Calm Inside the Noise

[Soft Felt Piano Intro] Standing on the crowded sidewalk Car horns mixed with vendors' cries [Verse 1] The crowd rolls like a bottomless river Each person carrying their own private race We walk slow amid that hurried current Like a boulder standing in the rushing rapids [Pre-Chorus] Not swept away, no need to shout Only even breathing keeps us in place [Chorus] calm inside the noise We bring the lake's face into the crowded market calm inside the noise Let the sound become an invisible backing track [Verse 2] A child cries outside the cafe A flower seller smiles at a stranger We see both yet stay unruffled For the heart has become a little island [Chorus] calm inside the noise We bring the lake's face into the crowded market calm inside the noise Let the sound become an invisible backing track [Bridge] Everyone says you must run to survive We try standing to see what's lost Turns out only a little hurry is lost [Chorus] calm inside the noise We bring the lake's face into the crowded market calm inside the noise Let the sound become an invisible backing track [Outro] Take off the earphones, the street still loud We walk on with a heart unbroken [Fade Out] [End]