More songs by D'Angelo
Description
There's something about that sound that reminds me of an old fire pit - as if the fire has long since died down, but the earth beneath it is still warm. The world is collapsing somewhere in the background, but inside there's a strange calm, like someone who is already tired of being afraid. No pathos, no despair - just steady breathing before the storm and a quiet confidence that your legs won't buckle, even if the ground disappears from under them. The pines whisper without revealing secrets, thunder rumbles but doesn't frighten – it simply reminds you that you're alive. And somewhere between those sounds is born that special feeling when you're not expecting salvation, you're just standing there. Unbreakable, even if trembling inside.
Lyrics and translation
Original
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a crashing world
Did I hear a thunder?
Did I hear you break?
I can't quite remember
Just what guided me this way, oh
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a crashing world
The pines, they often whisper
They whisper what no tongue can tell
He who drinks from the deep water
May he know the depths of the well
Well
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a crashing world
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a crashing world
Mmm, oh, traveler
What have you seen?
Were there crossroads
Where you been, where you been?
I once was standing tall
Now I feel my back's against the wall
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a crashing world
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a crashing world
The morning light
When it comes to me
It was there but I could not see
Am I to wander
As a wayward son?
Will the hunter be hunted
By the smoking gun?
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a crashing world
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a crashing world
May I stand unshaken
Amid, amidst a crashing world