BEHIND THE SONGS
That’s How You Keep Sane
The key still fits, the jokes still work, and yet everyone arriving at the cabin has changed.
That’s How You Keep Sane (Slow Edit)
THE STORY
The key still fits, the jokes still work, and yet everyone arriving at the cabin has changed. This song stays with that tension between enduring friendship and the weight of growing older. Away from a phone that will not stop, three people recover an unhurried rhythm through cooking, firelight and conversation. They can speak about scars they once kept hidden and burdens they now understand differently. The repeated return to the wilderness makes care into a practice. Keeping sane is something done with other people, through familiar acts that leave enough room for honesty and remind each person that he does not have to carry everything alone.
Lyrics Read the full words
Every couple months, mi haffi slip away Two breddas from di childhood days Deep inna di woods, far from di noise Sanity come back when we reach di gate Up inna di wilderness, mind get still again Good green meditation wash di trouble from mi brain City keep pullin', world goin' mad again But up inna di wilderness , that's how we keep sane Yeah, that's how we keep sane Everyday life full a deadlines, toxins, Babylon noise People runnin' in circles, nobody knowin' dem choice Mi phone a blaze nonstop, pressure inna mi chest Till mi text di breddas, "Time fi di forest rest." Road get narrow, signal fade, silence open wide Tall pines bow like elders when dem see we arrive Unlock di door, same key from back inna teenage days Same jokes, same bond, yet all a we changed in ways Pot pon fire, garlic and butter start sing We chop vegetables slow, we nuh rush one thing Good green roll up tight, clouds rise warm And mi remember why we survive every storm Up inna di wilderness, mind get still again Good green meditation wash di trouble from mi brain City keep pullin', world goin' mad again But up inna di wilderness , that's how we keep sane Yeah, that's how we keep sane After dinner we build fire, watch sparks chase di night Talk bout di struggles and di wins till tings feel right Sometimes we dive deeper, cosmic journeys unfold Soul clean like di river dat used to freeze di toes cold We reason long bout childhood, scars we never did show Bout di weight we a carry now dat we grown and know Yet inna this tiny cabin at di edge of di wild We feel like again every man still a child Forest cradle di mind, tek di madness out No judgment, no timeline, no fear, no doubt When di dawn creep in gentle, truth come in waves Brotherhood is di anchor dat keep we from break Up inna di wilderness, mind get still again Good green meditation wash di trouble from mi brain City keep pullin', world goin' mad again But up inna di wilderness , that's how we keep sane That's how we keep sane Up inna di wilderness, up inna di wilderness Mind get still again, mind get still again Good green meditation wash di trouble from mi brain City keep pullin', world goin' mad again But up inna di wilderness But up inna di wilderness , that's how we keep sane Every couple months, mi disappear from di strain Cabin inna di woods bring back di man again That's di medicine That's di sanity That's di life
That’s How You Keep Sane
THE STORY
The key still fits, the jokes still work, and yet everyone arriving at the cabin has changed. This song stays with that tension between enduring friendship and the weight of growing older. Away from a phone that will not stop, three people recover an unhurried rhythm through cooking, firelight and conversation. They can speak about scars they once kept hidden and burdens they now understand differently. The repeated return to the wilderness makes care into a practice. Keeping sane is something done with other people, through familiar acts that leave enough room for honesty and remind each person that he does not have to carry everything alone.
Lyrics Read the full words
Every couple months, mi haffi slip away Two breddas from di childhood days Deep inna di woods, far from di noise Sanity come back when we reach di gate Up inna di wilderness, mind get still again Good green meditation wash di trouble from mi brain City keep pullin', world goin' mad again But up inna di wilderness , that's how we keep sane Yeah, that's how we keep sane Everyday life full a deadlines, toxins, Babylon noise People runnin' in circles, nobody knowin' dem choice Mi phone a blaze nonstop, pressure inna mi chest Till mi text di breddas, "Time fi di forest rest." Road get narrow, signal fade, silence open wide Tall pines bow like elders when dem see we arrive Unlock di door, same key from back inna teenage days Same jokes, same bond, yet all a we changed in ways Pot pon fire, garlic and butter start sing We chop vegetables slow, we nuh rush one thing Good green roll up tight, clouds rise warm And mi remember why we survive every storm Up inna di wilderness, mind get still again Good green meditation wash di trouble from mi brain City keep pullin', world goin' mad again But up inna di wilderness , that's how we keep sane Yeah, that's how we keep sane After dinner we build fire, watch sparks chase di night Talk bout di struggles and di wins till tings feel right Sometimes we dive deeper, cosmic journeys unfold Soul clean like di river dat used to freeze di toes cold We reason long bout childhood, scars we never did show Bout di weight we a carry now dat we grown and know Yet inna this tiny cabin at di edge of di wild We fi real feel again like every man still a child Forest cradle di mind, tek di madness out No judgment, no timeline, no fear, no doubt When di dawn creep in gentle, truth come in waves Brotherhood a di anchor dat keep we from break Up inna di wilderness, mind get still again Good green meditation wash di trouble from mi brain City keep pullin', world goin' mad again But up inna di wilderness , that's how we keep sane That's how we keep sane Up inna di wilderness, wilderness, wilderness Mind get still again Up inna di wilderness, wilderness, wilderness Wash di trouble from mi brain City keep pullin', keep pullin' World goin' mad again But up inna di wilderness , that's how we keep sane That's how we keep sane Every couple of months me disappear from the strain Cabin inna di woods bring back di man again That's di medicine That's di sanity That's di life
One way into the song. What you hear in it is yours.