The lyrics for this song were rewritten 3 or 4 times until this final version was chosen. There is a certain pattern in the lyrics of the first movement of the piece. Can you find it? Human condition: Anxiety.
lyrics
Always bearing custody,
designated effigy.
Hurled into jail, key-less lock,
mmmm no peculiar shock.
Time unforgiving,
victim's woe,
X's, Y's = zero.
Once I too had fears of these three things,
so for peace: five fingers and six strings.
step by step I walk this earth
taking in a moment's worth
side to side I glance around
I'm overcome by sight and sound
hotter, hotter grows the air
under all these masks i still feel bare
all eyes are judgements, scanning me
i'm boiling in humanity
choking, choking, losing air
body trembles, I am scared
this old friend who visits me
I call him Anxiety.
Cermony's Ross John Farrar experiments with synths, bass, & percussion to make music similar to that from the '80s homemade tape scene. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2023