Human nature (The false dichotomy)

from Into the East by Not for Pussies

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An unused instrumental from the "Under the Sun" sessions was the basis of this song. The sound was already huge and reverb-soaked (a homage to Phil Spector?) when the idea of adding a vocal element was proposed.

The lyrics touch on the current way of the world, driven by absolutes and certainty, when the answer is inevitably in accepting ambivalence.

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Human Nature

Lately I have been contemplating my position
Just how much of what I do is of my own volition
What drives the cogs that lead to cognition
Some would ascertain, it’s all down to evolution

What is the essence of human nature?
Blessing or curse, what is human nature?
Divine intention and goals – a battle for our souls?
What is the nature of human nature?

So do we all start off as tabula rasa?
Then we break out in experiential stigmata
Corruption and passion embodied in matter
With no hope of redemption until the hereafter….?

What is the meaning of human nature?
What else do I have, but my human nature?
We all contain a drive – to fight and to survive
But there has to be more to human nature

Original sin or typical tendencies?
We conjure up gods to serve our dependencies!
We’re all refusing to see what our nature compels us to be
The pressures of social mores that bind us to society…

Why are so full of such hate and derision?
Are our bigotries core or a conscious decision?
Our society seems to thrive on division
Even though we are capable of some higher vision

The spiritual ghost in human nature
The body & breath is human nature
We are a cosmic spark
We see the light, we feel the dark
The dichotomy that is human nature

The doctrine of sin turned me right off theology
So I’ve been reading up on socio-biology
There’s a certain beauty to philosophical anthropology
but the answer might lie in evolutionary psychology …

HUMAN!

… I’m sorry, we're terribly confused!

… I’m just so confused!

… I’m sorry, we're terribly confused!

… We have NO idea!

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from Into the East, released February 2, 2019
Janette Kidd: Bass guitar; organ; lead and backing vocals
Brian Kidd; Guitars, guitar synthesizer, ebows, sequencer programming; drumbox programming, percussion

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Not for Pussies Perth, UK

Not for Pussies came into being in 2008, although Brian and Janette Kidd have been together - and playing music together (and with others) for much, much longer.
We felt we're into an era in our lives where Bette Davis' quote about getting older (it's "not for pussies") felt very apt - and our music reflects this - and the experience of having lived a little! ...
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