"B438L" (Babel) was inspired by "The Library of Babel" (Spanish: La biblioteca de Babel), a short story by Argentine author and librarian Jorge Luis Borges and, obviously, the biblical story of The Tower of Babel (Hebrew: מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל, Mīgdal Bāḇel;), narrative in Genesis 11:1–9. It explores the themes of knowledge and language. The Library of Babel is told to contain the knowledge of the universe as well as tons of random combinations of letter just like the Internet.
For this, I needed a few languages. As I speak only Polish, English and German, I invited Zero Point Fool, whom I had met thanks to Nine Inch Nails Discord channel and our compilation project "Discordance I". He's from Mexico and his verses are in Spanish. Also, my Polish friends from Biała Ćma, Kajetan and Sebastian (Mała Fuzja) helped in the instrumental adding bağlama (Eastern plucked string instrument) and the guitar while I added something for their upcoming album.
lyrics
Hexagonal rooms that are adjacent
With four walls of full bookshelves
Filled with books for those obeisant
Not afraid of losing themselves
Nonsensical! Plus so bland
I cannot digest this brew of letters!
Tantalised, I try to find
The word deep in the æther
It's entangling my mind
To not know is much better
There's no return to the state of not knowing
Who could be the person behind all this bilge
When you realise the scale it's mind blowing
Who could be its architect who set to build
I think the language is a multi-tool
To a nation of fools it was hurled
And a word is merely a molecule
In a varied, mad and volatile world
This mass of people I cannot stand!
Why, against me alone, are they together?
Tantalised, I try to find
The word deep in the æther
It's entangling my mind
To not know is much better
There's no return to the state of not knowing
Who could be the person behind all this bilge
When you realise the scale it's mind blowing
Who could be its architect who set to build
»Auf! Lasst uns hinabsteigen
und ihre Sprache durcheinanderbringen!
Dann wird keiner mehr den anderen verstehen.«
Verstehen
Verstehen
Verstehen
Verstehen
Todo el mundo cabe en un anaquel
No te rindas estás tan cerca de el
Y si fueras tu el dueño de ese poder
Me lo dejarías saber
Puedo ver en tu espalda
Figuras que aluden a tu ignorancia
Y si el brillo de tus ojos te delata
No habrá hexágono en qué puedas esconder
Y si el carmesí cubre to portada
Como envuelve s todo aquel
Que busca remediar con tu santidad
El peso de nacer
El secreto es que no es ningún secreto
Que el destino es el camino
Entre más aprendo menos lo entiendo
Tak nie może być
Trwam desygnatem
Wiedzieć nie chcę nic
I mieć cokolwiek wspólnego z tym światem
There's no return to the state of not knowing
Who could be the person behind all this bilge
When you realise the scale it's mind blowing
Who could be its architect who set to build
There's no return to the state of not knowing
Who could be the person behind all this bilge
When you realise the scale it's mind blowing
Who could be its architect who set to build
credits
from The Existentialist,
released December 31, 2023
Music by:
Kamil "Wrathu" Kwiatkowski - instrumental, beat, sampling, mix, effects, glitches, synths, voice, lyrics, Korg Monotron Space Delay
Maciej "Madrawi" Palicki - electric guitar, beat, vocals, bass synth
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Sebastian Siuda (Mała Fuzja, Biała Ćma) - electric guitar
Kajetan Suder (Biała Ćma) - bağlama
Damián Balderas (Zero Point Fool) - vocals and lyrics
From the always-great label Umor Rex comes the latest from Lina Filipovich: A ruthless deconstruction of classical pieces. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 25, 2022
