swear we don't smoke weed
lyrics
Range of light:
motion repeating
A cadence slips from our labored breathing
Saw the spectrum expectedly leaning
toward vermilion, staring
at the ceiling
From the red end of the spectrum,
who lets the violet in?
In the night coruscating light blinds our way
To architects, they-who-hold-credence-
where-their-roads-end-freeing-space,
"Take me down to where we can tear the walls apart."
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