Story Behind The Song
“Balance is as balance does” was the mantra that first came through and inspired me to write this song back in the spring of 1996. Gentle Thunder and I thought this song held a very fitting and timely place on this album. It is my deepest prayer that we humans find this balance.
Song Description
Mid-tempo political/social inspirational and awakening rock song
| Song Length |
6:18 |
Genre |
Rock - Easy Listening, Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Subject |
General, Evolution |
Similar Artists |
Melissa Etheridge |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
You know we’ve really gone too far
When guns are cheaper therapy
We fill our mother’s breasts with silicone
And we’re starving and we wonder
Well we’ve gotten what we wanted
And it isn’t heaven here
We’ve trampled flowers and babies
and moments
And now I think it’s pretty clear
That we’re
Much farther from the middle
than we really ought to be
So much farther from the middle
That it’s necessary ay oh oh oh oh oh
You know we’ve really gone too cold
When kindness is a felony
We fill a child’s mind with hatred
And they’re killing and we wonder
Well we’ve gotten what we wanted
And it isn’t heaven here
We’ve trampled families and races
and countries
And now I think it’s pretty clear
That we’re
Much farther from the middle
Than we really ought to be
So much farther from the middle
That it’s necessary to love and oh it’s
So necessary to feel it now and it’s
Necessary, no delay
Cuz if we wait, we’re gonna fade away
yeah Ohhhh
You know we really push too hard
And we really move much too fast
Always running to the future
Never dealing with the past no oh
Cuz we’ve been livin’ the lie
That our fathers dictated
And we’ve been livin’ their lie
And now it’s weighing complicated
Balance is, as balance does
Balance is, as balance does oh oh yeah
Oh it’s so necessary, oh it’s so necessary
Oh it’s so necessary, necessary, necessary
Oh it’s so necessary, oh it’s so necessary
Oh oh yeah eh oh oh yeah eh
You know when you look at me,
It makes me wonder what you want
And when you talk to me yeah,
I really wonder, I really wonder
Oh yeah
Oh yeah Oh yeah yeah yeah
Oh it’s so necessary
Oh it’s so necessary
Oh it’s so necessary, necessary, necessary
Oh it’s so necessary
Oh it’s so necessary
Oh Yeah
(balance is, as balance does)
You know we’ve really gone too far