What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
How free would you be, how deep would you love, dear?
What would you hear if you listened to your beautiful heart?
What if you lived with your soul as your pilot?
What skies would you fly, how wide would you open?
What would you sing if you gave voice to your beautiful heart? Self-punishment does not lead to self-compassion.
Self-compassion opens to self-compassion
Opens to compassion for all
Opens to love
Be gentle with you.
Who would you be if you came out of hiding?
What name would you claim; will you rise for your entrance.
How would you dance to the music of your beautiful heart?
What if you bathed in an ocean of roses?
What if you swam in a river of joy?
What if you breathed in the notion of forgiveness?
What if you opened to an ancient flow of Love?
Be gentle with you.
What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
How high would you fly, how deep would you love, dear?
What would you hear if you listened to your beautiful heart?
credits
from Splash,
released January 22, 2003
words and music by Trish.
This album speaks to the continuum of African diasporic culture that is central to the vibrant canon of Americana folk music. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 29, 2020