Soul Weary? The Antidote to the Endless Chase

In the relentless hum of modern life—the “alarm clock screams” and the relentless chase for worth “in a dollar sign”—a moment of grace arrives. This week’s featured track is a defiant, yet gentle melodic balm for the soul-weary, a song that gives voice to the quiet exhaustion of a world that feels “so strange.”

With poignant lyrics that ask, “You can climb to the highest floor / And still be wanting, still need more,” the song articulates the hollow core of endless ambition. But its true power lies in the chorus, where the ancient, soothing mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum” becomes a lifeline—a “secret that the wise ones know.”

This isn’t a song of escapism, but of profound reorientation. It guides the listener away from the external race and inward, to that “quiet, hidden space” where a “jewel of contentment” shines. For anyone measuring their days in fatigue and feeling the weight of the “coming day,” this track is a beautiful reminder that the answer isn’t more chasing, but the realization, whispered on a fading outro: “Enough… enough…”

Lyrics

(Verse 1)

Alarm clock screams in the morning grey

Another race to win today

Pushing through the crowded street

Another face you have to meet

Chasing dreams that shift and change

In a world that feels so strange

Measuring worth in a dollar sign

Feeling tired,all the time

(Pre-Chorus)

And your shoulders feel the weight

Is it getting far too late?

To find a different kind of way…

To face the coming day…

(Chorus)

Om Mah nee pard may home

(Shifting mindset, starting to see the Truth, wondering the purpose of the chase…)

Om Mah nee pard may home

There’s a secret that the wise ones know…

A quiet truth that helps you grow…

Om Mah nee pard may home

(Verse 2)

You can climb to the highest floor

And still be wanting,still need more

You can win the praise of a thousand eyes

And still be lost under those same skies

This competition has no end

Just a broken heart to mend

(Pre-Chorus)

And your spirit starts to break

For your own and others’sake

Is there a different kind of way…

To face the coming day…

(Chorus)

Om Mah nee pard may home

Om Mah nee pard may home

There’s a secret that the wise ones know…

A quiet truth that helps you grow…

Om Mah nee pard may home

(Bridge)

And the secret isn’t found in the chase

It’s in a quiet,hidden space

It blooms like a lotus,pure and bright…

In the darkest hour of the night…

A jewel of contentment,shining clear…

The only thing that banishes fear…

(Outro)

Om Mah nee pard may home…

The secret jewel…

Om Mah nee pard may home…

In the heart of the lotus…

Om Mah nee pard may home…

Enough…enough…

Om Mah nee pard may home…

[Fades out on the mantra]

To access the song, click on My Buddhist Songs.

May all be well and happy.