Holding Us Back
My new favorite song is from Katie Herzig. There’s lots to think about when your 38,000 feet up in the air and in an airplane flying here and there, meeting interesting people along the way, or taking road trips here and yonder, and so I wonder what is holding me back…I wonder about silence and absence. I wonder about beauty and tragedy. I wonder about the good thing(s) in my life.
I wonder about love and justice, passion and desire. I wonder about you. I wonder about me. I imagine you, and then I try to forget about you. Most days I do a good job because I am so busy and occupied with life, traveling, and scholarship, but memories ignite my imagination and I just have to remember that I am walking a different road these days, mostly alone and intentionally so, but there you are existing in my mind and nestled in my heart. There are many things I miss, and I wonder what is holding me back.
I wonder what freedom is, if I’m looking for freedom, and what freedom would looks like. What is holding me back?
Holding Us Back
Katie Herzig
Maybe I love you
Maybe I just like the sound
If you disappear
You’ll still hear when my heart hits the ground
Every touch
Of every scene
As beautifully broken
As a bird without wings
All we have holding us back, holding us back
All we have is holding us back …. What’s holding us back
We’ll never know what it’s like to be free
How do you sow what can’t but should be
There’s no explanation there’s only what we cannot change
So we’ll leave how we met, with nothing the same
All we have holding us back, holding us back
All we have is holding us back … What’s holding us back
Here’s the Mp3: Holding Us Back. Maybe if you like it, you’ll save it? You can find it for free on Noise Trade dot com!
Un Abrazo a ti!
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