[Instrumental Intro]
[Deep Bass Pulse, Electric Guitar Harmonics, Piano, Hammond Organ and Slow-Building Drums]
[Verse 1]
Where does it go
When the fire dies?
Can you follow the flow
To where the energy rides?
[Pre-Chorus]
Heat in the pavement
Wind in the trees
Water keeps moving
Across the seas
The world keeps turning
Round and around
Energy shifting
As thoughts keep drifting
[Refrain]
Oh can’t you see…
(The energy)
Can’t be created
(Or destroyed)
Exasperated
Annoyed
(… or…)
Revitalization
Deployed
[Verse 2]
A mountain holds it
High in the air
Gravity’s waiting
Potential there
Then comes the falling
Down comes the stone
Potential transforms
Into motion alone
Heat from the friction
Sound from the crash
Light from the lightning
Energy in a flash
[Pre-Chorus]
Exasperation
Can turn into drive
Annoyance can signal
That something’s alive
A setback can become
A reason to try
A spark can become
A fire in the sky
[Refrain]
Oh can’t you see…
(The energy)
Can’t be created
(Or destroyed)
Exasperated
Annoyed
(… or…)
Revitalization
Deployed
[Instrumental Break]
[Electric Guitar Riff, Hammond Organ and Driving Bass; Drums Build Into a Heavy Rhythmic Groove]
[Bridge]
You can’t make it
Out of nothing
You can’t make it
Disappear
Can you redirect it
Transform it a bit
Just to be clear…
Can you make it useful here?
[Spoken]
Anger…
Into action.
Frustration…
Let it become invention.
Exhaustion…
A beacon… a signal
that something needs to change.
(Rearrange)
[Rap Vocal Break]
Energy!
(Transforming me!)
Moving through the system!
(Yes, “I am”)
Heat!
(To the beat!)
Motion!
(Notion!)
Potential waiting
For promotion!
Stored!
(Roared!)
Released!
Changed!
(Rearranged!)
Reconfigured!
(Go figure)
Nothing lost!
(Nothing gained!)
Just not… quite the same!
… keeps
Moving on!
(And on and on and on)
Exasperated!
(Annoyed!)
Turn it into motion!
Revitalization!
(Deployed!)
Set the energy
In a new direction!
[Build]
[Drums Enter Gradually; Guitar and Hammond Rise]
Change the form!
(Change the norm!)
Change the direction!
(Change the introspection!)
Take the frustration…
And make it…
REVITALIZATION!
[Final Refrain]
Oh can’t you see…
(The energy)
Can’t be created
(Or destroyed)
Exasperated
Annoyed
(… or…)
Revitalization
Deployed
[Climactic Instrumental]
[Full Band: Massive Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Hammond Organ, Piano and Synth; Rising Progressive-Rock Finale]
[Spoken Over Instrumental]
The question isn’t…
Where did the energy go?
The question is…
What form did it take?
(What impression did it make)
And what will we do…
(I’m asking you)
[Final Hit]
THE ENERGY!
(Certainty)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Fade: Bass Pulse, Sustained Guitar Chord and Hammond Organ]
Can’t be created…
Can’t be destroyed…
Only transformed…
Redirected…
And…
Deployed.
From the album “Fluidization“