Better Than the Eye

 

A lyric based on Dynaxiom 0034. The camera lies, or the camera finds the truth behind the lies. Sometimes the camera sees better than the eye because it slows it down, so you can analyze. 

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A confection for memory  
Candy for the eye  
Flare of the lens hanging in the sky  
You circled the globe to search for your soul  
And out of the void comes a Polaroid  
  
Machine in your pocket--room for a zoom  
We always knew the camera was a room 
Seeing clearly means you have to look  
What I said in 392
    
The camera lies--or the camera finds the truth behind the lies  
The camera sees better than the eye  
It slows it down so you can analyze  
One eye  
Two eyes  
What's the third eye?
Four
The camera lies--or the camera finds the truth behind the lies  
  
Contextual loss, distortion with a lens  
A memory warps, reality bends  
A bouncer of light, a spender of time  
A sin of omission, but a finder of crime  

(Chorus)

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