Bring It With Me

From The Messy Middle

Bring It With Me

Lyrics

Same world Different grip (mm)

I'm back in the traffic, back in the errands Back in the little modern swarm But something's different in my chest Like I've got a quieter center keeping me warm I still get pulled, I still get tempted I still feel that old quick itch But now I can feel it happening And that small noticing is the switch

I'm not running away from life I'm just showing up slower I can carry a little silence Like a hand on my shoulder The noise can do what noise does I don't have to join the fight I'll take the calm with me and keep it close - I can bring it with me

I think of Thoreau by the pond Not as a saint - just a guy making a point That your attention is your life And you don't get a refund if you disappoint I think of Emerson saying trust yourself And I finally hear it as a practice, not a slogan I trust the part of me that returns The part that stays soft The part that stays open

So if you see me quiet at a party Or staring out the window on the train I'm not lost, I'm not judging I'm just practicing again I'm listening for the real world Under the static and the spin Because it's always been here Waiting To begin

Same world Different grip (mm) Bring it with me