All This Social Pressure
minimal chamber jazz, spoken intro, breathy solo vocal, close-mic whisper, brushed snare, felt piano motifs, guzheng harmonics, bowed cello drone, hand percussion, room-tone ambience, tape saturation, dry mix, sparse breakdown, gradual lift, contemplative, 142 BPM, free-time rubato
All This Social Pressure
minimal chamber jazz, spoken intro, breathy solo vocal, close-mic whisper, brushed snare, felt piano motifs, guzheng harmonics, bowed cello drone, hand percussion, room-tone ambience, tape saturation, dry mix, sparse breakdown, gradual lift, contemplative, 142 BPM, free-time rubato
Lyrics
Verse
Underneath the pressures of society
There is the freedom of the soul
In the liberation of the soul
There is the wonder of God
In the wonder of God
There is the miracle of the human body
In the miracle of the human body
There is the hope of a new creation
Chorus
In the hope of a new creation
There is the potential of all things
In the potential of all things
There is the beginning of the journey
The beginning of the journey
Is the end of a lifetime
Verse
I wanted to feel love
I wanted to feel the cold and rain
The rhythm of my soul
Was keeping time with my feet
And I found myself
Wandering through my body
In the secret gardens of my mind
I was dancing with God
Chorus
I wanted to dance
And I wanted to feel all of life
And all this social pressure
To do anything less than everything
Was just an obstacle in the way
It was just an obstacle in the way
Of me living my life
Of me living my life
Living my life
Verse
The drumbeat of the modern world
Was becoming louder
The trees of the sacred groves
Were chopped down
The life-giving rivers were diverted
And I was under so much pressure
So much pressure to change
I was under so much pressure
So much pressure to change
Chorus
And all this social pressure
To do anything less than everything
Was just an obstacle in the way
It was just an obstacle in the way
Of me living my life
Of me living my life
Living my life
And all this social pressure
To do anything less than everything
Was just an obstacle in the way
It was just an obstacle in the way
Of me living my life
Of me living my life
Living my life