I hear my entire world
I hear people, I hear feelings
(I hear my world)
In this world
my world is
a composition
And every part is right
And every part belongs
And the composition is more than the sum of its parts
Change the balance and change the chemistry
With one missing part, beauty is lost
Balance, composition, vision,
composition, balance
Every note
Intended and loved
There's a reason
There's a meaning
Every part was put there for a reason
Every part is true
But what of the demon?
Through the eyes we take in
shade and color
Try to recognize the forms
Look for patterns
Symbols and faces
Seeing wants to find meaning
Through our ears,
vibrations of the world
speak directly to our hearts
Sounds we know and sounds we don't
Can move us equally
Hearing goes straight to feeling
I was led to understand
my story was written on the printed page
But now I'm hearing my entire world in a song
A message from the heart
Connection to a world
Where we are all loved
and we belong
We dance with creation itself
Connected by sound
From the inside
We can choose to divide
We can fight for control
But now I hear the composition
Parts arranged with such precision
Take away one part and lose the whole
But that means the demon
must also belong
Destructive and dissonant
but still part of the song
Desol is the evil
Created to fight the good
We both were intended
We both do what we should
Maybe what the Writer needs to learn from me
Is that the composition has no part that shouldn't be
The resolution of a dissonant sound
Gives meaning to the tension and a beauty that's profound
When there is fear
reach out, try to hear
The song you have to sing
Is your demon, your soul, and your everything
Embrace your dissonance
Strength and weakness, courage and doubt
Let me show you resolution
The world within can heal the world without
Tim Arnold's latest album of lushly detailed art-pop explores the insidious ways tech surveillance has become a part of our lives. Bandcamp New & Notable May 9, 2023