A contemplative guitar based pop song with jazz inspired timing reiterating the age old wisdom of focusing on the now.
The lyrics of “But Not Now” contain some of my thoughts while having pericarditis, being bedridden for a month, expressing gratitude towards those who cared for and helped me through it, and reflecting ancient wisdom. Everything fades away and we really only have the present, the now…
Listen!
But Not Now
Would you stay
if I asked,
for as long as we can make this moment last?
What we plan
for tomorrow
soon will fade away like yesterday,
but not now.
A naive
observation
yet profound as anything you’ll ever learn.
Time will tell,
time will take,
take away everything.
Let go of the past.
Leave the future to be.
’cause all will fade,
but not now.
Heart beating repeating fleeting now.
Breath breathing recurring stirring now.
Hold my hand,
hold this moment,
help me hold on to the confidence of now.
No regrets,
no tomorrow.
Let it be as of now.
Let go of the past.
Leave the future to be.
’cause all will fade,
yes all will fade,
all fade away,
but not now,
but not now.
