Brief presentation

A tense and controlled blues song about waiting, desire and emotional restraint.
Stay Calm tells the story of someone trying not to surrender to impulse, holding back words, fear and hope while love remains uncertain.

Lyrics

Stay calm
even when your heart is racing
even when the blood runs wild
and the night won’t let you sleep

Stay calm
when you keep thinking of her
when the need to have her near
cuts too deep

Stay calm
hold steady your voice
even if it burns inside
even if you have no choice

Stay calm
don’t give away your pain
if she asks you, “How are you?”
just say, “I’m doing okay”

It would only take a second
to reach out for the phone
to fall into her voice
and feel less alone

It would only take a whisper
to tell her, “I love you”
but you promised you would wait
until she calls you

Stay calm
hold steady your voice
even if it burns inside
even if you have no choice

Stay calm
don’t give away your pain
if she asks you, “How are you?”
just say, “I’m doing okay”

Stay calm
when she tells you with a smile
that last night she went out
with another man awhile

And you want to ask her questions
you want to know what it means
but you bite down on the words
and stare down into your drink

Stay calm, man
even when your heart is breaking
even when you feel inside
there’s still some love remaining

Love is a tightrope
between speaking and silence
between falling into darkness
and pretending you are fine

Stay calm
when joy explodes inside you
because somewhere in her voice
you still hear a place for you

Stay calm
don’t run, don’t shake
some loves are winding roads
you cannot force or take

Stay calm
even when fate is changing
even if tomorrow comes
with a flower or a blade

One day she’ll say, “I love you”
or maybe she’ll say, “Goodbye”
and you, with all your calm,
will say, “Alright, that’s fine”

Stay calm
but don’t kill your heart
sometimes a man who stands still
is only learning how to love

Notes

Stay Calm is a blues song built on tension, restraint and suspended emotion.
The voice of the song tries to remain steady while desire, jealousy, hope and fear keep rising underneath. It is not a song about coldness, but about the painful discipline of waiting when love cannot be forced.

Listen to the song