This song is dedicated to the moments of growth and transition in our lives and our reaction to these moments. I have grown a lot since I last released music. Hell I've grown a lot since last Thursday. Anyway, sometimes we accept and embrace transition, sometimes we resist it.

Don't Resist. Accept.


Lyrics: 

Verse 1:
Seems like I been here before
Said it, regret it, life’s a bit hectic
It goes ‘round circles, can I take any more?

This pain is prophetic/  and what we left with/
The strength to endure / so you take the manure
And hoping that from it / something will grow
and just so you know

:40sec
I’m not alway like this/
it’s just that the fight is
is buried a bit deeper / under the righteous

and jumps out the core
With passions inflicted
The moments’ uplifted / A chorus of gifted

we go with the flow/
All the lost souls / in us we trust,
made from star dust / we rebuild anew /
To find a way out / You find a way through
What was only in me is now within you
We make light from the dark/
Don’t ask us how it’s just what we do

Just like an Alchemist all that we prove
To find a way out / you find a way through
What was only in me is now within you
We make light from the dark/
Don’t ask us how it’s just what we do


Pre Chorus
I could smile but what the fuck for?
I could laugh but what the fuck for?
I could live this life but do I want more?
I want out (to be free) / but can I open that door?
Repeat 2x

1:32
Chorus
The moment is here But not now, under construction
I’ll figure this all out But not yet, under construction
Dreams and goals!? I suppose they’re still under construction
Focused on now But not here, still under construction
Repeat 2x

Verse 2:
My dream is to have but a dream
Something to live for/
To scream// at the top of my lungs
I’ve found me a purpose
Can’t take that away
The Yin met her Yang
They started astray
Grew closer each day
The system will tell you to work
But in it find play
As that balance grows stronger
They’ll ask what gives you the right
You say I was born this way

The sanctum is cold
freezing like 20 below
but not like before
the progress is slow / reminds me of snow
falling I doubted my calling / that glitter is not gold 
I could be wrapped up in glory / that story gets old
Can’t be what the reaping's suppose to be
All this time you’re telling I hold the key/

For success and for failure/
You find out who are the healers
And who was meant to be healed

Can you mend what I feel
Would it be a sin to reveal
If choose to unveil
The truth that I am a fucking GOD
It’s wisdom that tells me that
The same wisdom that tells me not to holdback

Now brace for impact
from our leaders with a barrage of facts /
but they don’t know jack
see the change is not physical
it’s something that lacks time and place/
our views of history a montage of acts /
and this is the last one
it’s more something that’s spiritual
so keep your eyes closed
relax
I breath in the hope and breath out the past

Pre Chorus
I could smile but what the fuck for?
I could laugh but what the fuck for?
I could live this life but do I want more?
I want out (to be free) / but can I open that door?
Repeat 2x

Chorus
The moment is here But not now, under construction
I’ll figure this all out But not yet, under construction
Dreams and goals!? I suppose they’re still under construction
Focused on now But not here, still under construction
Repeat 2x

Bridge: 
Martin Luther King Speech something where an uplifting orator is really going off

Pre Chorus
I could smile but what the fuck for?
I could laugh but what the fuck for?
I could live this life but do I want more?
I want out (to be free) / but can I open that door?
Repeat 2x

Chorus
The moment is here But not now, under construction
I’ll figure this all out But not yet, under construction
Dreams and goals!? I suppose they’re still under construction
Focused on now But not here, still under construction


Under Construction

“Grind Beneath the Grind” refers to two grinds. The first is an inner struggle: It is my evolving personal relationship with music: from denying it as my destiny to actively choosing to pursue it as a career. 

The second is an outer struggle with literally surviving on this planet. While I may want to work on music all day to make this world a better place, that doesn’t mean the world is ready to let me. I have bills and expenses to pay, jobs to work, and a life to continue living, while continuing to pursue by dreams.

“Grind Beneath The Grind” is the struggle of ‘you vs. yourself’ or ‘you vs the world’ to fulfill a destiny. This “hanging” between – the life you want to live – and life you’re “supposed” to live, attracted me to the “The Hanged Man” archetype. 

The Hanged Man is the 12th card in the tarot. The depiction of him hanging upside down symbolizes his suspension of judgment, worldly desires, and the constant wants of the ego. Though his suspension is rooted in spirituality, he is still a product of this world and has to maintain a balance, "dangling", with wholeness while living in a world of manufactured individual-s/ism. When you are hanging upside down you have an inverted view of what's around you. This different perspective assists you in maneuvering through the many Grinds life to offer. 

Johnny Hobbes

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