Self Portrait - Light This City

Now listen

Because I’ve listened to you

Your voice

Your words

And the music behind them

And all of it sinks in

And weighs me down

Finds my heart

And breaks it down

Breaks it open

And empties it out

Tries to fill it back up

But it just spills out again into

My whole body is awake

I have never felt purer pain than this

You’re in complete control of all my senses

Now you’ve gotten my attention

Singing

You’ve gotten my attention now

Sing it

I left my heart’s final punch

Echoing in that of the kickdrum’s

But somehow

My finger finds the button

And the resulting music kickstarts that vital pump

Blood carries the beat to my ears at the peak of heightened sensitivity

And I’m listening to the sound of a different voice now

He’s pulling love out of daring melodies

Wrenching me from the most peaceful sleep

The pieces come together again

And the blood just rushes back through it

Singing

The blood just rushes back through me

Sing it

Don’t you understand this power in your hands

You have made me understand everything I am