Day 22 - Ellis Paul - If You Break Down

DAY 22
Ellis Paul– “If You Break Down”
From The Speed of Trees



My selection today is by my musical hero Ellis Paul. This song depicts what I feel my closest friends or my husband are to me and what I am or try to be to them if one of us has a heavier load than another. Just being there for those you care about however you can. This is a song that reminds us we don’t have to go it alone. The lyrics say it best:


So you've come to a day
where you wish the clocks
went backwards
in the cover of night
you're asking the stars to stay
asking satellites
to stop and help you to remember
how to picture the world
before everything had changed

If you break down
I'm at your shoulder
Take me at my word
You can break down
I will tell you over and over
A reliable sound is coming around
If you break down

If fear comes without invitation
and lays its head
in the green of your tired eyes
if it's paralyzing
I will wake you
We will walk a thousand paces
walk away, walk away
till you are walking on your own

And if you break down
I'm at your shoulder
Take me at my word
You can break down
I will tell you over and over
A reliable sound is coming around
If you break down
A reliable sound,
I'm coming round
If you break down

If you break down,
Look no further
Take me at my word
You can break down
I will tell you over and over
A reliable sound is coming around
A reliable sound is coming around
If you break down

Take my word
I'm coming around



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