Made By Moving
From Made By Moving
Made By Moving
An album that opens with a manifesto about living responsively rather than by design is making a bet on itself, and ‘Made by Moving’ wins that bet. In 3/4 time at a crisp, swaggering pace, PCBender rides a groove that calls up early ZZ Top or a particularly confident John Hiatt cut, and the central lyric, ‘let the rules be made by moving,’ earns its hook because the music actually demonstrates the point: the guitars shift and lean through the song’s ten sections the way the words describe a life being lived. The lead vocal sits clear in the mix, the rhythm section punches without crowding, and the soulful lead breaks provide the dynamic peaks that keep a nearly five-minute runtime from flattening out. As an opener it does exactly what it needs to: it establishes a sensibility, sets a tempo for the collection, and hands you off to track two with momentum already built.
Lyrics
Lines divide Not to bind, but to guide Movement follows What was decided Colors fade Boundaries stay Signals flash But silence obeys
Not the path but the choosing Not the line but the leaning Let the lanes be drawn in motion Let the rules be made by moving
Slope invites What flat denies A gentle rise Becomes a flight Exit unseen Until the need Departure whispered Not decreed
Not the path but the choosing Not the line but the leaning Let the lanes be drawn in motion Let the rules be made by moving
Curves become The lines to come No map holds What must be run Each ascent Reveals design Every turn Another sign
Not the path but the choosing Not the line but the leaning Let the lanes be drawn in motion Let the life be made by moving