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"Now Is" kicks off LYVELIFE with musings on the power of perception and surrendering to the present moment. It reminds the listener that when one gets to core of this realization, that there really is nothing to stress about, nothing to fear, "if you will just allow."A groovy relaxed vibe permeates the track, with an intentionally spacious chorus full of "gaps" that represent the space of the ever-new, ever-existing, constant present moment, just flowing from one experience to another. The cool, understated but warm vocals of Stephanie Cole, and the textures of bright, punchy horns overtop a bed of electric keys and organ fills in the rest of the gaps, and an unexpected song structure takes the listener out on a repetitive, thematic climax.
I wanted to convey simplicity, presence, flow, and awareness through this song. Heck, maybe even 'enlightenment'. Because life is pretty simple, yet incredibly profound, when we really, truly embrace the profundity of the present moment and all it has to teach us.
lyrics
V1
Let’s take ‘er easy
It’s all really-gon’ be alright now,
Let’s make it easy,
We’ll figure it out ever after all
Heads full a’ worry
Running a race to the future
But ain’t no hurry
Since not one of us can be late
V2
If heart’s a’ beating
What more can we all really ask for,
We’re lucky breathing
This much you and I must agree
So busy running
But can we stop, to Re-mem-ber,
What is a Being
The Moment’s Fleeting...
V3
Would you believe me,
If I were to say right here’s where we, belong
There ain’t no other
Place, any of us ought to be
But while we’re looking
Everywhere else ‘cept what’s right here, be-fore
Our very noses
We miss what little we’ve got, left to breathe, Won’t you see, that it’s just . . .
CHORUS
Now Is the - Only - Time We - Really Ever Have
And All - We’ll Need
So Breathe In - Out And Just Release
Your Wants - And Needs
Start There And - You Will Find Your Peace - Of Mind
That Time Is - Now If - Only - You Will Just Allow
V4
Would you believe me,
If I were to say right here's where we, belong
There ain't no other
Place, any of us ought to be
No greater feeling,
When we can stop to surrender, all things 'cept what we're breathing The Moment's Fleeting
V5
But we Keep Running,
to Passionately chase that next thing, but when,
We finally attain, We'll always crave something till, the End
But while we're searching,
Everywhere else 'cept what's right here, before,
Our very noses,
We miss what little we've got, left to Be,
Won't you See, that it's just
CHORUS 2
Now – Is the –
Only – Time We –
Really Ever Have –
And All – We’ll Need –
So Breathe In – Out And Just Release –
Your Wants – And Needs
Start There And –
You Will Find Your Peace – Of Mind
Don’t Look Too Far, Nor Behind,
You’ll Find Your Time . . .
REFRAIN/OUT
(Is) Nowhere Else But Here
And No When Else But Now
There’s Nothing Left To Fear
If You Will Just Allow, there’s (loops)
Don’t Look – Too – Far – Nor – Behind
You – Will – Find – It – Here . . . Now!
credits
from LYVELIFE,
released March 12, 2021
Stephanie Cole - Vocals
Julian Hartwell - E. Keys, Organ
Vince Turnbull - Trumpet
Dylan Band - Soprano Saxophone
Rodrigo Pichardo - E. Bass
Matt Jernigan - Drums
Michael Cumming - Shaker
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