(Just Heard) Oneohtrix Point Never's Torch Song to Nowhere

The song opens with a tender piano. We are standing on a short bridge over a small creek. Everything seems coated with Vaseline. At first you think, "Oh, foggy romance, slick production" but soon you see that everything is not what it seems. The bridge is made of wood, or is it made of rebar? It switches back and forth, quickly, so maybe you don't notice. The piano line continues, but now we are joined by another distant theme, about 40 seconds in. This theme is conducting itself s...

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