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Watch the World Unfold
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Pushing up, pushing up
Through the dirt just like a seed
But you’re never quite a flower
You feel more just like a weed
Driving through, driving through
You want to know where you are going
But the windshield’s always dirty
And you never get to see
What makes you think that you’ll ever get there?
What makes you think you deserve to know?
Who are you really, are you so important?
Take a look around and watch the world unfold
Watch the world unfold, watch the world unfold
Need advice, need advice
You have no clue what you’re doing
Moral compass it is spinning
And identity unhinged
Where to turn, where to turn?
There are so many opinions
And they’re all a little different
And the outlook’s getting dim
What makes you think that you’ll ever get there?
What makes you think you deserve to know?
Who are you really, are you so important?
Take a look around and watch the world unfold
Watch the world unfold, watch the world unfold
Pushing up, pushing up
Through the dirt just like a seed
But you’re never quite a flower
You feel more just like a weed
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Boys of Bluehill
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Tombigbee Waltz
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Breathe, You are Alive!
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Breathe, you are alive!
Stillness is not the enemy.
It's the only balm.
It is the spark
That wakes you up.
Remember
who you are.
Who are you?
Are you what you do?
How you perform!
Different acts every hour -
are you brilliant, burning, beautiful?
Or are your fires uncontrolled?
Pulled in every direction,
can you admit you may be tired?
Exhausted, even.
Are you your fears?
Your wants?
Your needs?
Are you the good and bad words
you use to describe yourself?
Some of the time, at least.
Are you your inconsistencies?
Are you afraid to look at yourself,
Afraid to remember?
We make ourselves up,
Put ourselves out there
as works of Art
as entertaining shows
for the world to see
to judge
to notice.
You are a work of art,
but not how you think.
It's in your eyes when you laugh,
when you smile,
when you're angry,
when you cry.
You can't hide it -
it leaks out
it flashes across your face.
Your soul bursts through
in moments of true tenderness
When the empathy just kind of swells
Up from nowhere. From very deep.
You are in there.
Divine.
Why are we so afraid of it?
Why do we try to bury it alive
In schedules and important deadlines
and hurrying?
We have let too much in
Crowded ourselves out
Forgotten our purpose,
Forgotten to show up.
Pause.
Sit with yourself
Sit with a neighbor
Sit with me.
Notice, when you are quiet,
how the Divine
whispers.
Notice all things.
Just
be
in
the
present
for
a
moment.
Remember to
breathe, Love.
You are alive.
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Gaelynn Lea Duluth, Minnesota
Gaelynn Lea is a haunting violinist and songwriter from Northern Minnesota.
She won NPR
Music's Tiny Desk Contest in 2016 and has been touring nationally & internationally ever since.
Gaelynn is also a disability rights advocate and public speaker.
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