EVENING PRACTICE · Track 4 of 8
Only The Breathing
by Mercy Marlow · 2:11 · handwritten lyrics, AI-generated recording (disclosed)
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Lyrics — written by hand
Intro(Mm) in, and out
VerseLie down on the floor if you have to,
the bed can feel like a task.
Boards under your back, arms out wide,
and nobody here to ask.
The ceiling has nothing to tell you.
The dark has no opinion.
Whatever was loud at half past four
has stopped its little dominion.
Only the breathing.
That is the one assignment.
In through the tired, out through the day —
there is no further requirement.
You don't have to picture a beach,
you don't have to find your centre.
You don't have to be anywhere better.
You only have to enter.
Only the breathing.
That is the one assignment.
In through the tired, out through the day —
there is no further requirement.
Four counts in, and hold it soft,
six back out through the teeth.
That's it. That's the entire method.
The rest just happens underneath.
Only the breathing.
That is the one assignment.
In through the tired, out through the day —
there is no further requirement.
(Mm) in through the tired.
(Mm) that's all it was.