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Celebrating Kalil Gibran and his philosophy, this is a collaboration with one of my former students from American International School of Kuwait, Ahmad Al Sumait (courtesy of "At the Park", a Kuwait-based hip-hop group).
lyrics
I saw the moon come out and I started singing about it:
I'll sing it out; I'll sing it loud.
Its perfect circle shape makes a hole through which I can pour
Complications now--they melt away somehow...
And they'll go now, and they'll go now
Like the leaves from the trees when the wind blows.
Gibran, he wrote and told me to not forget that the earth
Longs to feel my feet--soft, clean dirt beneath.
He told me, too, that the wind, it longs to play with my hair,
So I'll let it play and blow my cares away...
And they'll go now, and they'll go now
Like the leaves from the trees when the wind blows.
Ahmad:
Let the wind blow through your hair so
carelessly; feel the breeze on my bare toes.
I place them on the ground (this feelin's rare though):
Oxygen tellin' me to breath and let the air flow.
Let the wind go out the window
with all the problems, complications--let nothing know.
When life gets complex, keep it simple:
Multiple problems? Just keep them single.
Just play it out, live it out, stay dreamin'.
Take a rest, take a breath, start breathin':
Take a moment to appreciate your breathin'.
Don't look back; keep it movin' with the seasons.
Feel the fresh air all around ya;
Feel it slowly creepin' slowly to surround ya;
Defy gravity! Don't let it ground ya;
Bury all the issues--let them bloom like the flower.
credits
from
Absurdity Under,
released March 12, 2015
Tim Koehn: vocals, guitars, piano track, glockenspiel
Ahmad Al Sumait: rap vocals and lyrics
Seth Johnson: choral vocals at the end
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