The Quiet Life

Lyrics
Forget the 'Gram and TV
I wanna spend some time with my family
Don’t care bout your politic
Tell me bout your soul are you feeling sick

No religion really saves
They just give you rules so you feel safe
Only One I’ve found with grace
Is the Christ who knows me by my name

Won’t you stop
In the name of love
Have you had enough
Give it up
Live the quiet life
Love your kid and wife

Living each day on repeat
Carrying the weight is not easy
Looking for a deeper truth
Saying quiet prayers I need something new

Meditation
The older I get the more I see that almost every aspect of empire and culture is built on lies. Social media, progress, medicine, history. All aspect of things human created seem to puff up and bolster what is actually there. It’s as if there’s a spirit of “look what we can do on our own.” As someone who’s pursued music for many years I see this deeply in all aspects of the industry. And more importantly I see my own motives lead me astray. The “I can do this alone” attitude.

I think tragedy and hard things have a way of stripping away the illusion. When things are going well I tend to think, “Look at us! We’re heading to Mars!”. But when unchangeable tragedy hits, I look around and I see lost souls all trying to build their own little empires. And I do the same.

The good life is probably a life built on truth. And perhaps it starts with turning off the dopamine sucking propaganda machines and turning to those closest to me. I wrote this tune before I had a kid, and now that I have one I realize the world is a lie. But my kid is true. Seeing my wife be a mother. That’s true. There’s not much out there that’s real. The real is right in front of me in the present. By God’s grace let me remember that the next time I get online.

- kid in flight