Basic Myth 1: The Discrete and Separate Self (Lyrics Video)

Описание: Inspired by the writings of Charles Eisenstein.

Lyrics:

I woke beneath a painted sky,
The world outside, the "me" inside.
A mother’s voice, a cradle’s edge—
The first soft line across the ledge.

I touched the floor, I learned the name
They gave to walls, to fear, to flame.
And somewhere deep, a door swung shut,
The song kept playing... but...

I learned to measure, fight, and keep,
To guard the shore, to mine the deep.
I staked my claim in breath and bone,
Was held apart, a thing alone.

The trees grew still, the rivers waned,
Each heartbeat clocked, each silence tamed.
And every other face I knew
Became a mirror split in two.

But who am I without your breath?
A song that sings itself to death?
An island cast from broken light,
A hand withdrawn in endless night?

I lit a fire to warm the skin,
But shadows curled and crept within.
I danced with ghosts that bore my name,
And none of them would speak the same.

A feather moved across the air—
No reason why, no reason where.
I almost felt the veil grow thin...
And then I sealed it shut again.

I heard a name that wasn't mine
Come floating through the crooked pine.
It wasn't me. It wasn't new.
And still it felt like something true.

But who am I without your breath?
A song that sings itself to death.
No borders left, no need to fight—
Just one long echo in the night.

You were never alone.
The skin is not a wall.
What you do to the world, you do to yourself.
What you heal in another, you heal in you.
There is no separate self.
Only the story that said so.

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