Journey with Giovanny - 48 minute film and individual music videos
The Pressure Cooker
This is one of twelve music videos from the album, "Gallery: escenas del viaje." The album is about my friend Giovanny Padilla Mojica and the ways our lives have intersected, including Giovanny's migrant journey to the US. The Pressure Cooker shows what happens when our anger builds up and we don't have a valve.
Este es uno de doce videos de música del album, "Gallery: escenas del viaje." El album habla de mi amigo Giovanny Padilla Mojica y el cruce de nuestras vidas, incluyendo el viaje de inmigración escalofriante de Giovanny a los EE UU. The Pressure Cooker (La Olla de Presión) muestra lo que pasa cuando se aumenta nuestro enojo y no tenemos una válvula.
THE PRESSURE COOKER
Tripping on the same wire
falling in the same hole
flying off the handle
‘til the pressure cooker explodes
What is this predilection?
why do I go for the throat?
where did I get this hair-trigger
when anyone gets my goat?
I come from a long line of killers
always good with a stone
hiding signs of the trauma
that happened light years ago
Ma chased me with a broomstick
Dad ran off before I was born
slapped by the first lieutenant
soldiers tangled and torn
I jump when something crashes
scream when you sneak behind
drop when I hear the gunfire
when it’s only the Fourth of July
How can I escape this cyclone?
how can I leave this jail?
only way out of this tunnel
is to crawl out like a snail
The first thing that I see
as I climb out of this hole
is sunlight on the ocean
and spiraling waves of gold