Don’t be so hard on yourself

 

Sometimes music and its lyrics can touch us in ways we need to be touched to allow ourselves to be opened up to healing, and the processes that restore us and make us whole again. So I wanted to share with you the lyrics to some music from an artist that truly made a difference for me.

 

Learn to Forgive, Learn to let go

I came here with a broken heart that no one else could see

I drew a smile over my face to paper me.

But wounds heal and tears dry and cracks they don’t show.

So don’t be so hard on yourself.

Let’s go back to simplicity

Feels like I’ve been missing me

Was not who I was supposed to be

Felt a darkness over me

We all get there eventually

Never knew where I belonged

But I was right and you were wrong

Been telling myself all along

Don’t be so hard on yourself

Learn to forgive, learn to let go

Everyone trips, everyone falls

So don’t be so hard on yourself

Cause I’m tired of marching on my own

Kind of frail, I feel it in my bones

Won’t let my heart, my heart turn to stone

So don’t be so hard on yourself

I’m standing on top of the world

Right where I wanna be

So how can this dark cloud be raining over me

But hearts break and hell’s a place everyone knows

So don’t be so hard on yourself

Let’s go back to simplicity

Feels like I’ve been missing me

Was not who I was supposed to be

Felt this darkness over me

We all get there eventually

Never knew where I belonged

But I was right and you were wrong

Been telling myself all along

Don’t be so hard on yourself

Learn to forgive, learn to let go

Everyone trips, everyone falls

So don’t be so hard on yourself

Cause I’m tired of marching on my own

Kind of frail, I feel it in my bones

Won’t let my heart, my heart turn to stone

So don’t be so hard on yourself

I learned to wave goodbye

How not to see my life

Through someone else’s eyes

It’s not an easy road

But no,  I’m not on my own

So I won’t be so hard on myself no more

Won’t let my heart, my heart turn to stone

Don’t be so hard on yourself

 

By Jess Glynne