A Safe Place to Land

Album: Amidst the Chaos (2019)
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  • When holding your breath is safer than breathing
    When letting go is braver than keeping
    When innocent words turn to lies
    And you can't hide by closing your eyes

    When pain is all that they offer
    Like a kiss from the lips of monster
    You know the famine so well, but never met the feast
    And home is the belly of the beast

    The ocean is wild and over your head
    And the boat beneath you is sinking
    Don't need room for your bags
    Hope is all that you have
    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

    Oh, imagine yourself in a building
    Up in flames being told to stand still
    The window's wide open
    This is leap is on faith
    You don't know who will catch you
    Maybe somebody will

    The ocean is wild and over your head
    And the boat beneath you is sinking
    Don't need room for your bags
    Hope is all that you have
    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

    Be the hand of a hopeful stranger
    A little scared but you're strong enough
    Be the light in the dark of this danger
    'Til the sun comes up

    Be the hand of a hopeful stranger
    A little scared but you're strong enough
    Oh, be the light in the dark of this danger
    'Til the sun comes up

    Be the hand of a hopeful stranger
    A little scared but you're strong enough
    Be the light in the dark of this danger
    'Til the sun comes up

    'Til the sun comes up, oh
    'Til the sun comes up, 'til the sun
    'Til the sun comes up
    'Til the sun, 'til the sun
    Comes up Writer/s: Lori McKenna, Sara Bareilles
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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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