[Appalachian bluegrass ballad meets Memphis soul] [Twain-esque storytelling] [chamber music elements] [harmonica] [answering violins] [acoustic guitar] [female vocal, warm and weathered] [builds from restrained to hopeful] [Verse 1] My body hurt this morning My plans fell to the floor My strength felt small and quiet Waiting on a door Fear spoke a little louder Than the peace I've come to know Then I hit a system that won't listen And felt the old rage grow [Pre-Chorus] It doesn't rule me anymore But it still knocks sometimes I'm only asking to respond well Not to fix every broken line [Chorus] Teach me to witness, not convince you To invite, not to persuade Let me love you without needing You to walk the road I've made 'Cause what became my life Was never meant for everyone And that is just as it should be Under this same sun [Verse 2] Thank you for the sleep that found me When I finally let go For the simple food, the healing Moving slower than I know Thank you for the stranger, Joshua Miles away but somehow near We spoke of love and history And I felt You in it, clear [Pre-Chorus] It doesn't rule me anymore But it still knocks sometimes I'm only asking to respond well Not to fix every broken line [Chorus] Teach me to witness, not convince you To invite, not to persuade Let me love you without needing You to walk the road I've made 'Cause what became my life Was never meant for everyone And that is just as it should be Under this same sun [Bridge] I release the test results I release the calls, the forms I release tomorrow's weather Trusting I'll be carried through the storm Every cell remembers wisdom Older than my fear [Final Chorus] So I sleep tonight in peace now And I'll wake up in gratitude I will live my life in service That is all I'm called to do I no longer have to solve The whole wide universe today I just have to trust the Love That never went away [Outro - spoken] Don... Joshua... my family, my friends... Every soul still searching... Into that Care, I place you all again.
