Childlike Empress

from Requiem for a Planet by Beams

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I saw the last sunset
through an alien eye
I felt no anger
I felt no fear
just chemical sadness
the childlike empress
watching her wishes
disappear
in earl grey twilight
I watch the tide
when silently
sun and moon collide
the childlike empress
who lives in my soul
searches in mirrors
longing for home
the empress is now an empress of nothing
wandering the void eternally
alien eyes, alien skies, purple and silent
shifting hues of twilight interspersed with blackness
she feels a little sick
the nothing gets to her
the sleeplessness, timelessness,
wanting to curl up, dig to the bottom,
finding there is no bottom
only swirling void
nothing she remembers is here
on an alien beach she saw the sun and moon collide
and everything that she knew was no more
everything has been destroyed
the empress is now an empress of nothing
wandering the void eternally

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from Requiem for a Planet, released May 3, 2024

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Beams Toronto, Ontario

Blending psych-tinged indie-pop with Appalachia-sourced folk music, Toronto sextet Beams have long been a unique voice among the Canadian indie rock scene. With their newly announced third album Requiem for a Planet, the outfit... dive[s] headfirst into the difficult experience of coming of age in a world that isn’t nearly as functional as the one we may have perceived growing up. - FLOOD Magazine ... more

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