11. The Quiet Enormous

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Verse 1
People think that peace is small —
a quiet room, a held breath
the absence of the noise
But I have been to the burning lake
and the thornfield and the dark
and I know what peace costs
and it is not small
Peace is enormous
Peace is the hardest thing I've chosen
Peace is the thing that holds
everything else inside it
Peace is not the end of feeling —
it is feeling
without the war
Pre-chorus
I have fought for this
I have burned for this
I have grown underground for this —
this quiet enormous thing
Chorus
The quiet enormous
the peace that takes up room
The quiet enormous
the calm that holds the wound
The quiet enormous
is not the absence of the fire —
it is standing in the fire
and choosing not to burn
The quiet enormous
The quiet enormous
This is what I've earned
Verse 2
I used to think that resolution
meant the story had to end
That peace was just another word
for where the broken things get pinned
But peace is not a conclusion —
peace is an active daily act
The quiet enormous is a practice
not a place
I keep coming back
Pre-chorus
I have fought for this
I have burned for this
I have grown underground for this —
this quiet enormous thing
Chorus
The quiet enormous
the peace that takes up room
The quiet enormous
the calm that holds the wound
The quiet enormous
is not the absence of the fire —
it is standing in the fire
and choosing not to burn
The quiet enormous
The quiet enormous
This is what I've earned
Bridge (spoken, low and certain)
The quiet enormous is not silence.
It is full.
It is the sound of everything I've been
held in one place
without apology.
It is enormous.
And it is mine.
(orchestra rises to the trilogy's single greatest peak)
Final Chorus (the biggest moment across all three albums)
THE QUIET ENORMOUS
THE PEACE THAT TAKES UP ROOM
THE QUIET ENORMOUS
THE CALM THAT HOLDS THE WOUND
THE QUIET ENORMOUS
IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF THE FIRE —
IT IS STANDING IN THE FIRE
AND CHOOSING
NOT
TO BURN
(orchestra holds)
(slowly withdraws)
(until just voice and one note)
Outro
(whispered)
The quiet enormous.
Yes.
This.
(silence)

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Verse 1 People think that peace is small — a quiet room, a held breath the absence of the noise But I have been to the burning lake and the thornfield and the dark and I know what peace costs and it is not small Peace is enormous Peace is the hardest thing I've chosen Peace is the thing that holds everything else inside it Peace is not the end of feeling — it is feeling without the war Pre-chorus I have fought for this I have burned for this I have grown underground for this — this quiet enormous thing Chorus The quiet enormous the peace that takes up room The quiet enormous the calm that holds the wound The quiet enormous is not the absence of the fire — it is standing in the fire and choosing not to burn The quiet enormous The quiet enormous This is what I've earned Verse 2 I used to think that resolution meant the story had to end That peace was just another word for where the broken things get pinned But peace is not a conclusion — peace is an active daily act The quiet enormous is a practice not a place I keep coming back Pre-chorus I have fought for this I have burned for this I have grown underground for this — this quiet enormous thing Chorus The quiet enormous the peace that takes up room The quiet enormous the calm that holds the wound The quiet enormous is not the absence of the fire — it is standing in the fire and choosing not to burn The quiet enormous The quiet enormous This is what I've earned Bridge (spoken, low and certain) The quiet enormous is not silence. It is full. It is the sound of everything I've been held in one place without apology. It is enormous. And it is mine. (orchestra rises to the trilogy's single greatest peak) Final Chorus (the biggest moment across all three albums) THE QUIET ENORMOUS THE PEACE THAT TAKES UP ROOM THE QUIET ENORMOUS THE CALM THAT HOLDS THE WOUND THE QUIET ENORMOUS IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF THE FIRE — IT IS STANDING IN THE FIRE AND CHOOSING NOT TO BURN (orchestra holds) (slowly withdraws) (until just voice and one note) Outro (whispered) The quiet enormous. Yes. This. (silence)

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