What Here, Now is about
The closing track of Hidden Temptation, and where the album's journey from waiting to letting go finally lands: fully present and open to something new. "Maybe this is what freedom is."
Here, Now lyrics
The room feels brighter than I remember
Like it’s meeting me halfway
I don’t brace for the moment anymore
I let it stay
Your voice doesn’t feel like history
It doesn’t ask me to compare
It sounds like something happening
Right here
I’m not careful
I’m just clear
I’m here, now
Nothing pulling me back
I don’t measure the feeling
I let it happen like that
I’m here, now
And it feels enough
I don’t wait for the meaning
I trust the moment to come
I don’t bring the past into the silence
I don’t name it when it appears
I’ve learned how to stand in something new
Without fear
You don’t feel like a question
You don’t feel like a test
You feel like something simple
At rest
I don’t rush it
I don’t stall
I’m here, now
Nothing pulling me back
I don’t measure the feeling
I let it happen like that
I let it happen
I’m here, now
And it feels enough
It feels enough
I don’t wait for the meaning
I trust the moment to come
Maybe this is what freedom is
Not choosing, not deciding
Just letting something good arrive
Without timing
No shadows to outrun
No shape to defend
Just space where something real
Can begin
I’m here, now
I feel open, I feel clear
If this is where I land
I’m glad I’m here
I’m here, now
And I don’t need to know
Where this goes
I just let it show
Oh Here
Ha ha ha
Oh here
Ha ha
Oh oh
Oh here
Ha ha ha
Oh here Now