Bag Lady

“Bag lady you gone hurt your back dragging all them bags like that. I guess nobody ever told you all you must hold on to is you. One day all them bags gone get in your way. So pack light. Bag lady you gone miss your bus. You can’t hurry up ’cause you got too much stuff. When they see you comin’, they take off runnin’ from you. It’s true, oh yes they do. One day he gon’ say you crowdin’ my space. Girl, I know sometimes it’s hard and we can’t let go. When someone hurts you oh so bad inside, you can’t deny it- you can’t stop crying. So if you start breathing, then you won’t believe it- you’ll feel so much better.

Bag lady, let it go, let it go. Girl, you don’t need it.

I betcha love can make it better.“

– Erykah Badu; Bag Lady

Lifeline

I have this sinking feeling
Something’s weighing me down
I am completely saturated
The waves are crashing closer
My feet already drowned
Doing the thing I said I hated

They’ve been swimming in the wrong water
Now they’re pulling me down
But I am clinging to You, never letting go
‘Cause I know that You’ll lift me out

Have Your way here
Keep me afloat ’cause I know I’ll sink without You
Take this ocean of pain that is mine
Throw me a lifeline

Wake up feeling convicted
I know something’s not right
Re-acquaint my knees with the carpet
I have to get this out
‘Cause it’s obstructing You and I
Dry up the seas that keep us parted