BLOODLINE ZERO - Predetermined

Merci pour votre écoute / Thank you for listening / Grazie per l’ascolto LYRICS One cause becomes another One motion starts the next A universe of consequence Too intricate to trace My blood came from another My language wasn't mine Every thought inside my head Has footprints left behind I learned the shape of anger Before I knew its name So tell me where the chain begins And where I entered the frame Trace me backward Cause by cause Past every choice I thought was mine [Chorus] Was I predetermined Before I learned to choose? Every road behind me Deciding what I'll do If every thought has history And every spark a source Am I moving through the universe Or is it moving me? [Verse 2] Planets keep their distance Atoms follow rules Gravity needs no permission To decide what bodies do Neurons fire in patterns Before the words arrive A constellation in my skull Becomes the thought called "I" Maybe every answer Was forming long before I ever stood beneath these stars And wondered what they're for Trace me backward Cause by cause Past every choice I thought was mine [Chorus] Was I predetermined Before I learned to choose? Every road behind me Deciding what I'll do If every thought has history And every spark a source Am I moving through the universe Or is it moving me? [Bridge] Cause Effect Cause Effect Motion Reaction Pattern Repeat A father A word A wound A belief A neuron A signal A thought Me But if the chain made everything Who made the chain? And if there was no first decision Where would freedom begin? Far above me A dead star turns Exactly as the universe allows And here below I raise my hand Knowing even this May have begun Before I did [Chorus] Was I predetermined Before I learned to choose? Every road behind me Deciding what I'll do If every thought has history And every spark a source Am I moving through the universe Or is it moving me?