Lama in the Basement © Izolda Trakhtenberg

This song is based on an impending true story. My boss and friend, Elissa told me that the Lama she met in Nepal might be coming to visit and that he'll be staying in their beautiful, peaceful meditation space in the basement. I immediately thought that the phrase "Lama in the basement" had to become a song. And I woke up the next morning thinking this one. Enjoy.

A gentle man from far off lands
He’s spent his life content
He smiles at people’s spiteful acts
And quiets malcontents
And now he’s come to our land’s shores
To stay in my friends home
What an opportunity
Enlightenment here I come


Lama in the basement
He’s got wisdom to dispense
I’m ready for my share of it
So spare me the suspense
Lama in the basement
With a soul as pure as snow
Maybe that’s my problem then
Perhaps I should just go


I want to sit beside his feet
There’s so much there to learn
Like the quiet heart, the silent mind
The beauty of fern
Why can’t I just get it done
I’ve been here for an hour
Enlightenment takes longer than
I’ve ever really known


Chorus

I’ve done Oming meditation
So why am I still stuck?
Thought it would be easier
Like being lightning struck
I never truly realized that
It’s a lifelong course
That gives this man a simple life
With spirit at its source


Lama in the basement
He’s got wisdom to dispense
I’m ready for my share of it
So spare me the suspense
Lama in the basement
He follows his own road
Perhaps I will seek my own path
And find my inner glow
 
 

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