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Stillness (feat. J Russell)

from Darkness in the Light by pthelo

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Pthelo is honored to to have worked with and to feature J Russell on this track!

I still remember the day we wrote it. We hadn't worked on music together in years, but when Jonathan and I got in the studio the trio of inspiration, energy, and focus came together for both of us, and we got to work.

Jonathan started from a blank page in a notebook.

I started from a blank set in Ableton Live.


We fell into a remarkably fluid, collaborative, creative state, and the session was completely free from technical or creative blocks.

When I came out of the focus zone around the three hour point, I was pleasantly surprised to find the song was arranged, all the vocals were recorded, and the track was ~80% mixed– and it sounded tight!

lyrics

looked at the doorway
And saw light and dark
A pathway between the possible and the Not

On the other side, rooms infinite
How can I know
Without crossing that threshold?

And within
If I held still
My world would be the same

Nothing chanced, nothing gained
The doorway held a possible future
A probable failure
Most likely, a couch or a sofa!

In between
The atoms held
A cat alive and dead
No chance for escape

Anxiety!
To do or not to do
Either way a choice
A decision I cannot undo

The doorway held both light and dark
Shadow and sun
Neither of which could tempt me

A threshold to a new way forward
A decision made
A confident step

Would I move, a world open to me
My thoughts are not action

Stillness is a choice.

I looked at the doorway
And saw light and dark
A choice not made
Between the possible and the Not

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from Darkness in the Light, released May 20, 2019
Lyrics and vocal performance by J Russell

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