Fight or Flight

from A Temporary Soothing by Siv Jakobsen

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«For Fight or Flight I had this image of a very old couple lying in bed together - still and stuck to the bed-frame, at
the end of their life, taking their final breaths together. The song developed into a broader look upon what it is to stay with someone forever, to make that decision and be certain about it. To love someone and to receive love isn’t always easy, and giving yourself to someone so completely can be frightening and all consuming.»

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I’ve got visions of us
Growing old, growing stuck
To the frame of the bed where we have laid to rest

We’ll grow hollow in that room
As our bodies stay, our minds are drifting fumes
They float from our bodies, from our bed, from our brains, to their grave

I see you clear in flight
You are an all consuming light
I feel it all with fright
It is a never ending fight or flight
To lose, to love, to leave, to stay

It is us until the end
I am certain, it is plain
But I am a poet, I breathe for the tension, the release

And it’ll push us to the edge
Make us fear imbalance on the ledge
‘Cause we are manipulators and gifted providers of guilt

I see you clear in flight
You are an all consuming light
I feel it all with fright
It is a never ending fight or flight
To lose, to love, to leave, to stay

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from A Temporary Soothing, track released March 25, 2020

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