You Are Defined By The People Around You
20You are defined by the people around you
It’s not hard to find borders and schisms
Corners, gaps, the membranes impenetrable
The house brick by brick, I can never go back
The cellular automata that break all the rules
The quantum mechanics that dictate
The limbs you go out on to get a response
[verse]
You are defined by the people around you
It’s not hard to find the waves and the patterns
The thoughts, the feelings, the memories inexorable
The minds so complete, they never find each other
The bees that are dancing, and the ants that leave pheromones
The dairy cow that cries and the duck with the fallopian tubes
That twist and contract to keep out a rapist
[verse]
You are defined by the people around you
It’s not hard to find the change and the crazy
The pendulum cut from one piece of matter and the
Chaos and order machines and the living
The flesh on the bone and the sounds of the summer
The grass never growing, the desert succumbing
The breast of the woman that heaves like a soldier
[chorus:same chord progression as verse]
You are defined by the people around you
You are defined by the people around you
You are defined by the people around you
You are defined by the people around you
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Hi there! If you're new around these parts, welcome. I'm Jonathan Mann. I write a song every single day, and I've been doing that for the last 10+ years.
Through sick days, tired days, days with no inspiration, the death of my grandma, the breakup of a 5 year long relationship, the marriage to my wife and the birth of our son - I've never missed a day. This is my life's work.