It's like sketching a circle in the dirt with a pointed stick
Knowing the wind'll kill it some day, still it calls my burning wits for now

from Aesop Rock – Battery Lyrics on Rap Genius

He is speaking to the impermanence of everything from a person’s actions, to their name as well as every day and minute. He knows his actions/life will fade away, yet it is still worth it because it holds meaning for him in the moment.

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