States Of Friction - ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)

At the start

We had a lot of heart

In the beginning

Before the thing was spinning

We had a dream

Didn’t know what it would mean

But we felt that if we held it it would grow

In our minds

We came up with lots of reasons

Cause it felt like it’d be treason to let go

To let go of a thing when you’ve made an agreement in your heart

If you leave then the whole thing starts to fall apart

If you stay then you just end up in a constant state of friction

In the middle

Someone hit the pedal

Accelerated

Thought we finally made it

But when we arrived

We hardly recognized it

Hypnotized and tired from walking on the stones

In our minds

We came up with lots of reasons

Cause it felt like it’d be treason to let go

To let go of a thing when you’ve made an agreement in your heart

If you leave then the whole thing starts to fall apart

If you stay then you just end up in a constant state of friction

Weightless in the atmosphere

Does all the tension disappear?

Digging deep to find the strength

To move from love and not from fear

Cut the cord, floating up

Looking back and letting go

In the end

We either break or bend

Or we learn to live inside the tension

In our minds

We come up with lots of reasons

When it feels like there’s no reason to let go

Constant state of friction