"The Portal" lyrics
Close your eyes.
Unlock your jaw.
I want you to take a deep breath.
Slow.
And breath out.
I want you to take another breath in slow.
Now hold it.
Hear your heart beat four times in your chest.
Breathe out.
Continue to breathe like this.
Breathing in,
Hold your breath,
Feeling your heart.
Breathe out.
And as you continue to breathe like this, I want you to think of your heart as a drum.
Great, vast, mighty, bold.
As you feel your heart beating in your chest,
It is a call.
It is a call to The Great Spirit,
It is the sound of the drum inviting it to this dance.
To this moment.
To here and now.
It is a call to the ancestors of now and then and long ago.
Your heart's beating is a living compass, helping guide you.
Helping you navigate through the three planes —
Your inner world,
The outer world,
And the unseen.
Ah, the unseen plane.
This beating of the great mother drum is calling and the veil grows thin, opening a window into another world.
Look up, the portal appears.
(Mom?)
There's so much to do.
(Are you there?)
Uh, everybody needs something.
(Dad?)
I said there's not enough time.
(Are you even listening?)
There's so much to do.
(Pay attention to me.) So much to do.
(Mom, get off your phone.)
Take the weight. Take the weight.
(Mom?)
Take the weight... off.
Undress yourself of your name.
Slip out of the iron skin of daily tasks.
The tight rope of worry and wondering why.
Set down your memories, if even for a moment, just be here.
Here you are not a mother, a child, a sister, a brother, partner, husband, boss... here you just are.
No schedule needs attending.
No clock obeyed.
Nothing needs to be done.
Just breathe.
The secret is, we don't get to choose how life changes. Only how it changes us.
The secret is all of our hearts are destined to be broken at some point but it's what we do with the pieces that make us extraordinary.
Make something beautiful of your broken things.
Walk with peace, peace becomes you.
Walk with beauty, beauty surrounds you.
Walk with kindness, kindness will find you.
Think with love and love becomes you.
Think with truth and truth will surround you.
Think with mercy, mercy will find you.
Speak with grace and grace becomes you.
Speak with trust and trust will surround you.
Speak with laughter, laughter will find you.
When it lives in you, you'll be.
You will be in harmony.
You will be in harmony.
I love you.
Fear not living.
Fear not being hurt.
Bless your scars.
The saddest thing would be to see you withdraw.
To make something small of yourself.
Why sleep in a cage with a sky this wide?
Come back to us.
Come back to us.
Come back to us.
Why sleep in a cage with a sky this wide?
With a sky this wide.
With a sky this wide.
Why make something small of yourself with a heart so large?
With a heart so large.
With a heart so large.
So open wide, the door of your mind. Don't hold back.
Sky would climb. There's no weight, no time. Don't hold back.
Let the winds blow, the earth so far below and don't you dare hold back.
Don't hold back.
Don't hold back.
A bone that breaks is twice as strong.
You my dear, go shine on.
There's beauty made from hurt,
Let it spread across the earth.
Don't be afraid to spread the word,
Remind the whole place what they're worth.
Tell them they can touch the sky.
We can fly, you and I.
Blessed are the broken —
Let the light in.
Blessed are the open —
Let love begin.
Forgiveness is the needle
That knows just how to mend.
This is a hymn for the broken.
Blessed are the broken —
Let the light in.
Blessed are the open —
Let love begin.
Forgiveness is the needle
That knows just how to mend.
This is a hymn for the broken.
Woah woah...
Woah woah...
Woah woah...
This is a hymn for the broken.
Blessed are the broken —
Let the light in.
Blessed are the open —
Let love begin.
Forgiveness is the needle
That knows just how to mend.
This is a hymn for the broken.
Blessed are the broken —
Let the light in.
Blessed are the open —
Let love begin.
Forgiveness is the needle
That knows just how to mend.
This is a hymn for the broken.
Broken.
Close your eyes.
Unlock your jaw.
I want you to take a deep breathe.
Unlock your jaw.
I want you to take a deep breath.
Slow.
And breath out.
I want you to take another breath in slow.
Now hold it.
Hear your heart beat four times in your chest.
Breathe out.
Continue to breathe like this.
Breathing in,
Hold your breath,
Feeling your heart.
Breathe out.
And as you continue to breathe like this, I want you to think of your heart as a drum.
Great, vast, mighty, bold.
As you feel your heart beating in your chest,
It is a call.
It is a call to The Great Spirit,
It is the sound of the drum inviting it to this dance.
To this moment.
To here and now.
It is a call to the ancestors of now and then and long ago.
Your heart's beating is a living compass, helping guide you.
Helping you navigate through the three planes —
Your inner world,
The outer world,
And the unseen.
Ah, the unseen plane.
This beating of the great mother drum is calling and the veil grows thin, opening a window into another world.
Look up, the portal appears.
(Mom?)
There's so much to do.
(Are you there?)
Uh, everybody needs something.
(Dad?)
I said there's not enough time.
(Are you even listening?)
There's so much to do.
(Pay attention to me.) So much to do.
(Mom, get off your phone.)
Take the weight. Take the weight.
(Mom?)
Take the weight... off.
Undress yourself of your name.
Slip out of the iron skin of daily tasks.
The tight rope of worry and wondering why.
Set down your memories, if even for a moment, just be here.
Here you are not a mother, a child, a sister, a brother, partner, husband, boss... here you just are.
No schedule needs attending.
No clock obeyed.
Nothing needs to be done.
Just breathe.
The secret is, we don't get to choose how life changes. Only how it changes us.
The secret is all of our hearts are destined to be broken at some point but it's what we do with the pieces that make us extraordinary.
Make something beautiful of your broken things.
Walk with peace, peace becomes you.
Walk with beauty, beauty surrounds you.
Walk with kindness, kindness will find you.
Think with love and love becomes you.
Think with truth and truth will surround you.
Think with mercy, mercy will find you.
Speak with grace and grace becomes you.
Speak with trust and trust will surround you.
Speak with laughter, laughter will find you.
When it lives in you, you'll be.
You will be in harmony.
You will be in harmony.
I love you.
Fear not living.
Fear not being hurt.
Bless your scars.
The saddest thing would be to see you withdraw.
To make something small of yourself.
Why sleep in a cage with a sky this wide?
Come back to us.
Come back to us.
Come back to us.
Why sleep in a cage with a sky this wide?
With a sky this wide.
With a sky this wide.
Why make something small of yourself with a heart so large?
With a heart so large.
With a heart so large.
So open wide, the door of your mind. Don't hold back.
Sky would climb. There's no weight, no time. Don't hold back.
Let the winds blow, the earth so far below and don't you dare hold back.
Don't hold back.
Don't hold back.
A bone that breaks is twice as strong.
You my dear, go shine on.
There's beauty made from hurt,
Let it spread across the earth.
Don't be afraid to spread the word,
Remind the whole place what they're worth.
Tell them they can touch the sky.
We can fly, you and I.
Blessed are the broken —
Let the light in.
Blessed are the open —
Let love begin.
Forgiveness is the needle
That knows just how to mend.
This is a hymn for the broken.
Blessed are the broken —
Let the light in.
Blessed are the open —
Let love begin.
Forgiveness is the needle
That knows just how to mend.
This is a hymn for the broken.
Woah woah...
Woah woah...
Woah woah...
This is a hymn for the broken.
Blessed are the broken —
Let the light in.
Blessed are the open —
Let love begin.
Forgiveness is the needle
That knows just how to mend.
This is a hymn for the broken.
Blessed are the broken —
Let the light in.
Blessed are the open —
Let love begin.
Forgiveness is the needle
That knows just how to mend.
This is a hymn for the broken.
Broken.
Close your eyes.
Unlock your jaw.
I want you to take a deep breathe.
