Social Pressure from Cicada by Kid Orchid

I had a lucid dream that a deceased jazz musician (whom I didn't recognize) gave me this melody. I represented this in the beginning of the track, because he whistled, hummed and snapped his fingers to it. I couldn't get it to swing the way it felt like it was supposed to, but did what I could.

This one is about social anxiety -- in those closest to me and my own struggles, in which I felt a significant post-pandemic rise.

The lines between fear, anger and regret are so narrow, and one can snap into the other very quickly, which I tried to capture here.

Tracklist

12.	Social Pressure	4:14

Lyrics

I can do it with 1 or 2 or 3
but with 8 something trips inside of me
like my brain's too free

Breathe it out, or think of my happy place
sometimes it works, sometimes its just to
save my face
tools have their limits too

'Cause
I'm feeling lots of social pressure
and I'm feeling like I'm so damn old
nevermind all the good intentions
I just find they get bought and sold
I'm feeling lots of social pressure
and I'm feeling like I'm so damn old
I'm just headed straight uphill, while
taking crazy pills

It's raw and red
and yeah I'll pull you down
soft pillows are hardened by the sound
don't wanna remember them
no I got it and you'll just slow me down
just growing my roots well underground
and I'm just skeptical

'Cause
I'm feeling lots of social pressure
and I'm feeling like I'm so damn old
nevermind all the good intentions
I just find they get bought and sold
I'm feeling lots of social pressure
and I'm feeling like I'm so damn old
I'm just headed straight uphill, while
taking crazy pills

Yeah sure it's all because of me
well God ****s your old philosophies
they'll be the death of us
I'm yelling but you're not listening
every breath's is a new beginning
I'm desperate for you to understand that

I'm feeling lots of social pressure
and I'm feeling like I'm so damn old
take in all the good intentions
'cause you never know

the sun is out the sun is out the sun is out
the sun is out the sun is out the sun is out
the sun is out the sun is out the sun is out
the sun is out the sun is out the sun's out
the sun is out the sun is out the sun is out
the sun is out the sun is out the sun is out
the sun is out the sun is out the sun is out
the sun is out the sun is out
the sun is out

Credits

from Cicada, released December 11, 2022

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