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Verse              Lean in to listen to whispers of truth

                        Wait in the silence for all that I knew

                        Sensing her words through the bones in my head

                        Murmured confession is nourishing bread

Chorus           Let the wind come and carry away the ashes

                        Let the dust go on the landscape of who I am

                        Let me be good, abandoning all these questions

                        Let the wind come, so I no longer give a damn

Verse              Falling asleep with her words in my soul

                        Wake with a question to fill up a hole

                        After eleven years, why do you speak?

                        She falls into silence, confession complete

Chorus           Let the wind come and carry away the ashes

                        Let the dust go on the landscape of who I am

                        Let me be good, abandoning all these questions

                        Let the wind come, so I no longer give a damn

Bridge            Somewhere between blessed and tired

                        And quick to take offense

                        Fertile with catastrophe

                        And sometimes too intense

Verse              Open the box with the dried up remains

                        Seeking compassion for all it contains

                        Rest in the place where my heart needs to heal

                        Lean in to listen to words that are real

Chorus           Let the wind come and carry away the ashes

                        Let the dust go on the landscape of who I am

                        Let me be good, abandoning all these questions

                        Let the wind come, so I no longer give a damn

                        I don’t give a damn

Words & Music © 2020 Martha Groves Perry