To Remember
Dragonfly,
Irredescence of my lover’s eyes,
You remind me
That I’m always playing hide and seek.
Summer snow,
Little cottonwoods
Were born to grow.
You remind me
All of life is made in letting go.
And it’s my nature
To forget these things,
But I need you
To help me
To remember.
A hundred trees
But your roots all meet
Beneath my feet.
You remind me
Separation’s just a lovely dream.
And It’s my nature
To forget these things
But I need you
To help me
To remember.
Who?
Who?
Who?
I remember
And then I forget again
And remember
Who I am
Who I am
Who
I am you
I am you
And it’s my nature
To forget these things
But I need you
To help me
To remember.
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Rise
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These days I’ve been having trouble waking up
I’d rather stay asleep than try to believe in higher love
I think I’m fooling everybody else,
I say that I know that I’m loved, but I don’t
Cause I’m still punishing myself
I’ve been holding it in, this brilliant light.
They told me it was intimidating,
So I’ve been keeping it inside
But when I woke up this morning,
I realized that something this bright
Is destined to rise
So I gotta rise.
I’m gonna rise up from my bed,
Get into my body and out of my head
I’m letting go of holding on
To the notion that something is always wrong,
I’m incredible, it’s beautiful,
This life that I live,
So I’m gonna hold my head high like the queen that I am,
Living my life for the wonder that it is
These days I’ve been having trouble getting mine
Stuck still in a tiny bubble just watching my life roll by.
I get anxious, I’m afraid of everyone else,
But to be honest it just gets worse
When I’m alone with myself
I’ve been holding it back, this power inside
Too scared to act, so I live in my mind
But now I see power is in my nature,
And just like day comes after night,
Naturally, I gotta rise, I gotta rise
I’m gonna rise up from my bed,
Get into my body and out of my head
I’m letting go of holding on
To the notion that something is always wrong,
I’m incredible, it’s beautiful,
This life that I live,
So I’m gonna hold my head high like the queen that I am,
Living my life for the wonder that it is
It ain’t enough to just believe
Living life is a physical kind of spirituality
It ain’t just the movement of your mind,
It’s the movement of your feet
It’s the steps that you take,
It’s the body alive
It’s the love that you make
It’s the way that you rise.
I’m gonna rise up from my bed,
Get into my body and out of my head
I’m letting go of holding on
To the notion that something is wrong,
I’m gonna rise up from my bed,
Get into my body and out of my head
I’m letting go of holding on
To the notion that something is always wrong,
I’m incredible, it’s beautiful,
This life that I live,
I’m incredible, it’s beautiful,
This life that I live,
I’m incredible, it’s beautiful,
This life that I live,
So I’m gonna hold my head high like the queen that I am,
So I’m gonna hold my head high like the queen that I am,
So I’m gonna hold my head high
Hold my head high
Hold my head high
Hold my head high
Hold my head high like the queen that I am
Living my life for the wonder that it is.
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Let It Slide
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I’ve been dragging my feet again,
Can’t seem to get my mind on the right track.
It’s been a couple of months now,
And I keep hoping I’ll get that high back.
Why do I wake up to the sun
And see only dark?
Oh, child, let it slide
There’s a little piece of heaven
Right before your eyes.
Oh, child, give it up,
If you keep on keeping it,
You’re gonna miss so much
In this life.
Don’t you remember that clarity
That you keep promising
You’ll never forget?
Where is that in your mind now?
Has it been crowded out
By your bitterness?
Oh, and you can’t make people stay
You can only change yourself.
Oh, and the sooner you let go,
The sooner you make room
For something else.
CHORUS
And I know it hurts
And it’s so much worse
Than you expected it to be
Oh, child look around
There’s no one here now
You are your only enemy.
Oh, child, let’s slide
There’s a little piece of heaven
Right before your eyes
Oh, child, give it up,
If you keep on keeping it,
You’re gonna miss so much
If you keep on keeping it,
You’re gonna miss so much
If you keep on keeping it,
You’re gonna miss so much
If you keep on keeping it,
You’re gonna miss so much
In this life.
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Forgive
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So many years I’ve hidden
So many lies I’ve told
Out of the ignorance of youth or
As a woman too afraid of truth
So many things mistaken,
So much guilt I hold
Buried alive
Yeah the weight on my chest
Stole my breath
And I went cold.
But how I long for the warmth of love
For the softer side of me.
The time is now, I shall be free.
I forgive myself.
I forgive myself.
I forgive myself
I forgive myself.
For everything
Expectations shattered
Promises unkept
So many times I swore I’d change
Years go by and I’m still the same
But how I long for tenderness
And grace at my own hands
I am the one, I understand
I forgive myself.
I forgive myself.
I forgive myself
I forgive myself
For everything.
Yes, the faith I had in myself
Turned to confusion.
It’s such a slow erosion
Seemed that hope and trust were just
Another couple illusions
But somewhere deep inside I realize
I am worthy
I am somebody who can be relied on
So I’m gonna
Put my faith in me
Put my faith in me
Once again,
I have found redemption
Put my faith in me
Put my faith in me
Once again,
I have found redemption
(Repeat until the end)
I forgive myself.
I forgive myself.
I forgive myself
I forgive myself.
I forgive myself.
For everything
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Blows My Mind
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I got everything I wanted,
Still it didn’t make me feel alive.
Isn’t the things you didn’t know you need
That open up your eyes?
And of all the things that I could do
There’s only one worth doing
Of all the things that I could be,
There’s only one that’s true and
it blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
I had every good intention,
But you know that paves the way to hell.
Chasing every pleasure
To forget the pain
But I forgot myself.
And of all the things that I could do
There’s only worth doing
Of all the things I think I know,
There’s only one that’s true.
it blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
Isn’t a wonder that I’m still breathing?
Oh, such a miracle! Heart still beating!
Isn’t a wonder that I’m still breathing?
Oh, such a miracle! Heart still beating!
Breathing
Breathing
it blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
It blows my mind
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Young Love
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Small town, small street
Their houses separated
By a couple thousand feet.
Two hearts, about sixteen
Learning the ways of love.
Small church, Sunday school,
He saw her, but he tried to play it cool.
She didn’t see the way
He was captivated from the start
Finally one day, a glimmer of a chance!
He gathered his courage and a coat,
And he ran down the street
To her doorstep,
Found the words, and it began.
They were feeling that
Young love,
The kind that’s only getting better,
A rare and precious thing
That only get sweeter with time.
They were feeling that young love
That shines in any kind of weather,
Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall days
In small ways and all ways
Always and forever!
Some thought
It couldn’t last long.
She was moving away
So they should just move on.
But they both knew
Without a doubt
Something deeper was going on.
She said, “Mama you don’t understand,
I think he’s a part of a greater plan.
Love’s running deep,
And it’s only begun.
I know in my heart
This boy is the one.”
CHORUS
They may have grown,
They may have changed,
Life may have thrown them
Some difficult things,
Together in love,
Forever enough
Young love,
The kind that’s only getting better
Young love
Shines in any kind of weather
Young love,
The kind that’s only getting better
Young love
Shines in any kind of weather
CHORUS
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Alpaca Socks
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I don’t wanna get up.
Just not feeling it today.
It’s too cozy in this bed.
Who needs a job anyway?
I don’t wanna get out.
Being human’s too hard.
Sometimes I think my brain
Takes this responsibility a little too far.
Ooo, I gotta tell you
Ooo, it’s killing’ my groove!
Ooo, I gotta tell you
Ooo, it’s killing’ my groove!
I just wanna stay in my house all day
Wearing my undies and my alpaca socks.
I’m overdue for some fun,
Dance party of one,
I got that self-care game on lock.
I just wanna stay in my house all day
Doing whatever it is that I please.
I’ll spend the hours in bliss,
Just me, myself and this
Gettin’ busy loving up on me.
Gonna turn off my phone.
Too many people messing with my head.
They can’t find me at home
And if they come knockin’
Baby I’ll play dead!
Oooo
I gotta tell you
Oooo
It’s killing my groove.
I just wanna stay in my house all day
Wearing my undies and my alpaca socks.
I’m overdue for some fun,
Dance party of one,
I got that self-care game on lock.
I just wanna stay in my house all day
Doing whatever it is that I please.
I’ll spend the hours in bliss,
Just me, myself and this
Gettin’ busy loving up on me.
Oooo
I gotta tell you
Oooo
It’s killing my groove.
Oooo
I gotta tell you
I just wanna stay in my house all day
Wearing my undies and my alpaca socks.
I’m overdue for some fun,
Dance party of one,
I got that self-care game on lock.
I just wanna stay in my house all day
Doing whatever it is that I please.
I’ll spend the hours in bliss,
Just me, myself and this
Gettin’ busy loving up on me.
Gettin busy loving up on me
Gettin busy loving
Loving up on me
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Lover's Lullaby
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Do you remember when we were dust?
Dancing in darkness,
Forming the stars and supernovas.
We said when we were human
We would face the ancient dark
So that we could dance together
And here we are.
Do you remember when we were rain?
Two rivers beckoned by sun to become one
Drop in a storm
We said when we were human
We would heed the light within
So we could fall again together
And begin.
Do you remember when we were music?
One touch of us could make somebody feel again.
We said when we were human,
We’d make our love a melody
To help the world remember
And so we sing.
Do you remember when we were human?
Dancing and kissing and letting our love
Illuminate the darkest places
We said when we were back again,
Beyond roots and wings and hearts
We would long for self-expression.
And here we are.
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Beat of Your Drum
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You stumble home, and you don’t know what to do.
It was your last day working there.
You’ve been waiting on this moment for years
And now it’s finally here.
The last time that the world was so open
Was when you were 21.
Now you’re watching the chapter close,
You see the infinite possibilities of the next one.
It can be so relieving, moments like this.
Bittersweet sense of leaving.
You look around at your messy apartment and think
“Eh, maybe I should clean.”
But instead you go back to bed
Cause now you’ve got time for everything.
So go on and take your liberty.
Go on and travel the world.
Go on and take your liberty.
Set your soul loose on the open road.
Wake up early just to catch the sunrise
Or be reminded of the purpose of being alive.
Feel that sweet sense of freedom
When the pieces and the parts
Of who you really are start marching
To the beat of your drum.
Tick-tock goes the desperate clock
Hoping it still has your life by the balls.
Emancipated from the system in which your days
Are dictated by the hands on the wall.
You scoot and shuffle past the bathroom mirror
And notice the chains missing from your legs.
Your uniform and your enslavement’s been traded
For dancing naked while making bacon and eggs.
Better get busy receiving the days as a gift.
Better get busy believing this kind of bliss.
So go on and take your liberty.
Go on and travel the world.
Go on and take your liberty.
Set your soul loose on the open road.
Wake up early just to catch the sunrise
Or be reminded of the purpose of being alive.
Feel that sweet taste of freedom…
Thoughts drift to the people you miss,
And for a moment you think
You’d go back if you could.
Then you remember that you’re spending the day
Chasing rays, walking barefoot in the woods.
CHORUS
Bum, bum, bum…
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Love Song Of Everything
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I don’t wanna give words to this.
Anything you have to interpret
Will only eclipse the heart of it.
I just wanna send it in sound
With a wavelength clarity,
Cause nothing I could ever say
Will resonate the same way
As this love does in me.
Inhale. Exhale
Breathe!
Somewhere in the beat of your heart,
There I am.
Somewhere underneath
All the war-torn believing
There you have always been.
It’s something like a melody,
Something like a song,
And it sings itself,
And it’s never wrong.
Everywhere it plays for me,
It’s always on repeat.
It’s the love song of everything
Inhale. Exhale.
Breathe!
It’s not just there in my body.
It’s not just there in the thoughts
That I think.
It’s there in the roots,
In the skies and the seas,
In the eyelids, the irises,
the wind and the wings,
In the will-be, the ever-was
The reason and the just because.
I am the song that I sing.
Inhale. Exhale.
Breathe!
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Songbird
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Sometimes I am a songbird
Singing high harmony.
Atop the hemlock,
I play my precious part
In the earthly symphony.
Oooo hey yeah yeah yeah.
Sometimes I am a human.
I still sing, but it’s not the same.
A human sings because
She has something to say.
A Songbird sings
Because it’s the only way.
Oooo Ooooo
All control is just illusion.
No, it’s freedom we possess.
Such a small price—
To let go of what we do not have—
To remember we are infinite.
Brother, sister
Do you remember me?
Brother, sister,
Oh, I remember you.
Brother, sister
Do you remember me?
Brother, sister,
Oh, I remember you.
Every soul is a songbird.
Every life is a song.
Every moment,
The definition of perfection.
Beyond right, never wrong.
Brother, sister
Do you remember me?
Brother, sister,
Oh, I remember you.
Brother, sister
Do you remember me?
Brother, sister,
Oh, I remember you.
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