Name: Faithless
Duration: P00H05M49S
Description: This song started with the marimba melody and just rolled out from there. The vocals were kinda tough to record because of the amount of words and the tempo of the song.

Faithless

from Below the Surface by Jim Loughlin

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This song started with the marimba melody and just rolled out from there. The vocals were kinda tough to record because of the amount of words and the tempo of the song.

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The pressure keeps on building
Escalation is the theme for now
A broken cup that’s slowly spilling
A barren field unfit to plow
Reaction is the only action
Words come out without a thought
Division quickly gaining traction
Ties that bind to be unwrought

Logic cast into the gutter
Occam’s razor going blunt
Reason shamed when it’s uttered
Passions pushing to the front
The search is on for separation
Lines are drawn into the sand
Focus on the destination
Ignore the fire being fanned

Is the way to become
Better than what we once were
Everything coming undone
We are our own saboteurs
Stepping away from ourselves
No telling who we are now
The stories left on the shelves
Decisions we must not allow.

What was private now is public
Living life caught in the web
Population Atelophobic
Reality begins to ebb
Opinions gracing every headline
Biased is as biased does
Misinformation taken mainline
Signing on to catch a buzz

Distraction is the main attraction
Focusing on what comes next
Never gaining satisfaction
Life of Riley growing vexed
Machinations causing motion
Sifting out authentic thought
Faithless, speaking of devotion
Reveling in what’s been wrought.

Is the way to become
Better than what we once were
Everything coming undone
We are our own saboteurs
Stepping away from ourselves
No telling who we are now
The stories left on the shelves
Decisions we must not allow.

Is there a way to become
Better than what we once were
Accepting that what’s done is done
Focused on what will occur
Working on knowing ourselves
So we can understand how
The stories left on the shelves
Determine the ones we tell now.

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from Below the Surface, track released January 23, 2022
Written and recorded by Jim Loughlin. All instruments and programming by Jim Loughlin.

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