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This episode of the 'Cult of Psyche' podcast features a spoken word/poetry performance by Psyche, exploring themes of divination, cosmic consciousness, and translating pain through symbols and mystical experience. The performance is a deeply personal and emotional journey, using vivid imagery and symbolism to convey the speaker's inner world.
Original TransmissionsGreen and the black like a signal flare.
Green and the black like a signal flare.
Letters orbit my breath.
Letters orbit my breath.
I'm drifting in the midnight ocean.
I'm drifting in the midnight ocean.
No floor beneath the starry noise.
No floor beneath the starry noise.
They're up in zero gravity motion
They're up in zero gravity motion
like wires learning how to voice.
like wires learning how to voice.
The symbols spill like meteor rain. They
The symbols spill like meteor rain. They
skim my skin. They leave a trace.
skim my skin. They leave a trace.
Lightning stitching through my veins. A
Lightning stitching through my veins. A
soft apocalypse on my face. I don't read
soft apocalypse on my face. I don't read
the future.
the future.
to raise me back. Every cliff, a little
to raise me back. Every cliff, a little
doorway in the dark.
doorway in the dark.
And when my eyes go and roll, the
And when my eyes go and roll, the
silence starts to talk. I got room in my
silence starts to talk. I got room in my
veins
veins
on my name. When the voice starts to
on my name. When the voice starts to
sing, I translate the pain. Hold me in
sing, I translate the pain. Hold me in
the black out.
the black out.
The cosmos overload.
The cosmos overload.
If you can't find the words, I'll call
If you can't find the words, I'll call
them in the flame.
them in the flame.
I used to be a quiet planet.
I used to be a quiet planet.
Keeping storms behind my teeth.
Keeping storms behind my teeth.
Now constellations crack my panic into
Now constellations crack my panic into
patterns underneath. Every mark is a
patterns underneath. Every mark is a
memory bright. Every spark is a hidden
memory bright. Every spark is a hidden
line. I'm the spell and the satellite,
line. I'm the spell and the satellite,
the receiver and the sign. I don't chase
the receiver and the sign. I don't chase
salvation.
salvation.
I chase the home. That electric ancient
I chase the home. That electric ancient
language on my tongue.
language on my tongue.
When the night gets heavy, I become the
When the night gets heavy, I become the
current strong. I got room in my ve
current strong. I got room in my ve
on my name. When the voice starts to
on my name. When the voice starts to
sing, I translate the pain. Hold me in
sing, I translate the pain. Hold me in
the black, I'll go. Let the cos
the black, I'll go. Let the cos
overload.
overload.
If you can't find the words, I'll call
If you can't find the words, I'll call
them in the flame.
them in the flame.
Zoom in. See the storm web on my skin.
Zoom in. See the storm web on my skin.
That's every time I said I'm fine and
That's every time I said I'm fine and
swallowed it in. These symbols aren't
swallowed it in. These symbols aren't
random seeds.
random seeds.
There the map where my fear finally
There the map where my fear finally
meets
meets
something bigger than me. Say it with
something bigger than me. Say it with
your hands on my heart.
your hands on my heart.
Say it like a spell. You believe
Say it like a spell. You believe
I got room in my veins
I got room in my veins
on my name. When the voice starts to
on my name. When the voice starts to
sing, I translate the pain. When the sky
sing, I translate the pain. When the sky
turns loud, when the green goes holy
turns loud, when the green goes holy
wild, if you can't find the words, I'll
wild, if you can't find the words, I'll
call them in the
call them in the
green and the black.
green and the black.
And I am not afraid.
And I am not afraid.
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