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"The Body Knows (Health Before Happiness)" v4a

... YES !!! ... I channeled my "inner Peter Gabriel" for this original song of mine “The Body Knows (Health Before Happiness)” © 2026 Aaron ZORNES INTRO You own your happiness. And your health owns your happiness. Stop chasing happiness — Start experiencing it. ________________________________________ VERSE 1 Modern life’s thinking made happiness a child’s game, Shallow and shiny — chasing applause and acclaim. Consumer culture crowned it life’s highest aim, Whispered “do what feels good” — baptized it sacred flame. Sounds humane in theory, compassionate and just, But it collapses in practice when pleasure becomes a must — When “happiness” means satisfying every immediate desire, Vanity vulture feeding every flicker of fire. ________________________________________ CHORUS (PUNCHIER / ANTHEMIC) We were chasing happiness — Running on desire. Calling every craving Sacred fire. But pleasure isn’t freedom, And impulse isn’t trust. Tell me how we’re meant to fly When we’re breaking down to dust? We can’t be happy — If we’re unhealthy. (No, we can’t be happy…) If we’re unhealthy. Tell me — how can anyone be happy While unhealthy? Tell me — how can anyone be happy While unhealthy? ________________________________________ VERSE 2 The master philosophers said, “Nine-tenths of happiness depends on health alone.” With health in hand, the whole wide world is pleasure’s throne. Without such health — nothing delights, Even gold grows dull in the dimmest lights. There is no greater error, no crueler stealth, Than sacrificing health For some other form of “happiness.” ________________________________________ CHORUS Real happiness is rooted In a body strong and whole. It’s discipline and devotion, It’s movement of the soul. When health becomes the foundation, Peace begins to rise. You don’t have to chase the light — It’s living in your life. You don’t have to chase it — You can live it. You don’t have to chase it — You can live it. VERSE 3 As Aristotle told us — life’s essence is movement and growth. But we sit and scroll — slow surrender, silent oath. Couch-bound culture, screen-lit days, Our generation’s cigarettes in digital haze. Unused vitality doesn’t disappear — It turns inward, sharp and severe. Inner anger. Tension tight. Inactivity mirrored in outward fight. ________________________________________ BRIDGE (Lift / Build Like “Don’t Give Up”) Don’t trade health for career. Don’t trade health for fame. Don’t trade health for fleeting sensual pleasure And still expect peace to remain. You misunderstand happiness At a fundamental level. Physical exercise isn’t optional — It’s sacred survival metal. Movement must meet movement. Life force must move free. Without external motion The soul destabilizes silently. ________________________________________ FINAL CHORUS (BIGGER / REPEATED HOOK) In the name of maximizing happiness — We maximize gluttony and lust. Hedonism posing as fulfillment Turns our strongest steel to rust. Spiritual decline. Physical decay. Psychological instability. How can anyone be happy While unhealthy? How can anyone be happy While unhealthy? ________________________________________ OUTRO (Quieter, Reflective) If I could teach my younger self one truth — Inner peace. Gratitude. Physical well-being. Far greater than chasing momentary pleasure. Discipline over impulse — put that doughnut down. Restraint over indulgence — no more “uno mas cervesa” Virtue over appetite. These forge a deeper, more durable happiness. Perhaps if we refined our understanding of “happiness”… We would stop chasing it — And finally experience it. ARENA CALL-AND-RESPONSE BREAKDOWN (Drums + bass only. Half-time feel.) LEAD: What are we chasing? CROWD: Happiness! LEAD: What are we losing? CROWD: Our health! LEAD: What’s the foundation? CROWD: Strength and motion! LEAD: Can we be happy— CROWD (BIG): IF WE’RE UNHEALTHY?! (Beat drop → final chorus explodes)