Matter Over Mind laments society’s obsession with style over substance, and the gradual technology-led breakdown of real, meaningful communication and connection as we withdraw further and further into the digital domain of our addictive devices. A subject depressingly ‘dear’ to my own heart, I first heard this song the day after laughing at an all-too-true take on Rudolf F. Zallinger’s classic March of Progress evolution illustration, only this time the 21st century Homo Sapiens was tumbling over a cliff as he gawped moronically at his smartphone screen.
lyrics
There once was a time when the printed word was prime,
Then we watched TV. Matter over mind.
Images everywhere, on our phone, the walls, in the air,
And they're watching me. Matter over mind.
Hey there Big Brother
I'm feeling smothered
I need another kind...
We all want to be in touch with reality,
Then we interface. Matter over mind.
We used to talk two-way, but now we're just texting all day,
At an instant pace. Matter over mind.
I think it's trending
The hits ascending
The never-ending kind...
Spans of attention are shorter anyhow.
Media is the message now.
Mind over matter is too much grist to grind.
They feed us matter over mind.
Oh I wish I knew what mattered,
Oh I wish I knew my mind,
So I could find the answer,
Questioning what is left behind.
The future looks so bright that we wear our shades at night,
But they're Live On-Line. Matter over mind.
Virtual Life is here, we just need the upgraded gear,
And our precious time. Matter over mind.
Is is connection?
Or real rejection?
The misdirection kind.
Spans of attention are shorter anyhow.
Media is the message now.
Mind over matter is too much grist to grind.
They feed us matter over mind.
credits
from Fire On The Horizon,
released February 5, 2016
Dave Kilbank: Music and Lyrics
Lead vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar, synth and percussion tracks, Recording, Mixing and Mastering
Paul Bezooyen:
Harmony vocals, 6 string acoustic guitars - Rhythm and Lead, Bass Guitar
Dave Kilbank and Paul BezooyenNanaimo, British Columbia
Kilbank, former host of CHLY 101.7 FM’s Songwriters Circle radio show, met Bezooyen in 2007 and this productive songwriting
team was born. Kilbank and Bezooyen continue to develop The Hermit’s Music as a label, music publishers, and community of like-minded musicians.
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