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merseybeat, psychedelic, hammond organ, sitar, beat, drumline, batucada, gamelan, drumset, talking drum, congas, bongos, djembe, tabla, tambourine, maracas, claves, drums, afrobeats, jungle, trap
Lyrics
LIFE IS RHYTHM (For Jon Batiste)
(Written by Johannes Schneeberg)
Spoken Intro
Some say life is chaos.
Some say life is pain.
But he—
He said:
Life is rhythm.
He moves like a dance you’ve never learned
A melody you feel, not earn
He laughs in chords, he cries in keys
Turns every no into a maybe
Life is rhythm – can you hear the beat?
In every heartbreak, every street
You don’t need a map, you don’t need a plan
You just need soul—like Jon can
Oh Jon, oh Jon
You play like dawn
Breaking through a storm
And then it’s gone…
He plays like the world’s first breath
Like joy that’s come back from the dead
No click-track, no machine
Just something higher, something seen
Spoken
He doesn’t follow the tempo—
he becomes it.
He doesn’t count the beats—
he listens for what’s missing…
and fills it with love.
Gospel build-up
Life is rhythm – and rhythm is real
Like the love that you give, not what you steal
Every heartbeat says: we still believe
And when Jon plays—
we breathe, we breathe
Fade out with choir and piano riff
(Oh Jon… Jon…)
Life is rhythm
Life is rhythm
Life is rhythm
And rhythm is love…
🩸 © 2025 Johannes Schneeberg