Verse 1 This is the body that was glass This is the body that was burning This is the body that grew downward through the dark, still learning This is the body that was ashamed of its own hunger and its weight — This is the body that has rested and risen and decided to stay Chorus A body that has rested knows things that the fighting doesn't know It knows the weight of morning light it knows how slow the healing goes A body that has rested has earned its own breath — A body that has rested is not giving up it's arriving at last Verse 2 I have been so unkind to it I have pushed it past the edge I have ignored its quiet warnings I have kept it on a ledge of perpetual performance — of always, always on This is the body saying: we can stop now we can stop come home Chorus A body that has rested knows things that the fighting doesn't know It knows the weight of morning light it knows how slow the healing goes A body that has rested has earned its own breath — A body that has rested is not giving up it's arriving at last Bridge (piano alone, then voice) The body kept the score of everything I wouldn't feel — I am reading it now I am learning it now I am finally willing to let it be real Outro (slow, warm, almost lullaby — but nothing like Iron Lullaby — this one is safe) Rest now rest now I am not going anywhere rest now the body knows the way rest now
