[Intro] In the quiet of the mind where the shadows softly fade I sit beneath the endless sky, no longer lost or frayed The wheel has turned a thousand times, through joy and through the pain Each life a fleeting echo of the thoughts that still remain [Verse 1] I used to chase the rising sun, then mourn the falling night Clinging to the stories spun from hunger, fear, and light But now I watch the river flow without the need to swim The current is my own mind’s stream—I choose to still the rim [Chorus] By the power of my thoughts I break the ancient chain No more the endless turning of the birth-and-death refrain I dissolve the silent seeds that plant another form In the pure awareness now, the cycle is unborn Thought by thought I free the soul, soft as morning rain Ending the reincarnation by the clarity I gain [Verse 2] The body is a temporary house, the name a passing cloud I held them tight for lifetimes, proud and then afraid and loud Desire whispered promises of more, of less, of mine Attachment built the prisons that I called divine design But in the space between the breaths, a deeper truth appears The thinker and the thought are one—there is no separate fear I do not fight the rising wave; I simply let it pass Like mist that never claimed the sky, these patterns cannot last [Chorus] By the power of my thoughts I break the ancient chain No more the endless turning of the birth-and-death refrain I dissolve the silent seeds that plant another form In the pure awareness now, the cycle is unborn Thought by thought I free the soul, soft as morning rain Ending the reincarnation by the clarity I gain [Bridge] No guru’s word alone can cut the cord that binds the heart No ritual or sacred text can play the final part It is the still and watching mind that sees the root of all The subtle habits forming worlds before the ego’s call I do not push the darkness out; I shine a gentle light And every grasping tendency dissolves into the night No future self is waiting now, no past self left to mourn Only this eternal presence—empty, full, reborn as none [Verse 3] The wheel slows down, the spokes grow thin, the hub begins to rest I no longer feed the fire that kept the turning blessed Compassion rises naturally for every soul still bound Yet I do not return again to walk the same old ground In silence deeper than the stars, the final thought lets go No “I” remains to claim the peace, no “mine” to claim the flow Liberation is not somewhere else—it was always here Awakened by the purest thought that holds no hope or fear [Final Chorus] By the power of my thoughts I break the ancient chain No more the endless turning of the birth-and-death refrain I dissolve the silent seeds that plant another form In the pure awareness now, the cycle is unborn Thought by thought the veil is gone, soft as morning rain I have ended reincarnation—only freedom remains [Outro] The mind is still… The wheel is still… And I am free.
