Lyrics

I came back with my eyes open
Feet on the ground and the sky in my chest
Not a monk on a mountain
Not a saint - just a man at his best

Drink the wine, taste the dirt
Feel the sun on the back of your neck
Hold the ones that you love like they're leaving
Because they are - so give them what's left

Zorba the Buddha!
Dance in the mud and the rain
Zorba the Buddha!
Holy and human, the pleasure and pain
Not half alive, not half asleep
Not running from the world to pray
Fully here, both beast and light
Celebration is the only way

Let us live life to the fullest
Let us find ourselves, be present
Let us find each other
Explore, build, socialize, love

The marketplace is the monastery
The handshake is the prayer
The sweat is the holy water
And the laughter is the air

Be present when you eat the bread
Be present when you hold the hand
Be present in the ordinary moments -
That's where the sacred land expands

Zorba the Buddha!
Dance in the mud and the rain
Zorba the Buddha!
Holy and human, the pleasure and pain
Not half alive, not half asleep
Not running from the world to pray
Fully here, both beast and light
Celebration is the only way

I don't need a temple made of stone
This body is the temple and the throne
I don't need a scripture or a guide
The truth was always burning here inside

So raise a glass to the forgetting
Raise a glass to the return
Every life that we have lived here
Was a page that had to burn
And this page - this one right now -
Is the one I choose to write
With both hands in the fire
And both eyes full of light

Zorba the Buddha!
Fully awake, fully alive!
Zorba the Buddha!
This is how gods learn to survive!