I could be daydreaming but for a moment

And somehow they’re creeping back in

I could be sleeping and wake in a torrent

Somehow I get caught in their grips again

Here I am in my shame spiral

I’m sucked into it again

I reach out for your benevolent opinion

And you bring the light back in

Don’t leave me here with all these critical voices

Cuz they do their best to bring me down bring me down

When I’m alone with all these negative voices

I will need your help to turn them down turn them ‘round

 

I could be listening to a conversation

A story I’m not even in

These voices have their way when I am unguarded

Suddenly I step in quicksand again

Once again in my shame spiral

I am glad that you’ve weighed in

 

 

 

Don’t leave me here with all these critical voices

Cuz they do their best to bring me down bring me down

When I’m alone with all these negative voices

I will need your help to turn them down turn them ‘round

 

All these judgments so incisive

Voices left to their devices

This woman’s neuroses a desperate plea

For slack to be cut to me…cut to me

Don’t leave me here with all these critical voices

Cuz they do their best to bring me down bring me down

When I’m alone with all these negative voices

I will need your help to turn them down turn them ‘round