The Autotelic Self (Original prog rock song)

This is a prog rock song from my 2014 album "Brighter Skies". It's quite different from the stuff on the new album, but for me personally, this is my favorite of all the songs I've made throughout the years! So it needed a video, and here it is.

Lyrics:
a world full of burdens
and other sheer distractions
can alter the mind so that
we're no longer free
confronted by permanent
stress and false attractions
we cannot enjoy our
lives the full degree

living in faulty sanity

in our new world
it's easy to get so bewitched by ads
to be good-looking, wealthy and powerful
we all have the opportunity to be imaginative
but false desires can cloud our mind

we're becoming
mindless puppets
living in a
cage of burdens

this attendance
turning into dependence
it's so hard to keep sane
living behind lock and chain

[instrumental]

we are becoming
mindless zombies
living in a
cage of burdens

this attendance
turning into dependence
it's so hard to keep sane
when our lives are spent in vain

PART 2

falling down into pieces
when you realize you've removed from
all the power and motivation
now you see it's nothing but deceit
and you feel disillusion
how could you have reason to stay here?
will your world be this way forever?
now it's all off-beat

do I have to surrender
to this place where nothing has meaning?
only my broken mind protects me
in a life with nothing to believe
thinking of new solutions
to achieve my own absolution
can I live in my own new dreamworld?
should I self-deceive?

[instrumental]

PART 4

feeling totally focused now
though unable to explain how
being carried on by the flow
staying peaceful inside of its glow

see that nothing else matters now
all your worries you disallow
living life in its purest form
far removed from the volatile norm

self-transcendence
commitment, independence and flow
an optimal experience
enhancing your resilience

reaching the perfect harmony

Composed and recorded by FreddeGredde: http://freddegredde.com
Drums and mix/master by Louis Abramson: http://jollyband.com
Animated by Will Wright: [email protected]
Lyrics by FreddeGredde, Karen Graw and Michael Sujatta