The Body
Unveiling Silent Emotions: The Body's Poetic Tale
Lyrics
It's ancient Art
Expressing the enduring nature of artistic expression.
between mind and heart
Highlighting the connection between intellect and emotion.
learned like the beasts
Referring to the instinctual, primal learning shared with animals.
fight, flight, and freeze.
Describing basic survival responses: fight, flight, and freeze.
The body keeps
Emphasizing the role of the body in retaining memories.
chemical memories
Highlighting the storage of emotional experiences in the body.
The body keeps
Reiterating the body's capacity to retain unexpressed emotions.
what you won't release.
Suggesting that the body keeps what the mind refuses to let go.
It's ancient Art
Stating that understanding the ancient art is knowing where to begin.
to know where to start.
Implying the challenge of starting the process of emotional exploration.
Pushed down to hide
Referring to suppressing emotions by pushing them down.
all those tears inside.
Indicating hidden sorrow represented by concealed tears.
The body speaks
Suggesting that the body communicates during moments of vulnerability.
when you get weak
Implying that the body responds when emotional strength diminishes.
It will lay you down
Describing the body's power to incapacitate and disorient.
and turn you all around.
Emphasizing the transformative impact of the body's influence.
You can't hold it back forever
Stating that emotions cannot be suppressed indefinitely.
It will show itself somehow, some way.
Asserting that emotions will manifest despite attempts to conceal them.
It's modern Art
Referring to the contemporary aspect of emotional disintegration.
to fall apart
Expressing the notion of falling apart as a modern form of art.
to trash the place
Suggesting a destructive response and blaming philosophical ideas.
and blame Descartes.
Linking the body's reactions to the influence of Descartes' ideas.
The body knows what lies below
Indicating the body's awareness of concealed truths.
you try, you try, but you can't deny.
Conveying the difficulty in denying the hidden realities.
You can't hold it back forever,
Reiterating the inevitability of emotions surfacing over time.
it will show itself, somehow, some way.
Affirming that emotions will reveal themselves despite efforts to hide them.
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