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title: "I See the Moment"

meaning: "Big Hug post-pandemic vertigo: white lies and the popular feed, COVID breaking the spell: I see the moment coming down, people crying till they find the way home, wondering how much clout it'll take to get things started."

year: 2021
release: "Big Hug"
releaseType: "album"

artist: "Scoobert Doobert"
artistId: "#scoobert"

coWriters: ["J MESA"]
credits: "Written by Luke Francis Walton and J MESA (Taylor James / Babidi). Performed by Scoobert Doobert with J MESA. Mixed by Luke Francis Walton. Mastered by Riley Knapp."

spotify: "https://open.spotify.com/album/3dW4LbP8381fYkKBdBxiFn"
apple: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-see-the-moment/1585121212?i=1585121526"

themes: ["pandemic", "media", "belief", "Big Hug", "COVID"]

isrc: QZMEP2188962
isrcSource: soundexchange
lyrics: |
  Many times feeling used to deceit
  Pretty simple to the body
  When it's falling to heat
  But not the kind I seem to find just tryna believe
  Obscene
  It's like I'm living a dream
  How serene
  Still I mean
  It's like I'm trying
  But the book isn't clean
  Smeared in ink
  I'm tryna find and it goes in between
  To help me piece the puzzle
  In a way that is peace
  Cuz I hope with the laugh
  Ha ha ha
  That we find
  We believe

  Closer
  Into a miracle
  Like a rocket who's winning America
  But I know
  Each body has go to and try to release
  Take a moment
  But the anger's bound to finally decrease
  See what I mean?

  I see the moment coming down
  I don't know what to believe now
  Cuz I see the people
  Crying till they
  Find the best way
  To our home

  I see the moment going down
  Don't know what's left to figure out
  Cause I'm here just wondering
  How much clout
  I'll need to get things started

  White lies
  Taking over the scene
  Wondering who to believe
  Beyond the popular feed

  Is it something we see
  Or is it something we read
  Cause I'm getting pretty tired of
  Wishing this was a dream

  Still I'm getting pretty tired
  Cause I'm tryna police myself
  My health
  Into invisible means
  Breaking the spell
  Sung by COVID disease
  I'm determined till the whole world believe
  In something

  Closer
  Into a miracle
  Like a rocket who's winning America
  But I know
  Each body has go to and try to release
  Take a moment
  But the anger's bound to finally decrease
  See what I mean?

  I see the moment coming down
  I don't know what to believe now
  Cuz I see the people
  Crying till they
  Find the best way
  To our home

  I see the moment going down
  Don't know what's left to figure out
  Cause I'm here just wondering
  How much clout
  I'll need to get things started

  I see it running from me
  My hope and how the way I believe
  It won't wait up
  Slow
  Down
  So
  I can get up
  It takes time to find what you need
  But I know we can conquer defeat
  So let's go home
  To a place that we know
  Where all the good things go

  I see the moment coming down
  I don't know what to believe now
  Cuz I see the people
  Crying till they
  Find the best way
  To our home

  I see the moment going down
  Don't know what's left to figure out
  Cause I'm here just wondering
  How much clout
  I'll need to get things started

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Track thirteen on [*Big Hug*](/albums/big-hug/), co-written and performed with **J MESA** (Taylor James / Babidi on earlier Scoobert records like [*Masks and Monsters*](/albums/masks-and-monsters/) and [*Dragon Ball $d*](/albums/dragon-ball-d/); later [*Prisoner*](/songs/prisoner/), 2024). **Title split:** [Bandcamp](https://scoobertdoobert.bandcamp.com/album/big-hug-lp) lists **I See the Monument**; DistroKid and [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-see-the-moment/1585121212?i=1585121526) list **I See the Moment**. Same song; this page uses the distributor title.

On a re-entry record turning toward strangers, this is the political-media hangover track. Belief keeps slipping out of reach: *the book isn't clean, smeared in ink*, meaning as a puzzle you can't read straight. The chorus puts the doubt next to its mirror image, people *crying till they find the best way to our home* against the cynical *how much clout I'll need to get things started*, belief versus the influence economy. Verse two names the source, *white lies taking over the scene... beyond the popular feed*, and ties it to *breaking the spell sung by COVID disease*. The bridge finally slows hope down and reaches recovery language, *let's go home to a place that we know where all the good things go*.

Heavier than [*Heffalumps and Woozles*](/songs/heffalumps-and-woozles/) on the same LP, and the same *Big Hug* question as [*A Good Life*](/songs/a-good-life/) on MMM: how to believe again after collapse. It leads toward [*KŌAN*](/albums/koan/)'s disinformation thread ([*Miss Disinformation*](/songs/miss-disinformation/), [*to everyone who had a good pandemic*](/songs/to-everyone-who-had-a-good-pandemic/)).

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