Lyrics Lay Your Head Down - Mary Lambert

Lay your head down
Lay your head down
Lay your head down on me
What is the state of your heart?
Is it concaved?
Are you awake?
Sometimes when I cry, I start to cry harder simply because I am crying
Or because I know that somewhere in the world there are little girls that are wearing tutus and sibging Christmas songs
Or because there are actual Sharpe puppies that look like rolled up towels
Or because on the internet you can find pictures of pigs in rainboots
You can find anything on the internet
That is so cool
Or I cry because Sarah McClaughlin comes on to my TV and sings to animals who don't have homes.
Fuck you Sarah McClaughlin
I'm just kidding I love you Sarah McClaughlin
Sometimes I cry when cheese is really good
Or when I've cut onions
But thats just human
I cry when there is no end and I cry because there is an end
And I cry because you love me so well and I cry because I gave my love to other people before you
And I cry because I used to cry alone because I wanted to die
I cry because the sun set is so beautiful on the Conneticit River
I cry because I am scared I am losing my mind
I cry because I'm on meds or I forgot my meds or I'm crying for the fact that I'm crying because I forgot my meds and does this mean I am actually myself?
And I'm crying because maybe I am myself and that doesn't feel like enough
Lay your head down
Lay your head down
Lay your head down on me
What is the state of your heart?
Is it concaved?
Are you awake?
I cry because sometimes my only power feels like tweeting a hashtag and that is so vapid and useless
Or I cry because I am human and I'm connected and there is immense sadness in the world
I cry because humanity is frightning
Because one person consumed with self hatred and armed with one gun can kill an entire room of people
I cry because shame propels so many of us
I cry because so many people forget how important it is to cry
Or made to feel weal when they do
I cry because I want to close my eyes
I cry because I can't
And I cry because there is also good
There is also chocolate cake
And love
And Harry Potter
And the brilliant gasps of magic of holding a hand
And hamocks
I love hamocks
I cry because it is late in the summer and all the fireflies are winking at me
And the moon is out
And it wants nothing from me
I cry because my heart used to be an atlas with all the continents cut out
I cry because I am full now and sure and say yes when I mean yes and no when I mean no
And can love you with all of my breath
I cry because I am so well
Because I live so well
And how can one person be so fortunate to live with all of this light
Lay your head down
Lay your head down
Lay your head down on me
Lay your head down
Lay your head down
Lay your head down on me
What is the state of your heart?
Is it concaved?
Are you awake?
Stay awake
Stay awake
Stay awake