Episode 51: The Winter of Listening

One last episode before we have our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Today's invitation is to something longer and more lasting – to use this coming winter time to give birth to something amazing. Come join the conversation!

This episode has real treats from the incredible David Whyte (excerpt from poem found here) and the musical stylings of the one and only Yael Naïm... (lyrics below).

Far, far, there's this little girl
She was praying for something to happen to her
Everyday she writes words and more words
Just to speak out the thoughts that keep floating inside
And she's strong when the dreams come 'cause they
Take her, cover her, they are all over
The reality looks far now, but don't go

How can you stay outside?
There's a beautiful mess inside
How can you stay outside?
There's a beautiful mess inside

Far, far, there's this little girl
She was praying for something good to happen to her
From time to time there are colors and shapes
Dazzling her eyes, tickling her hands
They invent her a new world with
Oil skies and aquarelle rivers
But don't you run away already
Please don't go, oh, oh

How can you stay outside?
There's a beautiful mess inside
How can you stay outside?
There's a beautiful mess inside
Take a deep breath and dive
There's a beautiful mess inside
How can you stay outside?
There's a beautiful mess inside
Beautiful
Beautiful

Far, far there's this little girl
She was praying for something big to happen to her
Every night she hears beautiful strange music
It's everywhere, there's nowhere to hide
But if it fades, she begs
"Oh Lord, don't take it from me, don't take it yourselves"

I guess I'll have to give it birth
To give it birth
I guess I have to give it birth
I guess I have to give it birth
There's a beautiful mess inside and it's everywhere
So shake it yourself now, deep inside
Deeper than you ever dared
Deeper than you ever dared
There's a beautiful mess inside
a beautiful mess inside.


Songwriters: David Donatien / Yael Naim
Far Far lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc