Laurie Anderson - Phosphenes lyrics
[Laurie Anderson - Phosphenes lyrics]
What is the name of those things you see
When you close your eyes?
I think it's phosphenes
The reddish patterns the little strikes and
Dots and blurry little lines you see floating
Around when you close your eyes
And no-one really knows what they are
Or what they're for sometimes they seem
To be brought on by sound
Or random electrical or magnetic firing
Sometimes phosphenes are called
'prisoner's cinema' some kind of
Eternal, plotless, avant-garde
Animated movie or maybe they're just
Screensavers holding patterns that
Just sit there so your
Brain won't fall asleep
When you close your eyes?
I think it's phosphenes
The reddish patterns the little strikes and
Dots and blurry little lines you see floating
Around when you close your eyes
And no-one really knows what they are
Or what they're for sometimes they seem
To be brought on by sound
Or random electrical or magnetic firing
Sometimes phosphenes are called
'prisoner's cinema' some kind of
Eternal, plotless, avant-garde
Animated movie or maybe they're just
Screensavers holding patterns that
Just sit there so your
Brain won't fall asleep