Meditative trip hop·78 BPM·Em·Two voices·5:00
"Two voices in the silence. Only one is really true."
Two voices speaking in any given mind: one for fear and separation, one for love. The song takes that framing and makes a duet out of it. Same vocal cords, same brain. The trick is learning to tell them apart.
The loud voice ("you should have," "you're not enough," "you're on your own") feels normal because you have followed it for so long. The quieter one does not force, does not frighten. It offers a different read on the same situation.
Em minor cycle, 78 BPM half-time, brushed snare with vinyl crackle, slide guitar entering on chorus only. Two treatments of one singer in the mix: the ego voice closer-mic and a bit anxious, the kind voice further back and steady. The doctrine is the production choice.
There's a voice in my mind One is fear, one is kind ... I wake up and the chatter starts before my feet can touch the floor All the "should have," "could have," "won't be enough," and "you need more" Like a radio of worry that I never turned on Telling me that I am separate, telling me that I'm alone But beneath the rushing static, there's a softer, steady tone Not accusing, never shouting, only a quiet calling home When I pause and stop believing every fearful little line I can hear a different guidance in the middle of my mind Two voices in the silence Only one is really true One will always speak of danger One will only speak of you (clear) There's a voice in my mind that remembers love Whispering I am safe, I am enough Cutting through the noise like a gentle light Saying lay it all down, it'll be alright I choose the voice that leads me into peace Every time I turn to it, my fears release There's a voice in my mind that remembers love And it's closer than the pain I'm letting go of I have followed the loud echo of the ego for so long Chased its promises of power, played its broken, restless song But each road it sends me down ends in guilt and subtle shame Leaves me searching for another, just a different shape, the same When I ask for something higher, when I'm willing to be shown I can feel a gentle presence that says "You're not on your own" It won't force and it won't frighten, it quietly offers a choice Every time I choose for kindness, I am following that voice Two voices in the silence Only one is really true One will always speak of danger One will only speak of you There's a voice in my mind that remembers love Whispering I am safe, I am enough Cutting through the noise like a gentle light Saying lay it all down, it'll be alright I choose the voice that leads me into peace Every time I turn to it, my fears release There's a voice in my mind that remembers love And it's closer than the pain I'm letting go of ... When I don't know what to say... When I'm standing at the edge I can turn the volume down On the fear inside my head And I ask for a new way For the words that come from grace Then I hear it, soft and certain Speaking through this open space There's a voice in my mind that remembers love Whispering I am safe, I am enough Cutting through the noise like a gentle light Saying lay it all down, it'll be alright I choose the voice that leads me into peace Every time I turn to it, my fears release There's a voice in my mind that remembers love And it's closer than the pain I'm letting go of There's a voice in my mind One is fear, one is kind
Inspired by the two-voices framing, from A Course in Miracles.
Before I Was Anyone by Brian 200. Frequency & Solidarity.