Name: Existence
Duration: P00H03M11S
Description: The most somber track on the album, 'Existence' was written on one desperate winter day when unconsciousness felt brighter than consciousness. The song was inspired lyrically by John Keat's sonnet 'To Sleep' and John William Waterhouse's painting 'Sleep and his Half-Brother Death.'

Existence

from to be alive under the sky. by motum.

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The most somber track on the album, 'Existence' was written on one desperate winter day when unconsciousness felt brighter than consciousness. The song was inspired lyrically by John Keat's sonnet 'To Sleep' and John William Waterhouse's painting 'Sleep and his Half-Brother Death.'

lyrics

How do you feel? How do you feel tonight?
How do you breathe with all of the lights out?
Sleep, my brother, won’t you heal me,
close my eyes and whisper softly.
oh/ I’m already dead (existence)

Under the sky, under a sky turned black,
everything dies, everything’s breaking.
Down below is waiting for me,
I can see my body falling,
oh/ I’m already dead (existence)

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from to be alive under the sky., released October 14, 2021

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motum. Santiago, Chile

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Nocturne [I]

Feb 2023
Visions

Aug 2022
to be alive under the sky.

Oct 2021
Duvet

Jun 2017
motum

Sep 2016
Synthgrooves

Dec 2014

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