[Verse 1] I started five things Finished none The loop kept running Before it had begun Then one morning I sat and said N And something quieter Began [Pre-Chorus] Not a meaning Not a story Not a direction for the mind Just one sound Before the mind takes hold [Chorus] Nnn Wave is water Nnn Wave shows water Nnn The one who knows N Nnn Was here before the name [Verse 2] Most sounds carry something A picture, a pull A chain of information Already leading somewhere But N carries no story No picture, no form Just one simple movement Before the storm [Pre-Chorus] Through the framework I have carried All the names and all the noise N moves through without becoming One more thing for me to hold [Chorus] Nnn Wave is water Nnn Wave shows water Nnn The one who knows N Nnn Was here before the name [Bridge] At the deepest level Even when I don’t say N Something still knows the movement Something still remains No need to name it No need to make it true I turn toward the quiet And the quiet turns me too [Chorus] Nnn Wave is water Nnn Wave shows water Nnn The one who knows N Nnn Was here before the name [Outro] Who am I When I continuously chant N I am the one Who knows N Nnn Nnn The question grows quiet Nnn
