Listen & feel · 4 min 27 sec
Let Me Land
Give me a minute. Give me your calm.
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Behind the song
A song about giving a child time to settle.
Arriving can be more than walking through a door. A child may still be catching up with a goodbye, a change of pace and the feelings of moving between people or places they love.
Let Me Land asks adults not to turn a child’s first reaction into evidence or explanation. Put the questions down, let the bag come down and give their body enough calm and quiet to arrive.
After listening
Make room for arrival.
What can I delay, soften or leave unasked so my child has time to arrive in their body as well as the room?
Start with less: let the bag come down, offer a drink, keep your voice soft and allow quiet without interpreting it. Connection can begin after they have had a moment to land.
Accessible wordsRead the lyrics to Let Me Land
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Intro
Before you ask me where I’ve beenBefore you read my faceGive me a minuteLet me land
Verse one
My bag is still beside the doorMy shoes are barely offI’ve only just walked into hereFrom somewhere that I loveMaybe I’m louder than I wasMaybe I don’t say muchMaybe I need ten quiet minutesBefore I want your touchPlease don’t turn my first reactionInto something it might not meanI’m just changing worlds againGive me timeto catch up with me
Pre-chorus
You don’t need to search my eyesYou don’t need to work it outSometimes getting somewhere safeStill takes timeto settle down
Chorus
Let me landPut my bag downLet my body catch upwith where I amBefore you ask mewhere I’ve beenGive me somewhereto arriveI don’t need questionsI don’t need sidesI need your calmwhen I walk insideYou don’t have to understandJust stay closeAnd let me land
Verse two
If I’m quietdon’t call it sadnessIf I’m angrydon’t call it proofIf I say I miss the other houseThat doesn’t meanI don’t want youI can love where I have beenAnd still be gladthat I am hereTwo things can live togetherWithout either onedisappearing
Pre-chorus
Don’t read my first ten minutesLike they tell youwhere I’d rather beSometimes I’m just findingmy way backInto the roomand into me
Chorus
Let me landPut my bag downLet my body catch upwith where I amBefore you ask mewhere I’ve beenGive me somewhereto arriveI don’t need questionsI don’t need sidesI need your calmwhen I walk insideYou don’t have to understandJust stay closeAnd let me land
Bridge
I just said goodbyeto one part of my worldAnd walked straightinto anotherMaybe nobody didanything wrongMaybe transitionis just hard sometimesSo don’t make my silencetell a storyDon’t make my moodchoose a sideGive me enough quietTo becomeyour kid againfor tonight
Bridge build
Let your shoulders dropLet your voice stay softLet me knowthere’s nothing hereI have to solveNo messagesNo searchingNo questionsI have to dodgeJust somewhere safe enoughFor all of meto arrive
Final chorus
Let me landPut my bag downLet my heart catch upwith where I amBefore you ask mewhat happened thereJust show meI’m safe right hereI don’t need answersI don’t need sidesI need one calm placewhen I walk insideYou don’t have to fix the momentYou just have to understandSometimes loving two homesMeans I needa little timeTo land
Outro
Before you ask mewhere I’ve beenBefore you read my faceGive me a minuteGive me your calmLet me land
Spoken outro
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