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"Disintegration (ft. Deantoni Parks)", from Venera’s self-titled, debut album out October 13th. Pre-order at https://venera.lnk.to/venera [directed by] EFFIXX (@effixx) + Samanta Garcia (@dark___mesh) [text by] Blake Butler (@blakebutler) LIGHT THE MATCH AND WATCH THE WIRES FRY THE SKY THAT ISN’T EVERY HOUR I AM STILL HERE I AM STILL NOT WHERE I AM NOT STILL YES I BELIEVE I WANT TO BE HERE FOREVER BECAUSE I AM HERE FOREVER ALL AUTHORITY IS THE AUTHORITY I CRAVE TO CONQUER SUDDENLY AT LAST YES EVEN I BELIEVE I AM GOING TO EVENTUALLY LEARN TO WANT TO WIN WAKING UP IN VASE-SHAPED CASES CONTAINING ALL ORIGINAL THOUGHT THE NEXT DAYS ARE GETTING SIMULTANEOUSLY SIMPLER AND MORE DENSE THE LIVING HOURS ARE SENSE-COMPRESSING AT UNSUSTAINABLE RETENTION LIKE THE WAYS I KNOW I WISH TO SEE MYSELF IN YOU IN HAVE BEEN X’D OUT LIKE THERE MAY BE ONLY ONE WAY TO RETRAIN ANY INTOLERABLE ATOMS I KNOW THE WAY - I NAME THE TIME - I CLAIM THE KNIFE – I’M ON MY WAY YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM ME BY HOW I RETAIN NO OTHER KNOWLEDGE REWINDING BACK TO THE ONLY ENDING BEFORE THE BEGINNING BEGINS W/IN THE STILLNESS OF A WISH LONGER & LOUDER THAN ALL LIFETIMES I AM TRYING NOT TO LISTEN TO THE WORDS IN THE SONG THAT I CAN’T HEAR NO CERTAINTY EXCLUDED FROM THE POSSIBILITY OF MASS UNPACKINGS BRIGHT WHITE STEELS BOLTS THAT HOLD THE CENTER OF THE THROBBING WRITTEN IN THE WILL OF THE TIMELINE SPILLING MY MIND ALL OVER IT ISN’T ALL OVER IS IT SAY IT ISN’T ALL OVER AND I WILL LISTEN THIS TIME IF IT IS OVER I WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE TO BE ENCODED SO CLEARLY PACKETS OF BLACK MOONS CRACKING WHERE MY LIPS MAKE NO SOUND EVEN IF THE ERA CAN’T BE FOUND EVENTUALLY IT WILL HAVE HAD ITS SAY WHAT IS INSIDE OUT INSIDE A SURFACE THAT HAS NO LASTING VASTNESS NO ELECTRICAL IMPULSE SCATTERED THROUGH DEATH’S HANDICRAFTING UB INFINITE CAVITIES THAT REVISE PROGRESS BY DEFINING THEIR AUTHORITY LEAVING NOTHING THAT CAN BE SAID IN TIME TO CHANGE YOUR MIND IN TIME WHIPPED BY BRICKS OF FLATTENED ATTITUDES I DENY HAVING LOVED CRYSTALLINE PALACE WHERE YOU WERE SPLIT INTO MANY EX-WORLDS ALL THE VITAL EDGES OF THE FIRST ANTI-LAW COLORED IMPENETRABLE CRAMMED INTO THE ETERNAL FUNNEL YOU RIPPED OFF FOR COOKIES YES I AM GOING TO BELIEVE IN WHATEVER I HAVE BELIEVED IN FINALLY AGHAST W/IN THE TIME RIFT WHERE CARNAL FOLLY MARKED LAST RITE YES I BELIEVE I WILL OUTLAST WHAT I AM GOING TO NOT NEED SOON YOU ONLY UNDERSTAND YOU NEED THE LOCKS AS THEY CLICK ACROSS US HOW LONG I HAVE WAITED FOR THE WAITING TO EXTEND BEYOND IT BEYOND THE INFERNAL BEYOND THE INEVITABLE BEYOND IT REPEATING WATCHING HALVINGS OF THE AIR OF THE NATURAL DISORDEREDNESSES UNNATURAL TO HAVE TO WONDER WHAT BECAME OF HOW ELSE WAS VAST GALAXIES I WOULD HAVE ASKED YOU TO FORGET LAST OF ALL DON’T LET ANYBODY ELSE EVER SELL YOU A DIFFERENT

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