Picture a Vacuum-Kate Tempest

[00:00.82]Picture a vacuum [00:03.42]An endless and unmoving blackness [00:08.11]Peace, or the absence at least, of terror [00:13.71]I see, and amongst all this space [00:17.39]That speck of light in the furthest corner [00:21.46]Gold as a pharaoh's coffin [00:24.71]Now follow that light with your tired eyes [00:26.78]Its been a long day, I know, but look [00:30.07]Watch as it flickers and it roars into fullness [00:33.00]and fills the whole frame blazing a fire you can't bear the majesty of [00:39.19]Here is our Sun [00:42.70]And look [00:43.48]See how the planets are dangled around it [00:45.74]And held in that intricate dance [00:48.61]There is our Earth [00:49.97]Our Earth [00:52.92]Its blueness soothes the sharp burn in your eyes [00:56.68]Its contours remind you of love [00:59.61]That soft roundness [01:01.83]The comfort of ocean and land mass [01:04.69]Picture the world [01:08.01]Older than she ever thought that she'd get [01:11.09]She looks at herself as she spins [01:14.39]Arms loaded with the trophies of her most successful child [01:18.36]The pylons and mines [01:21.62]The powerplants shimmer in her still, cool breath [01:27.14]Now, is that a smile that plays across her lips [01:29.50]Or is it a tremor of dread? [01:34.27]The sadness of mothers as they watch the fates of their children [01:37.96]Unfold [01:39.91]In now [01:42.54]In fast [01:44.81]Kaleidoscopic vision [01:46.23]The colours like drugs in your belly, churning [01:48.61]Your skin pulled loose as {a puck?} shaken and tighten [01:51.85]Now everything's flashing and the waves are magnified [01:54.39]as they roll up towards you and you're tiny as sand [01:57.92]Just a speck [02:00.22]And as you approach the surface, [02:01.53]all of that peace that you felt is replaced with this furious neverknown passion [02:07.42]You're feeling [02:08.20]The people [02:09.24]The life [02:09.96]Their faces are bright [02:11.09]In your body [02:12.20]You're feeling [02:13.06]You want to be close to them [02:14.12]Closer [02:15.38]'Cause these are your species [02:17.11]Your kindred [02:20.69]Where have you landed? [02:22.23]Uncurl yourself, stand up, and look at your limbs [02:27.34]All intact [02:27.92]Clothed in the fashion [02:29.61]This is a city [02:31.22]Let's call her [02:32.11]London [02:33.73]And these are the only times you have known [02:37.52]"Is this what it's come to?" You think [02:42.71]"What am I to make of all this?"