A smooth and flowing composition that floats dreamily while it delivers powerful, cerebral lyrics that contrast sharply with the hypnotic feel of the music. This dichotomy is underscored by the concluding verse and chorus which uses a jazz waltz section with multiple layers of soothing background vocals juxtaposed against an increasingly discordant lyric that starkly highlights the contrast between mood and message. An important, contemporary lyric set to timeless and beautiful music - the instrumental stems could work especially well for sync licensing.

Lyrics

It Must Be Ok (We Starve) - (Nashville Sessions)
Words and Music by Laurie Raveis

Chasing, running, running, running, after what
Grooved in and I’m stuck in a tireless rut

Solace in a stranger’s skin
It must be ok
Surface chameleon
It must be ok
It must be ok

Rationalize, analyze, intellectualize
Blow it away
Grandiose, slightly morose, floating ghosts
Blow it away

Scraping, diving, diving, diving into what
Dressing and hiding a soulless cut

Naked casting online
It must be ok
Shaking, Searching outside
It must be ok
It must be ok

Rationalize, analyze, intellectualize
Blow it away
Grandiose, slightly morose, floating ghosts
Blow it away

He starves
She starves
We starve
We starve

It must be ok