“Just You” listed what is not needed. “No rush” does the same, only in more detail — with coffee, a phone and clouds outside the window.
It is the longest lyric on the record: the most words of all ten tracks. All those words to say that there is no hurry to get anywhere.
Thirty-One Times “No”
The first line: “No need for the city lights… no need for the rush…”
The word “no” appears thirty-one times here — more than in any other track on the record. No big vacations, no social media, no diamonds, no deadlines, no stress.
But this is not a song about giving things up. Every “no” makes room for something else: “The world can wait… outside the door… / I’ve got all I need… right here on the floor…”
Coffee in Bed
The second verse: “No big vacations… no tickets to fly… / Just coffee in bed… watching clouds go by…”
And further on: “No social media… no need to post…” After the screens and filters of “Road,” this is the second time the record turns away from that world.
In its place: “Just your laugh in the morning… that’s what matters most…”
This Is Real
The chorus: “No rush… just you and me… / No luxury… just what we see… / In your arms… time stands still… / This is real… this is real…”
The word “real” appears six times here — three times as often as on the whole rest of the record.
“Veil of Mystery” ended with a search for the real beyond the screen: “Searching for real…” Here someone has found it. Not in travel and not in luxury, but in someone’s arms, in the morning, with no hurry.
A Place to Hide
The third verse ends like this: “No words are needed… when you’re by my side… / This simple love… is where I hide…”
“No words are needed” already stood in the third verse of “Just You.” These two songs talk to each other: one lists what is not needed, the other shows what a day looks like when all of it is gone.
The outro: “No rush… just you and me… / No rush… forever free…”
You can hear the track on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music.
In the next post I will write about “Just Like This” — the most cheerful song on the record, about a morning in the kitchen and nothing more.
Thank you for being here.
Adam Smentoch Creator of the Dust Anthem project
