tonight I’m gonna invite this feeling
invite this feeling, this feeling
tonight I will not silence this feeling
invite this feeling

I welcome it into the house, right in through the front door
pat the spot on the sofa next to me
I’ll ask it questions about where it’s from
I’ll look into its eyes curiously
I’ll let my guard down, approach in peace

and when the tears come I will cry
they’ll not be silenced, sprung from a part of me
and I will ball my fists when rage ignites
some holy fire deep down, this burning part of me, this feeling
tonight I’m gonna invite this feeling

I won’t shove it back outside
I know slammed doors and shut lights
make no peace for me, peace for me inside
a house where bulwarks are built
to keep this feeling out
won’t rest with constant knocking from the night

and when the tears come I will cry
they’ll not be silenced, sprung from a part of me
and I will ball my fists when rage ignites
some holy fire deep down, this burning part of me, this feeling

tonight I’m gonna invite this feeling
ignite this feeling, this part of me
tonight I’ll summon and unite all the pieces
in the light, in the heat

and when the tears come I will cry
they’ll not be silenced, sprung from a part of me
and I will ball my fists when rage ignites
some holy fire deep down, this burning part of me, this feeling

tonight, I’m gonna

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words and music by Shannon Curtis
published by Shannon K (ASCAP)
all rights reserved; lyrics reprinted by permission