From the recording Music Is The Ride
This song was inspired by a lecture by one of my favorite spiritual teachers, Ram Dass, and informed by my own experiences of life. Having studied many spiritual paths, there seems to be commonalities, sit down, shut up, and breathe. I love Debbie Stern's background vocals and harmonies, angelic, lofty, and powerful. Patrick Russini was at his brilliant best on this one, suggesting the harmonics on the guitar that drive the track higher and higher, and Tony Sheppard's lead guitar was quite wonderful as well. Daniel Polyak pulled the drums beats as if he was with me when I wrote it.
Lyrics
The Silence Between The Worlds
Words and Music
by Richard Schulman
The crucial moment
Has been building
For quite a long time
Different feelings in my body
Odd thoughts
Running through my mind
Say the incantation
Magic engaging the Sun
One last chance to make it
Demand brilliance
From the chosen one
No more a Hindi, Muslim, Christian,
Buddhist, or Jew
I’m a living spirit
In the silence
Between the worlds
If it’s cold outside
You feel warmer at home
The greater desolation
The more one welcomes love
At the summit
You’ve tamed the mountain
Who were you?
How did you get
To where you are?
No more a Hindi, Muslim, Christian,
Buddhist, or Jew
I’m a living spirit
In the silence
Between the worlds
There is a part of me
That does not speak but knows
And a part is speaking
But doesn’t know
No more a Hindi, Muslim, Christian,
Buddhist, or Jew
I’m a living spirit
In the silence
Between the worlds
We take human birth
Live many experiences
Awaken from illusion
With awareness and precision
Loneliness brings compassion
Possibilities we are capable of.
There is no separation
Nothing between us and love
No more a Hindi, Muslim, Christian,
Buddhist, or Jew
I’m a living spirit
In the silence
Between the worlds