Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
When the child was just a child
It did not know what it was
Like a child it had no habits
No opinion about anything
Maybe I will get a job
Get a job as a waitress
Maybe waiting tables in a diner
In some remote city down the highway
After all that we've been through
I know we'll make it after the wait
The question is a truth
There is nothing we can't do
I'll see you along the way baby
The stillness is the move
On top of every mountain
There was a great longing
For another even higher mountain
In each city longing for a bigger city
After all that we've been through
I know that I will always love you
From now until forever baby
I can't imagine anything better
After all that we've been through
I know we'll make it after the wait
The question is a truth
There is nothing we can't do
I'll see you along the way baby
The stillness is the move
Isn't life under the sun just a crazy, crazy, crazy dream?
Isn't life just a mirage of the world before the world?
Why am I here and not over there?
Where did time begin
Where does space end
Where do you, where do you and I begin?
After all that we've been through
I know we'll make it after the wait
The question is a truth
There is nothing we can't do
I'll see you along the way baby
The stillness is the move
After all that we've been through
I know we'll make it after the wait
The question is a truth
There is nothing we can't do
I'll see you along the way baby
The stillness is the move
It did not know what it was
Like a child it had no habits
No opinion about anything
Maybe I will get a job
Get a job as a waitress
Maybe waiting tables in a diner
In some remote city down the highway
After all that we've been through
I know we'll make it after the wait
The question is a truth
There is nothing we can't do
I'll see you along the way baby
The stillness is the move
On top of every mountain
There was a great longing
For another even higher mountain
In each city longing for a bigger city
After all that we've been through
I know that I will always love you
From now until forever baby
I can't imagine anything better
After all that we've been through
I know we'll make it after the wait
The question is a truth
There is nothing we can't do
I'll see you along the way baby
The stillness is the move
Isn't life under the sun just a crazy, crazy, crazy dream?
Isn't life just a mirage of the world before the world?
Why am I here and not over there?
Where did time begin
Where does space end
Where do you, where do you and I begin?
After all that we've been through
I know we'll make it after the wait
The question is a truth
There is nothing we can't do
I'll see you along the way baby
The stillness is the move
After all that we've been through
I know we'll make it after the wait
The question is a truth
There is nothing we can't do
I'll see you along the way baby
The stillness is the move
Lyrics submitted by sheilafitzgerald
Stillness Is The Move Lyrics as written by David Longstreth Amber Coffman
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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