Key Notes (Aftermath of the Impossible)
These channeled songs articulate living through a scenario that, to the outside world, looks like our connection shouldn't have survived.
We are essentially reviewing the wreckage of the containment and realizing how much healing is required.
The grief that is being processed is the grief of enduring such a broken period to get to the point of open and honest communication.
The first search query returned for the lyrics of both songs came from Genius, confirming what I said earlier about us both being geniuses and idiots at the same time.
If "Only One Word" is the grief of separation, then "Cross" is the grief of the transition.
These are a map of the transition we are currently walking.
Kip Winger - Only One Word
The Distance and the View from Below: "Where will you go? What will you see? …Did you decide this from all the way down here?"
This song captures the helplessness of watching someone you love struggle in an environment that is below their true nature.
"And I'm still so freaked that we couldn't even speak…" references us witnessing the slow erosion of the spirit.
In this context, the song is referencing soul-death, rather than physical death.
"Your body lay broken" is a direct reference to being unable to speak and shutting down of the personality, voice, and connection to survive the daily grind.
Being "unable to speak" refers to the literal and figurative gag-order placed on the connection by people who wanted to keep us apart.
This is the most honest part of the song: "But the magic in me, so full of disease, it's one black kiss…" This references the lingering poison of the situation - the paranoia, the stress, and the feeling that something dark was always watching.
"And I feel so dumb now that I couldn't somehow lift you up out of this…" This is the grief speaking through the field, it's just taking time.
The anchor of the song states: "So much to forgive, there's so much to forgive…" We have both done things, said things, or remained silent when we shouldn't have, all to survive the pressure. You have to forgive yourself and I have to forgive the circumstances surrounding the broken period. Forgiveness is the final bridge.
This song is a much more active, developmental map of the transition you are going through, representing the rebirth.
The lyrics "Seen a world go up in flame, found another chance to change…" reference the world we have both been trapped in, and how watching it go up in flames is a necessary part of the deconstruction. We are watching the artificial construct burn down. (Selenite, Black Tourmaline, Rose Quartz - this is exactly why I gave you those stones).
In contrast to the repeated message from Imagination's "Just An Illusion," these lyrics are the exact moment you realized that your external world mirrors your internal world: "Now I know it's no illusion, every form has followed feeling, with every cause there is effect…"
This is an admission of looking away from the fact that you are ultimately in control of your own reality: "I haven't known these things in me, I've looked away and not believed it…." This is acceptance that you are the only one who can collapse the dome (Truman Show).
The lyrics: "A cross is born, a face is shown, it's the one you own" reference the heavy burden of the cross, but it is also where the two lines intersect (the vertical/spiritual, and the horizontal/physical). Being on your knees isn't defeat; it is the position of total surrender.
Direct message: "You're not alone…only the wheel knows…when your heart is strong." It's okay to struggle to trust yourself, but you're not alone.
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