Come Back To Yourself

1 week ago by @wondertruly

Liner Notes

#acousticonetake #folk #singersongwriter #protest

This one is for my trans friends, my disabled friends, my Black and Indigenous friends and friends who are people of color, and my friends who are women. People whose daily existence is a fight just to survive, let alone stay hopeful for a better future. It's usually these people who have the most compelling sense of justice, who fight the hardest not just for ourselves, but for anyone else who is oppressed.

If you've been fighting, if you're exhausted and overwhelmed, this is your official permission slip to take a breath, take a nap, and rest. The battle will be here when you get back, and so will the resistance. Community care is the only way we are getting through this.

Lyrics

Oh, oh
Something in the water, Something in the air
You were always softer and life was never fair
Oh, oh
You’ve been swimming circles, always on the run
When’s it gonna come around, when can you be done

Baby, lay your head on down

You’ve lost so much of yourself infighting
Baby, you can ask for help in finding
Something good to keep you holding on
You will come back to yourself
You will come back to yourself, oh

Water in the desert, an island in the sea
You’ve had to be so clever to make it to me

Darling, lay your burdens down

You’ve lost so much of yourself infighting
Baby, you can ask for help in finding
Something good to keep you holding on
You will come back to yourself
You will come back to yourself, oh

You can fall asleep, it’s safe in my arms
The battle is a marathon, of constant alarm
Someone else can take your place on the front line
We will take turns protecting you from harm

Baby, lay your head on down

You’ve lost so much of yourself infighting
Baby, you can ask for help in finding
Something good to keep you holding on
You will come back to yourself
You will come back to yourself, oh

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