Intro (Ayla) What is it you need? (I am still, and I am quiet silence)
Verse 1 (Mr. Lif)
He grew up as a music fan The truest fan Catch him years later with a mic in his hand
He's all over the world touring Exploring Familiar with some lands he once considered foreign
Warring with some new instabilities
So many places Many new proximities
New faces that he couldn't compute So it's time now to focus on home and take root
He worked real hard for years he saved up Found the right house, now his mind is made up Just a little slice of that American dream That can make you wanna vomit if there's too much cream
He's got the house now He's got the car Consumerism says he hasn't gone too far
He furnished the crib with only quality's peak Is this what it takes to make our lives complete?
Chorus (Ayla) I am made of restless, turns me from this game I try to fill the questions, but they're coming just the same Into this lap of glory, into this endless feast I feel the taste of hunger, a mind still wondering For without starling swirls of thoughts Running through like forest fire I am still, and I am quiet silence… I am still, and I am quiet silence… I am still, and I am quiet silence…
Verse 2 (Mr. Lif)
Jane She felt her life was mundane Every day Same job Hopping on the train
Sitting at a desk Where she couldn't care less about her work related strife, yet she felt stressed
The emptiness The search for a higher meaning She lost hope and came close to not dreaming
Vapid Feeling trapped without a key She'd come home from work and watch TV
Search the internet for stuff that she could get Big heavy shit that made the post man sweat
Open up the door and just let it all in A temporary high that would soon wear thin
Her souls screaming Feeling trapped within She's in too deep to see what's happenin'
Her house so cluttered with things that she'd seek Is this what it takes to make our lives complete?
Chorus (Ayla) I am made of longing, a fierce and graceful shout And though I try to hold it in my arms fly wild about These things they try to chain me, but the key is in my hand The fear of letting go recede to seize a new command, that Without starling swirls of thoughts Running through like forest fire I am still, and I am quiet silence… I am still, and I am quiet silence… I am still, and I am quiet silence…
Verse 3 (Mr. Lif)
He's had enough She's had enough The bills piled up Seems having "stuff" doesn't make life plush
He's thinking I need to get away She's thinking I need to get away By chance, they both stay at a little resort Dedicated to thought Where you silence the world And let your thoughts unfurl
A vacation Based on meditation She bumped into him one day while he was pacin'
She apologized He apologized They talked took a walk Immersed in deep thoughts
Exploring the lows within the civilized highs Turns out they both want simplified lives
Addition by subtraction That's the action They both went back to their cribs to start packin'
Whatever's not essential, they delete Simplicity A way to make life more complete
Chorus (Ayla) Without strings I’m boundless, without walls, released I have no more desire, but for the vow of peace Without holding tightly, without grasping reach These hands can open wider, to give out all we seek And without starling swirls of thoughts Running through like forest fire I am still, and I am quiet silence… I am still, and I am quiet silence… I am still, and I am quiet silence…
Outra (Ayla) What is it you need? (I am still, and I am quiet silence) Only just to breathe... (I am still, and I am quiet silence)