03 No Blade Can Cut

[Intro] (vocalise: soft ahs over sitar arpeggios) [Verse 1] A voice beside me, calm as evening water "Why do you tremble, warrior, why these tears? There never was a time when we were not And there will never come a time we end" [Pre-Chorus] "Bodies are garments, worn and laid aside But what is wearing them has never died" [Chorus: Krishna's voice — steady, commanding, tabla and strings swell] "No blade can cut it, no fire can burn No water drowns it, no wind can turn Unborn, undying, older than the sky What lives in you forever was never born to die" [Verse 2] "As a man lays down his worn-out clothes And takes the new, so every spirit goes From form to form, and nothing real is lost Grieve for the garment, not for what it holds" [Chorus: Krishna's voice — steady, commanding, tabla and strings swell] "No blade can cut it, no fire can burn No water drowns it, no wind can turn Unborn, undying, older than the sky What lives in you forever was never born to die" [Bridge: hushed, drone and soft flute] "Cold and heat, pleasure and pain They come and go like summer rain Bear them, bear them (titikshasva) They cannot touch what you truly are" [Chorus: Krishna's voice — steady, commanding, tabla and strings swell] "No blade can cut it, no fire can burn No water drowns it, no wind can turn Unborn, undying, older than the sky What lives in you forever was never born to die" [Outro] (softly) Unborn... undying... (no restart, no new chorus, resolve) [Instrumental Fade Out] [End]