Listen up, brain!
I’m in control now
Stop playing those dusty, ragged old tapes
Over and over and over
You know the ones
With the murderous voices
That paralyzes and cripples the soul
Those thunderous, earth-shaking voices that never shut up
I’m sick of it!
Look what you’re doing to the heart
She cries for days
She mopes around the house
Too depressed to even pick up the broom
She loses interest in everything she loves
She stops singing and creating
She can’t even put two words together
She just sits and stares at a blank screen
Day after frustrating day
She hates what she sees in the mirror
Is it herself she sees?
Or is it that tyrant who broke her soul?
She can’t tell anymore
They both look the same
Well, I’m telling you right now
It’s going to STOP!
She’s a good heart
Despite the scars and serrated edges
Even when she’s bleeding
She still knows how to laugh
She still knows how to love
She’s broken, but she’s not destroyed
You tried to make me hate her
And sometimes I do
When she rages like a demented monster
When she explodes all over the place
Making a big, fat mess of everything
But I’m on to you, brain
I know where you’re coming from
I know who orchestrates your ungodly lies
And makes the heart believe them
It’s over brain!
No more!
As much as you believe the demented lies
The heart believes them less
So this is how it’s going to be
We’re going to work together as a team
No more mud-slinging
No more filthy lies
No more pulling against one another
We work together or we die together
Which will it be?
Speak up, brain!
I can’t hear you!
Okay then, smart choice
We’ll work together
And since we can’t jump out of the skin we’re in
We just darn well make the best of it!
Straight From the Heart 