Freedom, Liberation and Peace

We reach for the horizon, we fight to break the cage We march behind the banners on a chaotic, restless stage Demanding all our freedom from the rulers and the crown Unaware the subtle chains are what we carry deep down We point our heavy fingers at the world and at the storm Hoping outer revolutions keep our frozen spirits warm Through the shadow, through the strife We learn the quiet laws of life For true liberation isn't taken by the sword It isn't found in victory or shouting out the word Freedom is the stillness that you give away to life The choice to drop the shadow and lay down the subtle knife When you stop the cycle of revenge and let it cease You sow the seed of love, and you harvest inner peace Like the green and bitter apple that must ripen on the bough We stumble through the darkness to understand the now Through the suffering and the karma, the winter and the rain Every shadow becomes wisdom, every lesson born of pain When intelligence and feeling join with vision from above We see the law of living is a symphony of love For true liberation isn't taken by the sword It isn't found in victory or shouting out the word Freedom is the stillness that you give away to life The choice to drop the shadow and lay down the subtle knife When you stop the cycle of revenge and let it cease You sow the seed of love, and you harvest inner peace It’s not in seeking power, or demanding what is due It’s the silent holy spirit gently waking up in you Every time you heal a neighbor, every time you turn the cheek You show the living strength hidden deeply in the meek Not a dogma, not a legend, but a clarity so bright Where logic meets the sacred in a single beam of light For true liberation isn't taken by the sword It isn't found in victory or shouting out the word Freedom is the stillness that you give away to life The choice to drop the shadow and lay down the subtle knife When you stop the cycle of revenge and let it cease You sow the seed of love, and you harvest inner peace No longer bound by judgment, no longer bound by fear The sanctuary opens, and the path becomes so clear Forgive the hands that struck you, set every traveler free And find the quiet kingdom where we were meant to be... Inner peace... Set every spirit free.