Blow Away: Lyrics

[This song was written in April 2009, time of economic crisis and the arrival of Obama.
It reflects a cry for an end to looking to the outside for satisfaction and happiness
and to running down the world's resources outside and the karmic resources inside.
It was inspired by the common phrases, "...to die for" and the meanings of "running" and "wind up"]

Enough is enough, it's time to stop.
All the running around, all the running down,
Oh the ticking clock.

Each breath is a gift
That blows you away
In a secret life to die for
Each breath is a door
A vast space to explore
In this secret life to die for

Looking left, looking right,
looking up, looking down
Seeing nothing at all
but writing on the wall
Next to the ticking clock

The point of light is to shine
On the dazzling inner shrine
Of a secret life to die for
Each thought — just a dream
Evaporating like steam
In this secret life to die for.

Oh enough is enough, it's time to stop,
All the running around, all the running down
Time to wind up the ticking clock.

Image: based on a Zoomorphic Arabic calligraphy of unknown origin