I Got You Babe (The Dream)

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

I imagine warm hypnotic hands, quiet touch

Gently sliding to the back of my neck

Slow, steady, safe, stirring, my skin reacts

I struggle to maintain rhythmic breath

Desires drift

Oh, to close my eyes and sail limitless

To surrender the rudder, yield to the winds

And let the sun warm my body like hands warm my neck

I don't know what it's like to trust

I don't know what it's like to say

Can you take the wheel just for a little while and mean it

To trust the process, not the invitation

I want someone to hold me and say

I got you, babe, you can put it down now

I got you, babe, you can let go of the wheel

I got you, babe, I'll take you all the way

I ache to put my guard down, to submerge in deeper connection

Yet elusive, it bubbles to the surface of my awareness

Still out of reach

I carry too much of the world on me, in me, inside my person

I am overpowered

My guard stays engaged and honors his diligent protection

Of my universe, always alert, always watching

Most days I maintain, some days I am strong

Other days I want to set it all down just for an hour

For a lost, familiar taste, untainted submission

And not be the watcher of everything

To trust the process, not the invitation

I want someone to hold me and say

I got you, babe, you can put it down now

I got you, babe, you can let go of the wheel

I got you, babe, I'll take you all the way

Things standing post, nothing ever fully shuts off

I wake up every day at three a.m

My head feels like it could explode with fog

Packed tightly, causing unreasonable pressure

Behind the eyes, I try to nap

No, it won't let me, silent

I lay in the dark

I am drawn by a strange pull

Time stops, the diligent guard disappears

To trust the process, not the invitation

I want someone to hold me and say

I got you, babe, you can put it down now

I got you, babe, you can let go of the wheel

I got you, babe, I'll take you all the way

Suddenly I awake and realize I can't put it down

I don't know who can be entrusted with my most precious cargo