(Image: public domain)
"...we're acting out our anger
every time we embrace..."
stream a pre-release version on SoundCloud:
Lyrics:
It's a predatory world we live in
Dog eat dog - and none forgiven
Fighting for resources - natural law
Nature red in tooth and claw
Now reduced to base desires
Questioning to what Man aspires
Competition in every transaction
Winner takes all - no satisfaction
Don't fight - gimme what I want
I pray for you
Won't fight - I'll give you what you want
I'm prey for you
Be the Hunter or be the Hunted
One will gain while the other's affronted
Domination and submission
Claim the prize or assume the position
Claws are scratching, teeth are sinking
Letting the Lizard do all the thinking
Blind aggression - forced defense
Only gain at other's expense
Now the relationship's getting possessive
I need you real, but you're all passive-aggressive
You think to dominate is part of your role
I wanna trust, but you just wanna control
Words are hurting, seeking, failing
Emotions blocking - tensions trailing
The competition keeps on escalating
It shouldn't be like this - it's just degrading
Is it any wonder that with what's going on
We bring a little bit of it into the salon?
Impossible to cope with all the pressure we face
We're acting out our anger every time we embrace
This is the church and this is the steeple
Open the doors and prey on the people
Pervasive violence - it's all so intense
The world's in chaos - it just doesn't make sense
About the song:
This one came from the collaboration project "epiphany algorithm", which was me and a composer / musician in Florida, named Scott Kauffman. We collaborated on several tracks via the internet, and released a CD album in 2016 called "The Big Idea". The original version of this track was from that album, and was based on a musical riff that Scott had put together and sent to me for development. That version grew into this version, with more bombast appropriate to the world's current political envrionment. Why can't people just be nice to one another?...