Schopenhauer in Berlin - Emperor X

Schopenhauer in Berlin

Watched the metropolis collapse to the village

It’s a sign of the time that we’re in

That we’re thinking along the same line he did

Climbed to the top of the bridge

Where the white flag was raised in defiance

Oh, it’s a truth it’s a loss it’s a win

It’s a landslide

Well you paid for my flu shot

I’m immune, but my heart’s not

And I’m cold

Well we blink

Like the charge on a battery

Blinking out together

Open question

Schopenhauer on the greyhound

Drinking drain-o from an open container

Saw the wisdom in keeping his gaze fixed on phone lines

Schopenhauer spat his teeth out

In the hopes that was collectively kinder

On a night of drunken karaoke

And young tired eyes

And we dream

We connect

In communion

Our slurred words spoken backwards

The more we sing la la la la la la la la

Registration documents

Closed our eyes

And passed out on the floor

If we cling to the cold star

Will we freeze together

Open question

Schopenhauer New York City

Was conflicted in his hatred of Hegel

But his arrogance conquered his pity

And he flew out

On the first flight his sister could find him

And he slept all the way back to Tegel

Where the landing lights threatened to blind him

Till they blow out

We can’t sleep

We got older

We were cool

Now we’re cold and alone

But we sing la la la la la la la la la

Will our wild democracy

Echo out forever

Open question

The universal will to survive

With the population catalystic lies

Please Remember

Schopenhauer in Berlin was not a crime

He had eyes

He had eyes in his right heart