I'm The Still Lake Keeper

(spoken, soft, real — slight exhale) Here I go… (exhale) another day at the office… (music builds — tense, fast) Phones are ringing, problems coming in at once Careless mistakes and loud demands, it’s all on me I feel it rising, I’m about to say too much (drop — breath — stillness) (whisper / echo) …still lake keeper… (soft, grounded) Is my mind calm… like a still lake I’m the still lake keeper, I wait till I’m clear I don’t speak or act till the calm is here I slow myself down… and the noise disappears Into the still lake… I stay right here I feel it rising, that familiar spark The urge to react, to come in sharp But I quiet the noise and change my view I show up softer… I’ve thought it through I’m the still lake keeper, I wait till I’m clear I don’t speak or act till the calm is here I slow myself down… and the noise disappears Into the still lake… I stay right here (short tension returns) I can’t fix it, but I can’t let it go It’s stuck in my mind… it’s breaking my flow (drop — breath) (whisper / echo) …still lake keeper… (spoken, rhythmic, calm) For every problem under the sun, there is a solution, or there is none. If there is one, hurry and find it. If there is none… never mind it. (music returns — calm, grounded) I’m not the same in the way I lead I don’t rush in, I give what they need And in that space, I finally see The calm I give… comes back to me (final chorus — slightly lifted, open) I’m the still lake keeper, I wait till I’m clear I don’t speak or act till the calm is here I slow myself down… and the noise disappears Into the still lake… I stay right here (soft, intimate ending) It’s working for me… (pause) I’m doing it now…