Vince’s Substack
Vince’s Substack
The body learns slow
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The body learns slow

A song about the way waking up might occur

Verse 1
I saw the trick, saw through the veil
Thought that would end the fear tale
Lightning hit, sky went clear
But thunder still kept rolling here

Pre-Chorus
Mind said, “It’s fiction now”
Body said, “Not so fast, not now”

Chorus
The body learns slow
Old rivers still flow
Even when the map says new
The ground takes time to move
Yeah the body learns slow
Habits echo what they know
Stories still knock on the door
Even when I don’t buy them anymore

Verse 2
Old alarms still love to ring
Even when there’s no real thing
Dopamine ghosts, prediction scars
Running patterns from old wars

Pre-Chorus
Insight struck like summer light
But wiring updates overnight… or years

Chorus
The body learns slow
Storms replay old shows
Nervous system catching up
To a truth the mind already knows
Yeah the body learns slow
Echoes fade, then go
No rush, no fix, just space
For new pathways to grow

Bridge
Stories still appear on screen
Even when I know they’re dreams
Prediction doesn’t ask permission
It just runs old survival missions

But belief?
Belief is optional now

Chorus
The body learns slow
And that’s okay, I know
Lightning came, the sky is wide
Even if the storms still ride
Yeah the body learns slow
But truth still glows
No need to fight the past
It’s already fading fast

Outro
Echo… fading
Echo… fading
Echo… fading into now

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