Vince’s Substack
Vince’s Substack
Complete as This
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Complete as This

A song about lack

Verse 1

Nothing missing from the morning
nothing missing from the rain
nothing missing from the ache
that moves quietly through pain
nothing missing from the silence
nothing missing from the cry
nothing missing from the question
that keeps asking itself why

The cup is chipped and holding
the tea is getting cold
the body has its weather
and the mind has stories told
but underneath the reaching
for a better place to be
this moment keeps on shining
too ordinary to see

Chorus

Complete as this
before the mind compares
complete as this
before the thought repairs
nothing to add
nothing to dismiss
life is already whole
complete as this

Complete as this
with the fear and the flame
complete as this
before it has a name
nothing to find
nothing to miss
life is already here
complete as this

Verse 2

Nothing missing from the wanting
nothing missing from the doubt
nothing missing from the one
who thinks there must be some way out
nothing missing from confusion
nothing missing from the fall
nothing missing from the voice
that says this isn’t it at all

The sky does not reject
the clouds that cross its face
the ocean does not argue
with the wave that leaves no trace
and even this old hunger
for a life finally made right
is just another movement
in the wholeness of the night

Chorus

Complete as this
before the mind compares
complete as this
before the thought repairs
nothing to add
nothing to dismiss
life is already whole
complete as this

Complete as this
with the fear and the flame
complete as this
before it has a name
nothing to find
nothing to miss
life is already here
complete as this

Bridge

Not complete because it’s peaceful
not complete because it’s still
not complete because the story
finally bends to someone’s will
not complete because the seeker
found the jewel it came to claim
complete before the reaching
complete before the name

Hunger may eat
tiredness may rest
grief may open
in the centre of the chest
love may speak
anger may pass
sunlight may break
through the ordinary glass

Verse 3

Nothing missing from the broken
nothing missing from the whole
nothing missing from the body
or the weather of the soul
nothing missing from the laughter
nothing missing from the tears
nothing missing from the life
that tried to fix itself for years

The hand was never empty
the door was never locked
the path was made of footsteps
that appeared each time we walked
and what we called awakening
was not a distant shore
just the falling of the story
that there had to be something more

Final Chorus

Complete as this
before the mind compares
complete as this
before the thought repairs
nothing to add
nothing to dismiss
life is already whole
complete as this

Complete as this
with the fear and the flame
complete as this
before it has a name
nothing to find
nothing to miss
life is already here
complete as this

Outro

This breath
this sound
this ache
this ground

This thought
this kiss
this life
complete as this

Nothing missing
nothing more
no one waiting
at the door

Just this
just this
life already whole
complete as this

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