Decorate Your Scars - Seeming

I don’t want you to jump

I want you to fly

When the crowd’s closing in

Let them turn into wind

That’ll lift you to sky

I don’t want you scream

I want you to sing

And when the sun will not burn

Hear it whisper, «Your turn»

And your voice will go ringing into light

Where Heaven’s been waiting for you to ignite

Go, go and decorate your scars, love

Let your tears become stars, love

They’ll wash away the night

In your diary you pray

«Let the voices go still»

But when you give them heed

Maybe hear what they need

Silently, they’re fulfilled

And to the mirror you say

«I'm not at home in my skin»

But we’ll paint round your eyes

On your neck and your thighs

Till the outside begins to feel alright

A blanket to wrap round you warm and tight

Go, go and decorate your scars, love

Let your tears become stars, love

They’ll wash away the night

And every time the story ends

The pages cycle through again

For every step along the way

Another footprint’s life begins

And here and there and now and then

The sound will echo a long amen

And every time the story ends

The pages cycle through again

I don’t want you to push

I want you to move Earth

When you’re put on the spot

When you’re told all you’re not

Then all that you’re worth comes into sight

Where absence is presence and black begets white

Go, go and decorate your scars, love

Let your tears become stars, love

They’ll wash away the night