Pain R.I.P. - Alais Clay

Описание: Track 3 from Resurfacing [Part I] released 8/8/2020
Lyrics/vocals - Alais Clay (https://www.alaisclay.live/)
Instrumental - Matthew Norrish Jacobson
Mixed & Mastered by Stephen Caputo, Durty Mics Studios

Full Resurfacing EP link (Bandcamp) - https://alaisclay.bandcamp.com/album/...
Full Resurfacing EP link (Spotify) - https://open.spotify.com/album/7ndDXm...

TRIGGER WARNING
This song was written with the intention of releasing and clearing any energies of sexual trauma stored in the body, be they personal or intergenerational. It is a song of reclamation and empowerment. For myself, for my sisters, brothers, mother, grandmothers, children across the planet and anyone who has ever gone through, or may be going through such an experience, may you be freed of any pain and shame, and may you be washed over with gentle waves of healing and love until your whole being is restored.

LYRICS:

This one is for anyone who has ever felt the depths
of a pain so deep they could never quite express
the magnitude at which that moment carved into their soul
and left a scar to mark them with that memory to hold
from that moment on forever changing everything they'd know
and go on from there to affect the way they’d grow
consciously or unconsciously forced to face it
the lesson based in unwanted initiations
So many ways which we react to that fire,
some hurt, some hurt others, some rage, some cry
so many ways we try to deal with that pain
Me? I tried to numb it out, smoke it all away
but the truth is, it never really went away
’til I cleared the clouds and started facing it today
ready for a change with my soul seeking peace
so these wounds can finally heal, I release

[chorus]
I release any pain that I’ve carried too long
I release any shame from anyone who’s done wrong
I release any trace of it so I can move on
so I can finally heal, be whole be strong
and if you’ve ever felt even half of this too
I extend this healing, I sing this for you
I pray you can release anything you’ve been through
so you can be whole and be you

For my mother, grandmother and my ancestors too,
For my little sisters and my little brothers who
have ever suffered at the hands of men
back when they could not defend
Heard their silent battlecries loud, now I cry for them
Not just men, but hands of women too
perpetuating traumas that their souls have been through
while I realize forgiveness will never make it right,
I pray we can release this pain to stop the cycle
Cura cura cura, sana, sana, sana
Spirit of the Water, will you help us clear these traumas?
Cleansed by the salt, taken by the sea
for the healing of us all, may this pain rest in peace
From Africa to India, from Italy to Spain
from here I shed these tears to wash away the stains
from England to America, from Haiti to Syria
from my heart to yours, I sing this song to all areas

I release any pain that I’ve carried too long
I release any shame from anyone who’s done wrong
I release any trace of it so I can move on
so I can finally heal, be whole be strong
and if you’ve ever felt even half of this too
I extend this healing, I sing this for you
I pray you can release anything you’ve been through
so you can be whole and be you


This verse is for anyone who has ever had to mourn
the loss of a loved one in a place torn by war
This one is for the indigenous who survived the horrors
at the hands of the church and waves of conquistadores,
This one is for my brother with a bottle in his hand
because he bottled up the history that happened on these lands
This one is for my sister, with a needle in her arm,
just trying to numb the pain from a thousand years of karma
For the peace, the healing, and relief you deserve,
with these tears, I send this song clear across the Earth,
through the Earth, through the Air, through the Water, and the Fire,
carried on the eagles wing’s straight up to the Sky,
and if you’ll accept, from my heart to your heart,
I share this healing from my scars to your scars
We deserve to be happy, we deserve to feel joy,
it’s only our spirit that could ever fill this void,
so I raise mine up, and I offer as a gift,
these tears as holy water to release and uplift,
these words as a purifier, flying off the pages,
sent back in time to heal trauma through the ages,
thousands of years ago, breaking any spells,
with these hands, I make new heaven from these hells,
cleansed by the salt, taken by the sea,
for the healing of us all, may this pain rest in peace