Harvest · Track 07

Consider the Lilies

Name: Consider the Lilies
Duration: 2 min 38 s
Description: Some forms of trust cannot be argued into existence. Consider the Lilies looks at the effortless intelligence of what grows and asks what happens when life is met with less grasping. The song does not deny responsibility. It makes room for a different relationship with control.

Some forms of trust cannot be argued into existence. Consider the Lilies looks at the effortless intelligence of what grows and asks what happens when life is met with less grasping. The song does not deny responsibility. It makes room for a different relationship with control.

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Harvest album cover — desert plaster, painted sun, narrow gate

Lyrics

Slow it down Slow it down He said consider The lilies How they grow How they grow No striving No control Still they show Still they show Consider the lilies Look and see Consider the lilies You are free They don’t worry They don’t chase Still they stand In perfect place All they need Comes in time Held in something So alive So alive He said look up At the sky See the birds Passing by Nothing stored Nothing saved Still they move Still they’re safe Consider the lilies Look and see Consider the lilies You are free I was holding I was tight Trying hard To make it right Then I saw What is true Life is moving Without you Let it move They don’t worry They don’t chase Still they stand In perfect place All they need Comes in time Held in something So alive Slow it down You can see