"It's about time we learn from each other / Time to not make another / turn around the cycle of pain and sorrow" - a song about asking the questions that lead to discarding mindlessly hurtful habits - personal and cultural.
songwriter singer funny l
Story behind the song
This was another step forward in my development as a songwriter. This came from taking a good hard look at the 'script' we as humans follow for our behavior, and how we lack the creativity to come up with new responses to situations, unless we train that part of ourselves.
It was also born out of my new process of turning the radio off when I drive and listening to my ideas instead.
Lyrics
We've been in combat too many years
On auto-pilot with rage and fear
We go in circles, with half our minds
Flying these patterns, we're flying blind
It's like we're reading from a screenplay written down at birth
One page to repeat for all our days on earth
Always one answer for every problem, thoughtlessly arranged
How bad do you want it all to change?
It's about time we learn from each other
Time to not make another
Turn around the cycle of pain and sorrow
It's about time; forget retribution
Time to find resolution
What we say today will echo back tomorrow
I like to test you; you hold it in
I push you 'til you jump out of your skin
We're a broken record – in a digital age
What will it take 'til we turn the page?
It's like I'm reading from a screenplay written down at birth
I tear that page and crumple it – that's what it's worth
I don't feel vindicated; I'm only feeling strange
I'm terrified of how I might change
It's about time we learn from each other
Time to not make another
Turn around the cycle of pain and sorrow
It's about time; forget retribution
Time to find resolution
What we learn today turns the page tomorrow
It's time to really read the screenplay we've carried 'round since birth
And cross out those old, useless lines – that do nothing but hurt
It's time to ask hard questions – why we act the way we do
And where are we really going to?