Find your calm
KEEP CALM AND RETURN HOME
Take one slow breath, a little longer on the way out. Then the next one.
Lyrics
Verse 1Dust on the road,salt on my sleeve,I chased safe placestoo far from me.
Mama's soup smoke,lanterns by the gate,your chair stayed empty,I learned to wait.
Pre-ChorusBut the wind said, softly,"jo, ya haji"My chest was a doorI forgot to key.
Then the fear loosenedfrom my name tonight,like a bird finding southin the falling light.
ChorusKeep calm and return home(keep calm and return home)Keep calm and return home(my heart knows the road)
Home is in my bodyHome is where I breatheKeep calm and return homeI'm safe inside me
Verse 2Barefoot on the sand,I heard my own steps,no need to outrunthe weight I kept.
Family dinner glow,plates passed around slow,okra, rice, and laughtersoftening the bone.
Birds cut the orange sky,heading back in lines,I watched them and knewthey were reading signs.
Pre-ChorusThe door was never locked,it was my shaking hand,I could turn myselfto the promised land.
So I let my shouldersdrop like evening rain,and the old alarmslid out of my veins.
ChorusKeep calm and return home(keep calm and return home)Keep calm and return home(my heart knows the road)
Home is in my bodyHome is where I breatheKeep calm and return homeI'm safe inside me
BridgeQuiet evening, no rush,tea cools in the cup,the whole world falls backand my nervous system exhales.
No more running fromthe mirror in my room,I light one small lampand I bloom.
Final ChorusKeep calm and return home(keep calm and return home)Keep calm and return home(my heart knows the road)
Home is in my bodyHome is where I breatheKeep calm and return homeI'm safe inside me
Keep calm and return home(keep calm and return home)Keep calm and return home(now I can rest)