Prompt / Lyrics
[vocal improvisation recommended] Hhhhmmmmm From a speck out on the ground I can turn the whole thing ‘round Every road I thought would end Bends and brings me back again Ooohhhh I have learned to be still I have learned to be still Like a fence post on a hill Don’t need to run nowhere There’s a center everywhere From a speck out on the ground I can turn the whole thing ‘round Every road I thought would end Bends and brings me back again In the dust, in the grain In the shadow, in the rain I can widen what I see Let it all come into me Let it all come into me [harmonies] From a speck out on the ground I can turn the whole thing ‘round Every road I thought would end Bends and brings me back again Set out walking once again Same old dirt beneath my boots Leaves that fall and leaves that cling Every little hidden thing Every little hidden thing From a speck out on the ground I can turn the whole thing ‘round Every road I thought would end Bends and brings me back again Something flinches when I look Like I opened up a book Is it them or is it me Waking what I came to see Waking what I came to see From a speck out on the ground I can turn the whole thing ‘round Every road I thought would end Bends and brings me back again I ain’t chasin’ what won’t stay Let it come and drift away Every small thing holds the truth If you let it pull you through Memory tries to hold its place But it slips through time and space Not like trees with rings that stay Marked in years that don’t just fade years that don’t just fade From a speck out on the ground I can turn the whole thing ‘round Every road I thought would end Bends and brings me back again While we’re livin’, it won’t last We can’t hold onto the past Then we’re held a little while By a name… a trace… a mile Then it’s gone Ohhhhhh Then it’s gone From a speck out on the ground I can turn the whole thing ‘round Every road I thought would end Bends and brings me back again brings me back again Said I wouldn’t walk this road But that’s what kept me goin’ Friend of mine said “see it through” I believed it when he told me to From a speck out on the ground I can turn the whole thing ‘round Every road I thought would end Bends and brings me back again brings me back again Take a thing down to its end That’s the work I’m given Not to keep, but understand What it means to be livin’ means to be livin’ I ain’t chasin’ what won’t stay Let it come and drift away Every small thing holds the truth If you let it pull you through Ohhhhhhhhh From a speck out on the ground I can turn the whole thing ‘round Every road I thought would end Bends and brings me back again From a speck out on the ground I can turn the whole thing ‘round Every road I thought would end Bends and brings me back again [Outro – soft guitar + harmonica fade] I have learned to be still I have learned I will Take it to the end again
Tags
Unplugged, acoustic guitar, C major, 112–116 BPM, playful jam session, Sexy, playful, violins, male, live
Duration
5:19
Instrumental
No
Created
4/2/2026