This was the last song in our set at my EP Fundraiser Concert. So fun! Especially because everyone had a chance to do a little solo work at the end. I’m so thankful for these beautiful people I got to play with, and for the many beautiful people that came out to support me. You can see my utter joy at the end of the song, or maybe you can’t, but know that I’m having the time of my life. 🙂
I wrote “look out, heart” earlier this year and I’m hoping for the chance to record it someday (it may or may not be on the EP I’m recording this Fall). Whatever the case, it’s special to me because i think it expresses well my need to burst out of the ground, particularly after a darker season of life. It’s a song about falling and getting up again (but a little different this time), about springtime in the prairies, about recognizing that we all get to start over new, about seeing in part, about patience, and about… well, I’ll let you take from it what you want.
Thanks for listening!
look out, heart
it’s touch and go
it’s touch and go
do we ever get to land
that’s not been overthrown
the mighty fall
the mighty fall
i got strong then scraped my knee
dirt’s in us all
(bridge)
this new heart
is but a look-out for the things
i’ve only known in part
so look out, heart
(chorus)
we can see for miles and miles across the plains
where wild flatlands dance and the wicked winds sing rain
but it’s been buried deep below these fields of grain
and it’s straining to get out, to grow a tree for it’s new name
there’s treasure found
there’s treasure found
but we gotta dig with love
as we’re going down
these resting birds
these resting birds
don’t know they’ve been resting
on a growing word
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