"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing. That was the most arrogant and mendacious minute of "world history," but nevertheless, it was only a minute. After nature had drawn a few breaths, the star cooled and congealed, and the clever beasts had to die.
"Due to sheer convention we call those things true that we agree to call true. Then, crucially, we conveniently forget that we have reached this linguistic consensus - in fact, we need to forget to allow our confidence in the language we have agreed upon to exercise its full effect."
I might be wrong
I could have sworn I saw a light
coming on
I used to think
There was no future left at all
I used to think
Start again begin again
...
Nothing at all
What would I do?
What would I do?
If I did not have you?
Open up and let me in
"Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts."
3 comments:
"After nature had drawn a few breaths, the star cooled and congealed, and the clever beasts had to die."
Darling, this is the most beautiful thing you have ever written.
Thanks but it wasn't me. It's Nietzsche. I didn't cite because I wanted to preserve the aphorism's content and aesthetic impact without distraction to the reader. Nietzsche wanted to present readers with an aphoristic 'event' that appeals as much to the reader's will as to his/her reason. I did mean to put quotation marks however. Sorry everyone!
Ha ha, well then... the entry was still lovely.
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