ABSENT ECHO
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9. Superposition

Lyrics • Collapse The Frame

Verse 1

I’m a ghost in the static, I’m a ripple in the sea

I am every possibility that’s waiting to be "me"

I’m the coin in the air before it ever hits the floor

I’m the shadow in the hallway and the lock upon the door

Don’t open up the box, don’t try to find the spark

I’m a king of every kingdom while I’m hiding in the dark

A thousand different lives, a thousand different ends

Before the light arrives and the broken reality bends.

Pre-Chorus

One look! That’s all it takes to break the spell!

One look! To drag the heaven down to hell!

The wave is dying! The choice is made!

Watch how the colors start to fade!

OBSERVE!

Chorus

I am the one! I am the none!

A trillion lives before the day is done!

Trapped in a superposition of the soul

Where the pieces are bigger than the whole!

COLLAPSE THE WAVE!

I’m living in the space between the lines

COLLAPSE THE WAVE!

A prisoner of my own designs!

Verse 2

You think you see the truth, you think you see the state

But you’re just a witness to a pre-determined fate

I’m the cat in the cage, I’m the dead and the alive

I’m the only part of me that is ever gonna survive

The interference pattern is a map of where I’ve been

In a world that’s made of math, I’m the ghost inside the sin

I’m everywhere at once until you pin me to the page

Just a pixel in the static of a digital age.

Pre-Chorus

One look! That’s all it takes to break the spell!

One look! To drag the heaven down to hell!

The wave is dying! The choice is made!

Watch how the colors start to fade!

OBSERVE!

Chorus

I am the one! I am the none!

A trillion lives before the day is done!

Trapped in a superposition of the soul

Where the pieces are bigger than the whole!

COLLAPSE THE WAVE!

I’m living in the space between the lines

COLLAPSE THE WAVE!

A prisoner of my own designs!

Bridge

Check the box! Check the state!

You’re the one who seals the fate!

Is it left? Is it right?

Is it darkness? Is it light?

You can’t know the momentum and the place!

You’re just staring at a mask on a faceless face!

THE UNCERTAINTY! THE ANXIETY!

THE DEATH OF THE TOTALITY!

THE TRUTH IS GONE! THE WAVE IS DEAD!

Final Chorus

I am the one! I am the none!

A trillion lives before the day is done!

Trapped in a superposition of the soul

Where the pieces are bigger than the whole!

COLLAPSE THE WAVE!

I’m living in the space between the lines

COLLAPSE THE WAVE!

A prisoner of my own designs!

Outro

Both... and neither...

Neither... and both...