Story: The Place That Was Not Wrong
Verse 1
They told me it was already here
but I could not see the door
they said there wasn’t anything
I needed anymore
but the body still kept reaching
and the mind still made its case
saying everyone is somewhere
I have not yet found a place
Chorus
Maybe here is not wrong
maybe this is not delay
maybe even this confusion
is allowed to be this way
maybe here is not wrong
maybe nothing fell behind
maybe all the missing pieces
were pictures in the mind
Verse 2
I heard the words “already there”
and turned them into work
another little mountain
where the old seeker could lurk
I tried to find the place
where there was nothing left to find
I tried to think my way out
of the prison of the mind
Chorus
Maybe here is not wrong
maybe this is not delay
maybe even this frustration
is allowed to be this way
maybe here is not wrong
maybe nothing fell behind
maybe all the missing pieces
were pictures in the mind
Bridge
Not peaceful here
not certain here
not glowing in the chest
not free from every old thought
not passing every test
but breath is here
and ache is here
and wanting has its song
and maybe what is happening
has never been wrong
Verse 3
The others seemed so far ahead
their words like foreign rain
I sat inside the meeting
with my boredom and my pain
then something softened slightly
not a flash, not victory
just the thought that where this is
might be where life has to be
Final Chorus
Maybe here is not wrong
maybe this is not delay
maybe even not understanding
is allowed to be this way
maybe here is not wrong
maybe nothing fell behind
maybe all the missing pieces
were pictures in the mind
Outro
This breath
this room
this ordinary song
this tired little seeker
trying hard for too long
No need to arrive
no need to be strong
just this small opening
maybe here
is not wrong
