Lyric

Soft hum of an old fan

Bartender folding clean cloths

Half a smile

Someone stirs a drink

Ice taps once

My jacket on the back of this crooked chair

Keep my mind like still water

Ripples fade before they rise

Let the noise pass through me

Like strangers’ stories in their eyes

I sit and breathe in colors

Let the day fall out of time

I’m only here to stay steady

To keep a calm

Unworried mind

Ceiling paint cracked in thin white rivers

A couple argues in a language I don’t know

Salt on the rim leaves dust on my thumb

I trace little circles on the damp ring on the table

Keep my mind like still water

Ripples fade before they rise

Let the noise pass through me

Like strangers’ stories in their eyes

I sit and breathe in colors

Let the day fall out of time

I’m only here to stay steady

To keep a calm

Unworried mind

Sleeves rolled up

My watch face covered

Coaster warped where someone once wrote a name

A napkin sketch left behind shows a crooked skyline

I fold it

Tuck it deep into my pocket

Keep my mind like still water

Ripples fade before they rise

Let the noise pass through me

Like strangers’ stories in their eyes

I sit and breathe in colors

Let the day fall out of time

I’m only here to stay steady

To keep a calm

Unworried mind

Door opens

A chill drifts over the floor

New footsteps search for somewhere to belong

I nod to a stranger who nods back once

Two quiet lives crossing

Then drifting away

[soft sax weaves between the vocal lines]

I’ve chased too many loud rooms

Loud hearts (Oh)

Tonight I let them wander past my little world

No chase

No rush

No reason to explain

Just a slow

Easy breath

In

Then out again

Keep my mind like still water

Ripples fade before they rise

Let the noise pass through me

Like strangers’ stories in their eyes

I sit and breathe in colors

Let the day fall out of time

I’m only here to stay steady

To keep a calm

Unworried mind