Plains of Existence was originally written for a contest and later arranged to be on the full-length Miseriae Mundi.
This early work of De Chirico shows a creature, half human half lay figure, in an empty landscape with a colossal building. De Chirico wished to depict a mysterious meaning behind objects. His disturbing paintings are full of menace and alienation. - Quote from Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
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You live your life but what's the point if all mankind must die.
Your life is but a fleeting speck of dust in the greater whole.
Reality is an illusion, illusion is reality.
Our lives are but a story that we do not compose.
You live, you die, you're left to rot while all your achievements turn to rust.
Until all that is left of you is a name engraved in stone.
Anonymous we float through history.
We live, we laugh to no avail.
We will be forgotten in the end as dust flies in the wind.
You live, you die, you're left to rot while all your achievements turn to rust.
Until all that is left of you is a name engraved in stone.
Eternity and emptiness is where it all will end.
Your story is already forgotten as your life draws to an end.
Our histories will settle on the empty plains.
Eternity and emptiness is where it all will end.
For history is merciless and each must pay his due