I hold the quiet in the hand The heavy rushing starts to fade I settle in the gentle shade A silent, solitary land I listen for the falling leaf The steady rhythm of the lung A hidden melody is sung A very beautiful relief I OFFER UP THE WILLING EAR! A SACRED DUTY TO THE SOUND! I ANCHOR TO THE HOLLOW GROUND! THE ONLY THING I WANT TO HEAR! I wait upon the wooden seat The frantic hurry is undone A heavy focus has begun A very gradual retreat I listen for the falling leaf The steady rhythm of the lung A hidden melody is sung A very beautiful relief I wash the panic from the eye! I push the heavy noise away! I fully occupy the day! Beneath the solitary sky! I do not need to run ahead! I let the ego drop instead! I only want to notice now! I OFFER UP THE WILLING EAR! A SACRED DUTY TO THE SOUND! I ANCHOR TO THE HOLLOW GROUND! THE ONLY THING I WANT TO HEAR! The ringing stops... I catch the breath... A quiet death... The heavy drops... The open space... I pull it near... The air is clear... A subtle trace... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [Instrumental Intro: slow rubato warm Rhodes piano, quiet ambient room noise] [Key: Eb Minor] [Ebm9] [Cbmaj7(13)] [Verse 1: intimate hushed falsetto vocal, solitary Rhodes chords] [Key: Eb Minor] [Ebm9] I hold the quiet in the hand [Db6/F] The heavy rushing starts to fade [Gbmaj7] I settle in the gentle shade [Cbmaj7(13)] A silent, solitary land [Pre-Chorus: delicate vocal delivery, warm piano swelling slightly] [Key: Eb Minor] [Abm9] I listen for the falling leaf [Bbm7] The steady rhythm of the lung [Cbmaj7] A hidden melody is sung [Dbadd9] A very beautiful relief [Chorus: massive anthemic explosion, heavy tom groove, soaring vocal harmonies in thirds] [Key: Eb Minor] [Eb5] I OFFER UP THE WILLING EAR! [Cbmaj9] (Ahhh, a sacred duty) A SACRED DUTY TO THE SOUND! [Gb6] I ANCHOR TO THE HOLLOW GROUND! [Dbadd9] (Trembling, high harmonized falsetto) THE ONLY THING I WANT TO HEAR! [Verse 2: sudden drop to hushed intimate falsetto, soft rubato piano, no drums] [Key: Eb Minor] [Ebm9] I wait upon the wooden seat [Db6/F] The frantic hurry is undone [Gbmaj7] A heavy focus has begun [Cbmaj7(13)] A very gradual retreat [Pre-Chorus: delicate vocal delivery, warm piano swelling slightly] [Key: Eb Minor] [Abm9] I listen for the falling leaf [Bbm7] The steady rhythm of the lung [Cbmaj7] A hidden melody is sung [Dbadd9] A very beautiful relief [Bridge: dissonant jazz-inflected chords, rising fragile vocal cry building massive tension] [Key: Fb Lydian] [Fbmaj7(#11)] I wash the panic from the eye! [Eb7(b9)] I push the heavy noise away! [Abm9] I fully occupy the day! [Dbm9] Beneath the solitary sky! [Eb7(b9)] I do not need to run ahead! [Abm9] I let the ego drop instead! [Gb13] I only want to notice now! [Final Chorus: wall of sound, raw weeping falsetto, huge vocal harmonies in thirds, heavy drums] [Key: Eb Minor] [Eb5] I OFFER UP THE WILLING EAR! [Cbmaj9] (Ahhh, a sacred duty) A SACRED DUTY TO THE SOUND! [Gb6] I ANCHOR TO THE HOLLOW GROUND! [Dbadd9] THE ONLY THING I WANT TO HEAR! [Outro: sudden drop, unresolved fading Rhodes chord, faint polyrhythmic rim tapping] [Key: Eb Minor] [Ebm9] The ringing stops... [Cbmaj7(13)] I catch the breath... [Ebm9] A quiet death... [Cbmaj7(13)] The heavy drops... [Ebm9] The open space... [Cbmaj7(13)] I pull it near... [Ebm9] The air is clear... [Cbmaj7(13)] A subtle trace... [Instrumental Outro: fading instruments, absolute silence] [Hard Stop] [End]
