Theory of Mind

from Logos Rising by James Fox Higgins

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lyrics

I dreamt I was an apple in a tree
A smiling serpent said to me
'Would you like to be like man?
Would you like to understand?
I can make you one of them.'
I felt her teeth get underneath my skin
I felt the woman take me in
And I learned more than I knew
What was one would now be two
I was stunted but I grew, grew, grew.

And what is she, and who am I?
A river run beyond the sky
Eden is gone, I am no-one,
That's when the serpent said to me:
'Do you have a theory of mind?
Do you have a theory of mind?
Do you have a theory of mind, mind, mind?'
I felt the apple fall upon my head
I turned and saw the sun instead
Endless motion in the sea,
Kepler's loops and Darwin's tree
Made a strange Theosophy.
A ring of lidless eyes atop a crown
A Babel-dragon flood came down
Marduk cutting up the dead,
Guillotining, head by head,
In that leather book I read.
And what is he, and who am I?
Stonecutters walling up the sky.
Eden is gone, I am no-one,
That's when the serpent said to me...

Speak in code, demons will speak in code.
Feed for the seed that was sowed,
Whether or not you know,
whether or not you know!
I dreamt of intersectionality,
And how the world has gifted me
How the past is one of shame,
how the truth is in the pain,
How we all can live again.
I dreamt a name could
change the way I am
I dreamt I could be me again
Just an apple in a tree,
no more he and no more she,
Just a serpent asking, smilingly...
'Cause I don't want to be alone
'Til Kingdom come before the throne

credits

from Logos Rising, released August 26, 2021
Music & lyrics by Lensei Nishizawa.
Drums & percussion by Matt Aitchison.
All other instruments by James Fox Higgins.
Mixed & Mastered by Rob McMullan.