Diatom Ribbons by Kris Davis Lyrics

Since I was always rather a rebellious student
I decided that instead of playing all those scales
I would make my own scales
And I would make my own conceptions of the vertical harmonic
The horizontal, which is the linear
And in doing that began pleasure
Because if you make your scales based on that which pleases your senses
So that it is not a question from that point of discipline
It becomes perhaps an expression of the joy of living
Because one of the things that the cab driver and I got into
The fact that for me music saved my life
Cause you also, it was something that no matter what kind of unfortunate social situation that you may be in
Or whatever kind of rage or frustration
The thing that has always brought me back to understanding that there is another purpose to living
Is music
Once you get into that then all of a sudden you see it
It is uh, you send out perhaps the vibrations of the joy
And it also makes your insides feel in a certain way

For me music has saved my life
Saved my life
So that you never play it the same way twice