Stillness Is the Move Lyrics
It did not know what it was
Like a child it had no habits
No opinions about anything
Maybe I will get a job
Get a job as a waitress
Maybe waiting tables in a diner
In some remote city down the highway
[Hook]
After all that we’ve been through
I know we’ll make it, I know the way
The question is it true
There is nothing we can’t do
I see you along the way baby
The stillness is the move
On top of every mountain
There was a great longing
For another even higher mountain
In each city longing for a bigger city
[Hook]
After all that we’ve been through
I know that I will always love you
From now until forever baby
I can’t imagine anything better
After all that we’ve been through
I know we’ll make it, I know the way
The question is it true
There is nothing we can’t do
I see you along the way baby
Isn’t life just some mirage of the world before the world
Before the world
Why am I here and not over there
Where did time begin
Where does space end
Where do you and I
Where do you and I begin
After all that we’ve been through
I know we’ll make it, I know the way
The question is it true
There is nothing we can’t do
I see you along the way baby
The stillness is the move
After all that we’ve been through
I know we’ll make it, I know the way
The question is it true
There is nothing we can’t do
I see you along the way baby
The stillness is the move
About
While its twin, “Two Doves” takes its roots from the Song of Solomon and 70’s rock, “Stillness Is the Move” draws its inspiration from the 1987 Wim Wenders film Der Himmel uber Berlin (Wings of Desire) and Beyoncé’s B'Day.
Lead singer David Longstreth stressed the importance of giving a solo song to each of the two female vocalists, Deradoorian and Amber Coffman, as “as a gift or homage to each one, to try to explode their temperaments into individual numbers.”.
Thus, while Deradoorian’s “Two Doves” is melancholy and wistful, Coffman’s “Stillness is the Move” is upbeat and groovy. The two sister songs (the only ones missing Longstreth’s lead vocals) are placed right next to one another on the album.
Longstreath explained,
I like the idea of making their personalities in song very distinct from each other. There’s definitely an element of symmetry or balance I was going for."
Oh, and Solange, of all people, even covered it.
Q&A
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