As a way to commemorate my father and his legacy, I asked musician Margaret Wasaff from Ballad Of to write a song about him. She wrote the melody, lyrics and guitar; you can listen to it below. I hope you enjoy “Quell,” which was based on reading interviews about Teibel and listening to his recordings.
Some sound is noise
Some sound is music
Some sound is found depends how you use it
Sometimes it finds you
Sometimes it drowns you
It depends on how you want it to be
(But) if we go looking we’ll know where to find you
Asleep at the bottom of the digital sea
Chorus 1:
All you wanted was the perfect ocean
All chatter and noise pulled under a spell
All worries wrapped up in a tide, waiting to quell
And quiet the mind and render you well
Verse 2:
(where) I got it wrong and where you got it right
You shut out the world to bring on the night
I consumed all the world, but ended up full
You found (your) emptiness from the ocean’s pull
Bridge:
You couldn’t see the storm, you saw single flakes
Your focus, your form, and your vision makes
Time capsules of places no longer that way
You found peace of mind in an ordinary day
Chorus 2:
All you wanted was the perfect ocean
All chatter and noise pulled under a spell
All worries wrapped up in a tide, waiting to quell
And quiet the mind and render you well.
When I need to find you, I’ll know where you’ll be
Asleep at the bottom of the digital sea