The eighth song on the album continues Phils' devastating introspection regarding losing his wife to cancer. The song is a sequel to the song “Emptiness” on his 2015 album “Sauna”, in which he fathoms the emptiness of the world through natural imagery and metaphors. In Pt. 2, he now revisits this c...
The feeling of being in the mountains is a dream of self-negation
To see the world without us, how it churns and blossoms without anyone looking on
It's why I've gone on and on, and why I've climbed up alone
But actual negation, when your person is gone
And the bedroom door yawns, there is nothing to learn
Her absence is a scream saying nothing
Conceptual emptiness was cool to talk about, back before I knew my way around these hospitals
I would like to forget and go back into imagining that snow shining permanently alone could say something to me true and comforting
Emptiness pt. 2 was written by Phil Elverum.
Emptiness pt. 2 was produced by Phil Elverum.
Mount Eerie released Emptiness pt. 2 on Fri Mar 24 2017.
Yes, it is the fourth song on Sauna, released in 2015: Emptiness.