Love in Enlightenment

Love is no longer pursuit, need, or a game of possession. At the album's end it remains as a quiet space that holds onto nothing yet contains the light in both you and me.

Love in Enlightenment closes the album with a love released from pursuit, possession, and the fear that it will cease to exist without another person. It is tied neither to a single face nor to a story required to end in a particular way. It is the space already present within everything, a light that does not need to be lit, and a stillness remaining even when nothing dramatic occurs. The song does not deny closeness, desire, or the uniqueness of relationships. It seeks a layer of love that does not try to own another person and does not mistake fear of loss for proof of depth. The narrator need not fall, chase, or ask for reassurance in order to know he can love. After the journey through darkness, falling, silence, and the release of fixed names, love appears as something that never needed to arrive. Love in Enlightenment lets Divinity fade within an open space where you and I need neither merge nor separate. It is enough to be, to notice, and to allow love to exist without conditions.