[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Dreamy Electric Guitar, Warm Bass, Soft Drums, Hammond Organ and Shimmering Analog Synth]
[Spoken Vocal]
What’s gotten into me?
Could it be…
Reality?
Maybe I’ve finally
(foregone destiny)
[Verse 1]
I used to chase the answer
Like it owed me something back
Looking down the road ahead
While standing on the track
I wanted certainty
I wanted something sure
But life kept moving underneath me
And the future wasn’t pure
Then somewhere in the silence
I began to understand
The things I thought were permanent
Were slipping through my hands
[Pre-Chorus]
Wake up!
(Wake up!)
Look around!
(Look around!)
Hear the world
(Hear the sound)
[Refrain]
What’s gotten into me
(Could it be…)
Reality…
(I’ve come to see?)
The inevitability:
(Put love above)
To survive…
(To be alive)
Put love above
(Love, love, love)
The love of…
(Love, love, love)
[Chorus]
Put love above
Put love above
Not fear
Not greed
Not what we think we need
Put love above
Put love above
The life we share
The air we breathe
The future’s waiting there
Love of life
(Love of life)
Love of Earth
(Love of Earth)
Love of those
Who haven’t even
Had their birth
[Verse 2]
Reality can hurt you
When you finally look it in the eye
But hiding from the truth
Won’t make the truth comply
The mountains aren’t forever
The rivers aren’t immune
The forests have their limits
In the atmosphere of doom
Room for change
(Room for change)
Room for hope
(Room for hope)
… hope without action
(No solution)
… it’s the end of the rope
[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Emotional Blues-Rock Lead With Sustained Notes, Hammond Organ Swells, Warm Bass and Slow-Building Drums]
[Bridge]
What’s gotten into me?
Love?
(Of love)
In and about…
(Shout!)
Love, love, love
[Music builds]
When survival
Is the question
Love becomes
The direction
Not just love
For me
But love
For we
[Rap Vocal Break]
Love the soil
(Love the rain)
Love the river
(Love the plain)
Love the forest
(Love the sea)
Love the life
That isn’t me
Love the child
We haven’t met
Love the future
Not here yet
Put love above
The appetite
Put love above
The endless fight
Put love above
The need to win
Maybe that’s
Where we begin
(To start a heart)
[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Piano, Acoustic Guitar and Soft Vocal]
The inevitability…
[Whispered]
Put love above…
To survive…
To be alive.
(To thrive!)
[Soft Response]
Love…
Love…
Love…
[Final Refrain]
What’s gotten into me
(Could it be…)
Reality…
(I’ve come to see?)
The inevitability:
(Put love above)
To survive…
(To be alive)
Put love above
(Love, love, love)
The love of…
(Love, love, love)
[Final Chorus]
Put love above!
(Love above!)
The fear and the greed
Put love above!
(Love above!)
The things we don’t need
Love of life!
(Love of life!)
Love of Earth!
(Love of Earth!)
Love the future
Before its birth
Put love above!
(Put love above!)
To survive…
To be alive.
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Full Band Gradually Reduces to Acoustic Guitar and Hammond Organ; Shimmering Synth Holds the Final Chord]
What’s gotten into me?
Reality…
I’ve come to see.
[Spoken, fading]
Maybe that’s all it takes…
To put love above.
(Love, love, love)
… love.
From the album “Robust“