This album has a lot of ties to Buddhism, so why wouldn't they start the album with a song about one of the three concepts of Buddhism? Duhkha or suffering.
"Open your mouth wide a universal sigh" disappointment counts as suffering in Buddhism
"It's what keeps me alive." Bloom as a title suggests this is the beginning of someone's spiritual journey, and at the beginning, one is bound by a wanting for more, it's what motivates them to move. This will be contrasted by Separator, the final track, where the speaker only asks to be stirred awake; a Taoist inaction; something only done by a mix of nature and fate.
This album has a lot of ties to Buddhism, so why wouldn't they start the album with a song about one of the three concepts of Buddhism? Duhkha or suffering.
"Open your mouth wide a universal sigh" disappointment counts as suffering in Buddhism "It's what keeps me alive." Bloom as a title suggests this is the beginning of someone's spiritual journey, and at the beginning, one is bound by a wanting for more, it's what motivates them to move. This will be contrasted by Separator, the final track, where the speaker only asks to be stirred awake; a Taoist inaction; something only done by a mix of nature and fate.