Mary Lambert - Lay Your Head Down lyrics

Lay your head down lay your head down
Lay your head down on me
What is the state of your heart?
Is it concave? Are you awake?

Sometimes when I cry
I start to cry harder simply
Because I am crying
Or because I know that in the world
Somewhere there are little girls
That are wearing tutus
And singing Christmas songs
Or because there are actual Shar Pei puppies
That look like rolled up towels
Or because on the internet
You can find pictures of pigs in rain boots
You can find anything on the internet
That is so cool
Or I cry because Sarah McLaughlin
Comes onto my TV
And sings to animals that don't have homes
(Fuck you Sarah McLaughlin)
(Just kidding, I love you Sarah McLaughlin)
Sometimes I cry when cheese is really good
Or when I've cut onions
(but that’s 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 sunset is so
Beautiful on the Connecticut river
I cry because I am scared I am losing my mind
I cry because I'm on meds or because I
Forgot my meds or I'm crying for the
Fact I'm crying because I forgot my meds and
Does this actually mean I am myself?
And I am 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 concave? Are you awake?

I cry because sometimes my only power
Feels like tweeting a hashtag
Because that feels 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 frightening
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 are made to feel weak 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's also chocolate cake and
Love and Harry Potter
And the brilliant gasps of magic
Of holding a hand and hammocks
I love hammocks!
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 could one person possibly to 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 concave? Are you awake?
Stay awake stay awake
Stay awake