There are voices within us — echoes of childhood, fragments of fear, tender guardians who learned long ago how to keep us safe.
Some speak in silence, others in storms.
Some have never been heard at all.
Calm Within the Flame is a song of turning inward.
It’s about meeting those voices with gentleness — not to silence them,
but to listen.
To hold the ache without turning away.
To find, in the flicker of pain, a steady light:
A Self that stays. A love that burns quietly beneath the noise.
A calm within the flame.
Lyrics
Deep inside, they're building a wall
To keep the little ones safe from it all
Learned to need no one when no one stayed
Then a quiet voice whispers, "I won’t walk away"
Voices stirring inside of me
A choir of haunting memories
But when I listen, I always find
A calm within the flame a love that shines
Yes, I always find… a love
Still burning deep inside
The part of me who cries for love
Is met with silence — sometimes with scorn
It hides behind my sunken eyes
Still hearing, “It’s not safe to try.”
Voices stirring inside of me
A choir of haunting memories
But when I listen, I always find
A calm within the flame a love that shines
Yes, I always find… a love
Still burning deep inside
My protectors once believed
That love was something you had to weave
But now I see, they only yearn
For me — the Self — to at last return
Voices stirring inside of me
A choir of haunting memories
But when I listen, I always find
A calm within the flame a love that shines
Yes, I always find… a love
Still burning deep inside
I hold the child, the guard, the ghost
The ones who ran, the ones who froze
And though they feared I’d walk away
I’m here, because I choose to stay
The war inside begins to cease
When every part is met with peace
My parts aren’t bad — they’re just afraid
Trying to keep all the hurt away
But I'm learning how to remain
To be their calm inside the flame
And though they feared I’d walk away
I’m here, because I choose to stay
The war inside begins to cease
When all my parts are met with peace