Story Behind The Song
In the last year we noticed that there seemed to be an underlying message emerging from our new music, a message carrying a call to action for needed change in the world. The new work was filled with images of light and life, apocalypse, and the human condition. And as we started realizing this, we began to craft more of the lyrics and melodic themes to fit an overarching story line, a story involving a protagonist dealing with this call to action. So we arranged the ten songs that best told this story and went into the studio to record "Memoirs". Motion is the first song on the CD and sets the stage for the overarching story line.
Song Description
It deals with a protagonist's first inklings that something is not right. It sets the stage for a journey of self-discovery and a need to make a difference in the world despite an inner turmoil. "Where is the humanity in the streets?" the protagonist asks himself. "Brothers just don't love their brothers no more". In the chorus he says, "I'm talking about LOVE". These seemingly contrasting ideas are at the core of that inner turmoil. In the end the protagonist begins to summon the courage to begin a transformation when he says "Immerse yourself in higher light" and "All you are is LOVE".
Song Length |
4:08 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative, Rock - Modern |
Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Troubled, Restless |
Subject |
Existence, Spirituality |
Similar Artists |
Coldplay, Radiohead |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
City streets like a motion picture
Handed down from a holy scripture
There's something about you 'gonna believe in all the words I say.
You're 'gonna believe this now forevermore
Does your mind line up with what you've found
Compared to all these words you've written down
Do you still believe in all the thoughts of your so called truth
and now I say
Where is the humanity in the streets?
You know that I just don't see it anymore, don't see it anymore
Brothers just don't love their brothers no more.
I am talking about
Love
Love
Love
Love
Times got this hold on me
you know it seems to be a place of great uncertainty
I've hidden it away in the center of my circle
endlessly
If you wait for the moment when
everything is perfect then you may never begin
Down to the wire we go again
We go again
Where is the humanity in the streets?
You know that I just don't feel it anymore, don't feel it anymore
Brothers just don't love their brothers no more.
I am talking about
Love
You can feel it on the inside
Love
Within you find the brightest light
Love
Everything you know
You dont' know
What you know....
Nothing was ever in your hands
Nothing was ever in mine
Only love remains when the illusion falls away
Let your mind gently hover over the details of your life
Let your life arise by letting be what is
I am talking about
Love
You can see it on the inside
Love
Immerse yourself in higher light
Love
Everything you know
What you know
You dont' know
You can show
All you are is
Love
Love
Love