Nowhere To Safely Land
Navigating Life's Turbulence: The Meaning Behind 'Nowhere To Safely Land'
Lyrics
I know day is night
I understand that what seems like day is actually night
I know sky is land
I recognize that the sky is perceived as land
And I can't hold you tight
I can't embrace you tightly
Or you slip from my hands
You slip away from my grasp
I know God is love
I acknowledge that God represents love
But felt the hate of man
Yet, I've felt the hatred of humanity
I feel like a dove
I feel vulnerable like a dove
Nowhere to safely land
I'm in a situation where there's no safe place to land
Nowhere to safely land
-Nowhere to safely land
-Nowhere to safely land
-Nowhere to safely land
-I know the earth will call
I understand that eventually, death will call
Then the heavens fall
Heavens will collapse
I watch the trees rejoice
I observe the trees celebrating
And feel them breathe their song
Feeling the trees expressing their essence
You know that I know that we're in a cycle
Acknowledgment of a cyclical nature in our lives
A constant arrival
Life is a constant process of arriving at different points
At points we thought we handled
We thought we had control at certain points
I'm tryna be more than just a man
Aspiring to be more than just a man
But for that I need somewhere to safely land
But, to achieve that, there must be a secure place to land
You know as a child
Reflecting on childhood
We are given a name
Being given a name
A family
Belonging to a family
A language
Having a language
Faith or lack thereof
Faith or lack thereof is imposed
Told how to dress
Being shaped in various aspects by external influences
Think
-Feel
-Talk
-And then shoved into the world one day and told
Thrown into the world and instructed to just "be"
Now be
Challenged to exist
So my question becomes
Raising a question about identity
What happens if and when
Contemplating what happens if we outgrow our current selves
The things we've become
When our aspirations differ from our current state
Are no longer the things we want to be
Questioning the safety of expressing these desires
Is it even safe to say these things?
Considering the safety of articulating such thoughts
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