The Day I Learned To Stand Still Lyrics

If my life were a Broadway musical

There would be a song round every corner of the street

And I’d have danced through the world resplendent

But I’d have never learned to stop my feet.

No motion, no mention

No holding, no detention

No future, no forethought

No judgement, or an onslaught

No false hopes, or noisy promises

To hide my lies and hypocrisies

I let go

Of all this

The day I learned to stand still

It should have happened

On a mountain in Tibet

Or at sunrise in Nepal

But it occurred without poetry in my front room

While watching shadows move like people in the hall.

No motion, no mention

No holding, no detention

No future, no forethought

No judgement, or an onslaught

No false hopes, or noisy promises

To hide my lies and hypocrisies

I let go

Of all this

The day I learned to stand still

In the twilight

Or by candle light

My angels? Comfort me

My angels comfort me

My angels, have you come for me?

No motion, no mention

No holding, no detention

No future, no forethought

No judgement, or an onslaught

No false hopes, or noisy promises

To hide my lies and hypocrisies

I let go

Of all this

The day I learned to stand still