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Keeping Quiet
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Classical
Keeping Quiet was released on February 25, 2022 by VOCES8 Records as a part of the album Renewal?
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Release DateFebruary 25, 2022
LabelVOCES8 Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
VOCES8
VOCES8
Performer
Apollo5
Apollo5
Performer
Roger Chase
Roger Chase
Viola
Caroline Dale
Caroline Dale
Cello
Paul Smith
Paul Smith
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Donna McKevitt
Donna McKevitt
Composer

Lyrics

Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.
For once on the face of the earth,
let's not speak in any language
let's stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
Fisherman in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would look at his hurt hands.
Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victories with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.
What I want should not be confused
with total inactivity.
Life is what it is about
I want no truck with death.
If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.
Perhaps the earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now I'll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.
Written by: Donna McKevitt
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