A Safe Place to Land

Album: Amidst the Chaos (2019)
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Songfacts®:

  • "Safe Place to Land" is a poignant and powerful ballad in which Sara Bareilles duets with John Legend. The pair know each other well as Legend played the title role opposite Bareilles' Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar.
  • So say the Lord's prayer twice, hold your babies tight
    Surely someone will reach out a hand
    And show you a safe place to land


    The song is about immigrant family separation at USA's southern border.

Comments: 4

  • Allison from Phoenix ArizonaIt’s about the seperation of immigrant families at the southern border-the kids being taken from their parents and held in chain link cages. One of the countless inhumane things Americans like to pretend this country doesn’t do.
  • NycoleI agree. It feels like escaping an abusive relationship. That’s how it felt when I was leaving mine.
  • Stephanie Leigh from Youngstown, OhID say it refers to the titanic and 9/11
  • AnonymousI thought it was about an abusive relationship. That's how it spoke to me.
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