A sweet, original song written by Tamra Youngblood that I helped her write and compose. It was inspired in her by a scene in the movie "I am David"(about a young boy who escapes a Nazi prison camp) where he's being given his instructions to escape and he says, "But I don't even know who I am."
lyrics
LYRICS and CHORDS:
Capo 3
Intro:
C G Am G
F Am. G
C Am
There’s a dark lens I’ve been looking through
F Am G
A veil so thick it’s been hiding the truth
C Am G
It’s a mask that’s been covering who I really am
F C Am G
A face of deception I can no longer stand.
Am C G
But there’s a light deep within me that I cannot see
F Am C Am G
saying “Open your eyes and come back to me”
Chorus:
C G/B Am G/B
But I don’t even know who I am
Yet I’m willing to let the light in
C G/B Am G
I need you to teach me; I know you can reach me
F G C
And show me who I’ve always been.
[Intro Instrumental, then to Verse 2 below]
C Am
There’s a sweet truth that is calling me
F. C. G
To a place in my mind that I cannot perceive.
C.
Where the roles I’ve been playing
Am G
That I still think are me
F C Am G
Will all fall away so that I can be free
Am C
There’s a voice... of a child that’s deep in
G F Am
my heart, Saying, “Come Home, come
C Am G
Home. Go back to the start
Chorus:
But I don’t even know who I am.
Yet I’m willing to let the light in
I need you to teach me
I know you can reach me
And show me who I’ve always been.
Bridge
Am C G
There is no way this world can be true
Am C G
There is nothing that can hide me from you
Am C G
I have no life outside the truth
F Am
And I just wanna come home
G
Back home to you
Chorus (Single strums at first, then regular, then end on Am - G
Repeat Chorus (Soft single strums at end, then repeat intro and end on C.
credits
from Songs (Demo Recordings),
released May 24, 2018
Written by Tamra Youngblood in collaboration with Erik Archbold
supported by 6 fans who also own “Who I've Always Been (demo) - Tamra and Erik”
Beautiful guided winding down to start the night peaceful. It really helps me to release all floating thoughts that are still in my mind. Goes together great with the wake up meditations jiskastroes
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