collective flow - Cycle of Emotions Lyrics

This is where the present has lead you
It's time for all you choices to align
We can have the time of our lives
As we move to the rhythm
Move to the rhythm of life
For love
I saw it in myself you need to learn to grow
With my mind on the floor I don't need the past
Like a lizard in the sand, you never know where I ran
I can only feel the heat in this room of concrete
Thoughts racing through, like an isolated tune
In this drug infested room, there's people all around
Getting drunk, getting loud, trying to find a somber tune
As we all find some truth as we purge out all the booze (What?)
These late night blues
Bright colors bass speakers seeping through the bathrooms
Ah shit, I'm under pressure got to keep my temper
One more thing
There's a fragile white dude at the bar trying to pick a fight with a boy that clearly don't mean to bite
And the boy cashes out his words like he just won the lottery
Earned himself a punch to the gut, gets himself kicked out...
And yet he's still in poverty
I am strong, I am standing tall
I was born to withstand it all, oh yeah
Cause from what I can see, I am truly free
And nothing's gonna get in my way, oh yeah
Cause I love all of me, unconditionally
I can finally express myself
With that inner faith
For I am beautiful
Because what you see as a monster
I believe is a saint
"What is the most conscious way to handle negative emotions"
"To appreciate them"
"To appreciate the phenomena of your own personality, instead of getting caught in them"
"The minute you try to push against them, you juice them up"
"I'm not talking about repression"
"I'm talking about acknowledging them, allowing them, giving them space, that is part of your humanity"
"The game is finally to be living on many level simultaneously"
"And at first when you get angry, you go down into the anger"
"And then you come up, and then you get down, and then you come up, and you get down"
"And after awhile, the up and down are both present"
"That's the art"