Don’t Stop Now
An Original Song by Jacques Kuno
2023
Why so expressively
Do you clean up this mess spill a pot of tea
On the table, what’s next something so unclean
That it’s bound to be wrecking the philosophy
Of taking care of the weeds that are choking the rest
Cause what gets left when you leave your best
Is the remnants of what beats in your chest
Mixed with a chance to run with a hard-earned guess
As to what it means … to feel alive
Don’t keep trying to wait it out
I mean that’s fine just stick around
Cause this time I’m saying it loud
It’s worthwhile to figure it out
So don’t stop now
So don’t stop now
When you see me now do I look out of place
I’m wishing just this time I might find my space
To keep my faith aligned with something hard to place
But what is fine if not the courage of facing
Me all the time with my heart still chasin’
The answer’s why the floor is the basement
And the ceiling is higher than all the places
That you have reached and that’s amazing
If you’re trying to find … how to feel alive
So don’t keep trying to wait it out
I mean that’s fine just stick around
Cause this time I’m saying it loud
It’s worthwhile to figure it out
So don’t stop now
So don’t stop now
oh oho oh
oh oho oh
oh ooho oh
oh oh oh oh oooh ohhh
It’s a feeling
That I’m living
I’m trying to fit in to a spot on the page
Going crazy, just maybe
I’m escaping when I’m meant to be planning to stay
Unstick me
And we’ll see
What kind of crazy that I’m climbing over today
And I’ll finally
Be the envy
Of my old me as the canopy starts to fade
And fade away
In its place a mind and soul of faith
So don’t keep trying to wait it out
Cause the answer’s out there just laying about
But it takes time to keep the fires around
So until you find what’s out there keep your head in the clouds
And don’t stop now
Cause your faith’s a shelter from the darkness keeping you down
Your faith’s a shelter from the darkness keeping you down.