Is there some freewheeling watcher
Shooting marbles in the sky?
Holding your years between their fingers
Watching it burn till the fire dies
Why is it heroic to untether?
How is alone some holy grail?
And if we really come and go unknown
Couldn't I find myself in jail?
Oh, keeper how I love you
I love you and you and you
And returning to myself is such a lonely thing to do
But it's the only thing to do
Is it evolving turning inward?
Oh, what an easy way to be
Only kneeling at the altar of
The great and mighty me
Let me break myself apart
Instead and scatter to my birds
Like a burial at sea
To be the gospel without words
Oh, my darlings how I love you
I love you and you and you
And returning to myself is such a lonely thing to do
But it's the only thing to do
There's no honor in the pilgrimage
Until a soul returns
To hold another's hand and then
And only then it learns
That life is like a stone
Only skipping for a time
Oh, it never really holds its own
It'll never see the other side
And I was born to love you
I love you and you and you
Oh, returning to myself is such a lonely thing to do
Returning to myself is just returning me to you
And that's the only thing I wanna do
Brandi Carlile - Returning To Myself Album Lyrics
Brandi Carlile - Returning To Myself Lyrics
Writer: Brandi Marie Carlile
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Human
Baby, you're only gonna hurt your back
Looking down like that
Cut yourself a little more slack
Baby, you're gonna have a heart attack
And they won't thank you
They don't make awards for that
We know by now that time does not take sides
We're only human
I don't need to see how it ends
To tell you that we'll never be here again
We're only human
I just wanna feel my face in the sun
I never really wanted to hurt anyone
Forever only means we had a good run
We don't need to know right now
It's hard enough being human
It's not like we're ever really gonna learn
And I'm no angel
I know we're gonna watch it burn
And, baby, there isn't anywhere to run
And I won't blame you
For seeing all the beauty in a wildfire sun
Tomorrow isn't nothing but a game that we used to play
And we're only human
I don't need to see how it ends
To tell you that we'll never be here again
Babe, we're only human
I just wanna feel my face in the sun
I never really wanted to hurt anyone
Forever only means we had a good run
We don't need to know right now
It's hard enough being human
We don't need to know right now
It's hard enough being human
Baby, when you wake up and it wasn't a dream
And you're tired of crying, you're too broken to scream
Shake your fist at the city, let it rip at the seams
Be human
You're gonna hammer the street with your hands and your feet
Let the bitterness die, fall in time to the beat
When you look in the eyes of the strangers you meet
Be human
Looking down like that
Cut yourself a little more slack
Baby, you're gonna have a heart attack
And they won't thank you
They don't make awards for that
We know by now that time does not take sides
We're only human
I don't need to see how it ends
To tell you that we'll never be here again
We're only human
I just wanna feel my face in the sun
I never really wanted to hurt anyone
Forever only means we had a good run
We don't need to know right now
It's hard enough being human
It's not like we're ever really gonna learn
And I'm no angel
I know we're gonna watch it burn
And, baby, there isn't anywhere to run
And I won't blame you
For seeing all the beauty in a wildfire sun
Tomorrow isn't nothing but a game that we used to play
And we're only human
I don't need to see how it ends
To tell you that we'll never be here again
Babe, we're only human
I just wanna feel my face in the sun
I never really wanted to hurt anyone
Forever only means we had a good run
We don't need to know right now
It's hard enough being human
We don't need to know right now
It's hard enough being human
Baby, when you wake up and it wasn't a dream
And you're tired of crying, you're too broken to scream
Shake your fist at the city, let it rip at the seams
Be human
You're gonna hammer the street with your hands and your feet
Let the bitterness die, fall in time to the beat
When you look in the eyes of the strangers you meet
Be human
Writer: Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth, Andrew Wotman, Phil Hanseroth
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
A Woman Oversees
One time I went overseas
With a woman I know too deep
I live and breathe to hold her in
I love to hear her speak
We went to people's parties
And we haunted her old hometown
We rambled into restaurants
Tracking her old friends down
They all knew the magic number
The weather, the kids, TV
But this is where she pulls the strings
And slips into someone's grief
She's all tarot cards and gypsy moves
She's on fire with listening
No one sees it coming, no
The canary doesn't sing (sing, sing, sing)
She doesn't sing
For a woman oversees (sees)
A woman oversees
I feel for them and not because
Of what they're going through
I'm sure they used to try and reach
Inside an empty room
But she doesn't make it easy (no)
She hides behind her hair (hair)
She asks too many questions
And she cuts you off with care
She reaches deep inside you like an open cookie jar
And not because you're interesting
But to mind your broken heart
For borrowed pain to hide behind
Divorce, disdain, disease
And it ain't like she don't have her own
But hers is hers to keep
It's hers to keep
For a woman oversees (a woman oversees)
And in a chair sat right beside the puppeteer sits me
Recognizing maybe that I've said too many things
I've fallen prey to conversate, I've spoken her to sleep
Even an eviction
Would be a mercy in that place
Wordlessness is cruel and I can't wipe it off my face
I know I need compassion, Lord
I'm sure she needs it too
She won't even make excuses
That would all be too much truth
It's too much truth
A woman oversees
When you're this far north of forty
The growing's up to you
Even if you grow away from me
And I'd die to watch you bloom
I opened up my eyes one time
When I went overseas
With a woman no one really knows
But I live to hear her speak
With a woman I know too deep
I live and breathe to hold her in
I love to hear her speak
We went to people's parties
And we haunted her old hometown
We rambled into restaurants
Tracking her old friends down
They all knew the magic number
The weather, the kids, TV
But this is where she pulls the strings
And slips into someone's grief
She's all tarot cards and gypsy moves
She's on fire with listening
No one sees it coming, no
The canary doesn't sing (sing, sing, sing)
She doesn't sing
For a woman oversees (sees)
A woman oversees
I feel for them and not because
Of what they're going through
I'm sure they used to try and reach
Inside an empty room
But she doesn't make it easy (no)
She hides behind her hair (hair)
She asks too many questions
And she cuts you off with care
She reaches deep inside you like an open cookie jar
And not because you're interesting
But to mind your broken heart
For borrowed pain to hide behind
Divorce, disdain, disease
And it ain't like she don't have her own
But hers is hers to keep
It's hers to keep
For a woman oversees (a woman oversees)
And in a chair sat right beside the puppeteer sits me
Recognizing maybe that I've said too many things
I've fallen prey to conversate, I've spoken her to sleep
Even an eviction
Would be a mercy in that place
Wordlessness is cruel and I can't wipe it off my face
I know I need compassion, Lord
I'm sure she needs it too
She won't even make excuses
That would all be too much truth
It's too much truth
A woman oversees
When you're this far north of forty
The growing's up to you
Even if you grow away from me
And I'd die to watch you bloom
I opened up my eyes one time
When I went overseas
With a woman no one really knows
But I live to hear her speak
Writer: Brandi Carlile
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
A War With Time
I don't remember the timeline
Just December and the eastern skyline
It was just my time to go
It wasn't even a cold night
Disappointed in the northern nights, I
Always thought there'd be snow
Four hundred people on a broken wheel
When the plane touched down in a concrete minefield
I guess we all made it out okay
Following the streets to a sliver of blue
You can lose the sky and it can lose you too
But you get a little lost to find your way
I'm living a war with time
I could still reach out and touch you and I
Wish I didn't know the things I know
I'm standing in an open door
None of it was overrated and I
Never gonna wanna let you go
But I want you to go
Don't even ask me, just go
I don't remember the faces
Just the anger and the haunted places
So alive, I could taste it on the rain
Even the roaches come from somewhere else
Leaving a stain where the angels fell
In a city where no one knows your name
I'm living a war with time
I could still reach out and touch you and I
Wish I didn't know the things I know
I'm standing in an open door
None of it was overrated and I
Never gonna wanna let you go
But I want you to go
Don't even ask me, just go
Hold their eyes, make sure they know
Stand your ground but see the soul
Beneath the pain and broken home
With every drop of rain and bone
Square your shoulders, turn to stone
Slowly shake your head for no
When you find yourself alone
Retrace your steps and come back home
I'm living a war with time
I could still reach out and touch you and I
Wish I didn't know the things I know
I'm standing in an open door
None of it was overrated and I
Never gonna wanna let you go
But I want you to go
I want you to go (I know you want me to)
And I want you to go (go)
I want you to go
Don't even ask me, just go
Just December and the eastern skyline
It was just my time to go
It wasn't even a cold night
Disappointed in the northern nights, I
Always thought there'd be snow
Four hundred people on a broken wheel
When the plane touched down in a concrete minefield
I guess we all made it out okay
Following the streets to a sliver of blue
You can lose the sky and it can lose you too
But you get a little lost to find your way
I'm living a war with time
I could still reach out and touch you and I
Wish I didn't know the things I know
I'm standing in an open door
None of it was overrated and I
Never gonna wanna let you go
But I want you to go
Don't even ask me, just go
I don't remember the faces
Just the anger and the haunted places
So alive, I could taste it on the rain
Even the roaches come from somewhere else
Leaving a stain where the angels fell
In a city where no one knows your name
I'm living a war with time
I could still reach out and touch you and I
Wish I didn't know the things I know
I'm standing in an open door
None of it was overrated and I
Never gonna wanna let you go
But I want you to go
Don't even ask me, just go
Hold their eyes, make sure they know
Stand your ground but see the soul
Beneath the pain and broken home
With every drop of rain and bone
Square your shoulders, turn to stone
Slowly shake your head for no
When you find yourself alone
Retrace your steps and come back home
I'm living a war with time
I could still reach out and touch you and I
Wish I didn't know the things I know
I'm standing in an open door
None of it was overrated and I
Never gonna wanna let you go
But I want you to go
I want you to go (I know you want me to)
And I want you to go (go)
I want you to go
Don't even ask me, just go
Writer: Brandi Carlile, Aaron Dessner
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Anniversary
Give me space from the distance, a break in the silence
A face to the surface and open my eyes
Give me words with a purpose that hurt us and burn us
For brittling, kindling, tumbleweed lies
She pulled my eye and touched me twice
I froze when I felt the connecting of wires
So what I remembered, the accidental fires
I guess I must still be alive
Go ahead and pine for the pageantry of youth
Claim it and dream it, all the pretty girls do
I could learn not to care, lose some weight, change my hair
What a waste of the things I've been through
It doesn't happen in the dark or the silence, it's long
It's there or it isn't, it's right or it's wrong
I feel smug when it's powerful, when it's wordless, mechanical
Forceful when it's angry and sad when it's gone
Yeah, it's sad when it's gone
Someone new reminds you, and that's how it ends
Unfolds and rewinds you, and the years melt away
Of course, it was wrong, you must have known it all along
It wasn't lazy, complacently, words you can't say
And now you don't have to, it's finally right
It was all in the chemistry, now you don't fight
Through the night for connection, acceptance, deception
There's no recollection, only skin, touch, and sight
Thank God for reprieve, for the primitive peace
Discovering beautiful, easier ways
And closing the door on that joyless old bore
Anniversary mercifully fading away
It was just an old promise, a dogma at best
A square on the calendar, a bulletproof vest
Be your own magic feather and put it to rest
Give it back to the keeper of days
It's just an ordinary day
It's just an ordinary day now
It's an ordinary day
A face to the surface and open my eyes
Give me words with a purpose that hurt us and burn us
For brittling, kindling, tumbleweed lies
She pulled my eye and touched me twice
I froze when I felt the connecting of wires
So what I remembered, the accidental fires
I guess I must still be alive
Go ahead and pine for the pageantry of youth
Claim it and dream it, all the pretty girls do
I could learn not to care, lose some weight, change my hair
What a waste of the things I've been through
It doesn't happen in the dark or the silence, it's long
It's there or it isn't, it's right or it's wrong
I feel smug when it's powerful, when it's wordless, mechanical
Forceful when it's angry and sad when it's gone
Yeah, it's sad when it's gone
Someone new reminds you, and that's how it ends
Unfolds and rewinds you, and the years melt away
Of course, it was wrong, you must have known it all along
It wasn't lazy, complacently, words you can't say
And now you don't have to, it's finally right
It was all in the chemistry, now you don't fight
Through the night for connection, acceptance, deception
There's no recollection, only skin, touch, and sight
Thank God for reprieve, for the primitive peace
Discovering beautiful, easier ways
And closing the door on that joyless old bore
Anniversary mercifully fading away
It was just an old promise, a dogma at best
A square on the calendar, a bulletproof vest
Be your own magic feather and put it to rest
Give it back to the keeper of days
It's just an ordinary day
It's just an ordinary day now
It's an ordinary day
Writer: Brandi Carlile
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Church & State
While the empire was failing
I was so far from home
I heard a thousand sirens wailing
So I was never on my own
And when the blackness slowly parted
I saw the ivory towers
Before the revolution started
Between the madness of the hours
And they don't see what we see
But we believe, we believe
That they're not gonna live forever
Burn tomorrow, never say
They're here today then they're gone forever
Never say never say never say
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
Imagine if we could
In the days that quickly followed
They began to turn to stone
They couldn't stand or speak or swallow
They couldn't get out of bed alone
And when the frailty overcomes them
And they begin to crawl
Reaching out their bloody hands
Guess who gets to make the call?
Well they don't see, what we see
But we believe, we believe
That they're not gonna live forever
Burn tomorrow, never say
They're here today, then they're gone forever
Never say never say never say
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
Imagine if we could
"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act
Of the whole American people which declared that
Their legislature should make no law respecting an
Establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
Exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation
Between Church and State."
No, they're not gonna live forever
Burn tomorrow, never say
They're here today, then they're gone forever
Never say never say never say
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
Imagine if we could
I was so far from home
I heard a thousand sirens wailing
So I was never on my own
And when the blackness slowly parted
I saw the ivory towers
Before the revolution started
Between the madness of the hours
And they don't see what we see
But we believe, we believe
That they're not gonna live forever
Burn tomorrow, never say
They're here today then they're gone forever
Never say never say never say
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
Imagine if we could
In the days that quickly followed
They began to turn to stone
They couldn't stand or speak or swallow
They couldn't get out of bed alone
And when the frailty overcomes them
And they begin to crawl
Reaching out their bloody hands
Guess who gets to make the call?
Well they don't see, what we see
But we believe, we believe
That they're not gonna live forever
Burn tomorrow, never say
They're here today, then they're gone forever
Never say never say never say
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
Imagine if we could
"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act
Of the whole American people which declared that
Their legislature should make no law respecting an
Establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
Exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation
Between Church and State."
No, they're not gonna live forever
Burn tomorrow, never say
They're here today, then they're gone forever
Never say never say never say
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
Imagine if we could
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Joni
I knew a wild woman, she threw a party on her grave
She went there tapping her cane and sipping champagne
She's a wild woman
And she makes me feel so tame
I can take her in a foot race, but I can't take her anywhere
She laughs at all the pop stars
And she doesn't even care if they hear her
She's a game of solitaire
Tell 'em that story one more time, Jon', I won't look away
Let me leave you in laughter, let me go get you a plate
When I tell you I love you, and you tell me, "Okay"
I know you believe me, and that's love in your way
The curse of a wild woman is that she doesn't suffer fools
She won't make cups of tea, and she doesn't bandage bruised egos
Or superficial wounds
But once I was sat beside her, when a fog rolled on the land
She spoke in sacred language every soul could understand
And with a broken body, many were healed by her hand
Let's go dancing, you can lean on me, Jon', I won't even sway
I'll find you a five-dollar blackjack table, make some dealer's day
And when I tell you I love you, and you tell me, "Okay"
I know you believe me, and that's love in your way
She's a wild woman (wild)
She's a wild, wild woman (wild)
I knew a wild woman
Touched by a wild woman
Believed by a wild woman
To be known, known by a wild woman
A wild, wild, wild woman
She went there tapping her cane and sipping champagne
She's a wild woman
And she makes me feel so tame
I can take her in a foot race, but I can't take her anywhere
She laughs at all the pop stars
And she doesn't even care if they hear her
She's a game of solitaire
Tell 'em that story one more time, Jon', I won't look away
Let me leave you in laughter, let me go get you a plate
When I tell you I love you, and you tell me, "Okay"
I know you believe me, and that's love in your way
The curse of a wild woman is that she doesn't suffer fools
She won't make cups of tea, and she doesn't bandage bruised egos
Or superficial wounds
But once I was sat beside her, when a fog rolled on the land
She spoke in sacred language every soul could understand
And with a broken body, many were healed by her hand
Let's go dancing, you can lean on me, Jon', I won't even sway
I'll find you a five-dollar blackjack table, make some dealer's day
And when I tell you I love you, and you tell me, "Okay"
I know you believe me, and that's love in your way
She's a wild woman (wild)
She's a wild, wild woman (wild)
I knew a wild woman
Touched by a wild woman
Believed by a wild woman
To be known, known by a wild woman
A wild, wild, wild woman
Writer: Brandi Carlile
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
You Without Me
Was your smile always crooked?
Was the freedom ever free?
Do you kick the rocks between your feet
After all this time with me?
You can listen to your own records now
Decide what you believe
You can pray on stars and skip the gods
Like stones across the sea
But I would know you anywhere
I lost myself in you
Heavy are the hands that you are
Free to slip right through
Do what you have to do
There you are
My morning star
I wondered when you'd show
Give me just a quick thumbs-up
A wink before you go
I never heard that voice before today
I remind myself to breathe
There you are
It's just you
Without me
I'm late to another game
I guess I never learned the rules
I showed up with a broken name
And handed it to you
I'm not sure if you could fix it now
But if you wanted to
I would follow you around
And carry all your tools
I would know you anywhere
I found myself in you
Heavy are the hands that hold the
Changes you'll go through
Do what you have to do
There you are
My morning star
I wondered when you'd show
Give me just a quick thumbs-up
A wink before you go
I never heard that voice before today
I remind myself to breathe
There you are
It's just you
Without me
As predictable as time and age
But comforting in some strange way
Time makes every one of us an absolute cliché
But when I met you face-to-face
None of it was true
So who am I if I'm not you?
There you are
My morning star
I wondered when you'd show
Give me just a quick thumbs-up
A wink before you go
I never heard that voice before today
I remind myself to breathe
I'm ever just a thought away
If ever you need me
You're gonna live a lot of life
You're gonna see a lot of years
God willing
Just you
Without me
There you are
Just you
Without me
Without me
Without me
Was the freedom ever free?
Do you kick the rocks between your feet
After all this time with me?
You can listen to your own records now
Decide what you believe
You can pray on stars and skip the gods
Like stones across the sea
But I would know you anywhere
I lost myself in you
Heavy are the hands that you are
Free to slip right through
Do what you have to do
There you are
My morning star
I wondered when you'd show
Give me just a quick thumbs-up
A wink before you go
I never heard that voice before today
I remind myself to breathe
There you are
It's just you
Without me
I'm late to another game
I guess I never learned the rules
I showed up with a broken name
And handed it to you
I'm not sure if you could fix it now
But if you wanted to
I would follow you around
And carry all your tools
I would know you anywhere
I found myself in you
Heavy are the hands that hold the
Changes you'll go through
Do what you have to do
There you are
My morning star
I wondered when you'd show
Give me just a quick thumbs-up
A wink before you go
I never heard that voice before today
I remind myself to breathe
There you are
It's just you
Without me
As predictable as time and age
But comforting in some strange way
Time makes every one of us an absolute cliché
But when I met you face-to-face
None of it was true
So who am I if I'm not you?
There you are
My morning star
I wondered when you'd show
Give me just a quick thumbs-up
A wink before you go
I never heard that voice before today
I remind myself to breathe
I'm ever just a thought away
If ever you need me
You're gonna live a lot of life
You're gonna see a lot of years
God willing
Just you
Without me
There you are
Just you
Without me
Without me
Without me
Writer: Andrew Wotman, Elton John, Bernard J.p. Taupin, Brandi Marie Carlile
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
No One Knows Us
Hey, can you get out of bed today?
Do you need anything from me?
I'm anywhere, anywhere I need to be
Even I had the dream last night
We were squatters in fight or flight
Bonfires and Christmas lights
I miss those nights too
Don't be a stranger now
You never really know when the floor drops out
The day they drop the bomb, you won't hear a sound
Stay in touch
No one knows us
By the way, right across the street from the miner's grave
They built another field for the kids to play
I'll bring an extra blanket for you just in case
I didn't wanna bother you anyway
But can you still see your heart racing in the mirror?
Isn't it hilarious to live in fear?
'80s movies and Everclear
What if we're gay?
Don't be a stranger now
We never really know when the plane goes down
The day they drop the bomb, you won't hear a sound
No one knows us
Don't turn your back on me
What about the secrets you've got to keep?
We're never really sure where the river's deep
We've seen too much
No one knows us
We've still got time, can we move to the city?
Can we sleep in light? Can we just forget it?
While they're still alive, can we drive to the city?
Can we dream in light? Dream in light
While the sun sets down in the glass in the city
We can lay our heads in the grass in the city
Making snow angels in the park like kids
Can we kiss the dark? Kiss the dark, kiss the dark
Oh, there won't be a stranger now
You never really know when the floor drops out
The day they drop the bomb, you won't hear a sound
No one knows us
Don't turn your back on me
What about the secrets you've got to keep?
We're never really sure where the river's deep
No one knows us
Don't be a stranger now
No one really knows when the plane goes down
The day they drop the bomb, you won't hear a sound
Stay in touch, we've seen too much
No one knows us
Do you need anything from me?
I'm anywhere, anywhere I need to be
Even I had the dream last night
We were squatters in fight or flight
Bonfires and Christmas lights
I miss those nights too
Don't be a stranger now
You never really know when the floor drops out
The day they drop the bomb, you won't hear a sound
Stay in touch
No one knows us
By the way, right across the street from the miner's grave
They built another field for the kids to play
I'll bring an extra blanket for you just in case
I didn't wanna bother you anyway
But can you still see your heart racing in the mirror?
Isn't it hilarious to live in fear?
'80s movies and Everclear
What if we're gay?
Don't be a stranger now
We never really know when the plane goes down
The day they drop the bomb, you won't hear a sound
No one knows us
Don't turn your back on me
What about the secrets you've got to keep?
We're never really sure where the river's deep
We've seen too much
No one knows us
We've still got time, can we move to the city?
Can we sleep in light? Can we just forget it?
While they're still alive, can we drive to the city?
Can we dream in light? Dream in light
While the sun sets down in the glass in the city
We can lay our heads in the grass in the city
Making snow angels in the park like kids
Can we kiss the dark? Kiss the dark, kiss the dark
Oh, there won't be a stranger now
You never really know when the floor drops out
The day they drop the bomb, you won't hear a sound
No one knows us
Don't turn your back on me
What about the secrets you've got to keep?
We're never really sure where the river's deep
No one knows us
Don't be a stranger now
No one really knows when the plane goes down
The day they drop the bomb, you won't hear a sound
Stay in touch, we've seen too much
No one knows us
Writer: Brandi Carlile
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
A Long Goodbye
Did you hear the one about the girl
Who'd never seen a cactus tree?
In her mind, she traveled around the world
But never saw a plane until seventeen
White knuckling the armrest only bound for Idaho
Hoping for the best, but you don't know what you don't know
That it only takes a window seat
To see the world was underwater too
And I only had to lose my way to be found by you
To be found
He went out the window on a new year's day
And shattered his body on a downtown street
Yeah, we're all just a broken heart away
From making a promise that we're forced to keep
Doing ninety in a forty-five on Ambien and Jack
The spinning wheel makes a ticking sound
And sometimes it lands on black
Some kids make it home at night
And some kids never do
I almost had to lose my mind to be found by you
To be found by you
There's a picture of you on your grandma's wall
You and your hair are straight and light
It's just an awkward moment that's locked in time
But I can see Elijah in your eyes
What I wouldn't give to hold you in those days and still
What if we had broke up over Jagged Little Pill?
We don't curse the broken miles of age
That it takes to see this through
Yeah, I probably had to lose those years to be found by you
I know I had to lose my way to be found by you
In a moment everything could change
Anything can change
Let it go
Keep it light
Let it snow
Let the wind blow all night
It's only life after all
It's the blink of an eye
It's a long goodbye
It's a long goodbye
It's a long
Goodbye
Who'd never seen a cactus tree?
In her mind, she traveled around the world
But never saw a plane until seventeen
White knuckling the armrest only bound for Idaho
Hoping for the best, but you don't know what you don't know
That it only takes a window seat
To see the world was underwater too
And I only had to lose my way to be found by you
To be found
He went out the window on a new year's day
And shattered his body on a downtown street
Yeah, we're all just a broken heart away
From making a promise that we're forced to keep
Doing ninety in a forty-five on Ambien and Jack
The spinning wheel makes a ticking sound
And sometimes it lands on black
Some kids make it home at night
And some kids never do
I almost had to lose my mind to be found by you
To be found by you
There's a picture of you on your grandma's wall
You and your hair are straight and light
It's just an awkward moment that's locked in time
But I can see Elijah in your eyes
What I wouldn't give to hold you in those days and still
What if we had broke up over Jagged Little Pill?
We don't curse the broken miles of age
That it takes to see this through
Yeah, I probably had to lose those years to be found by you
I know I had to lose my way to be found by you
In a moment everything could change
Anything can change
Let it go
Keep it light
Let it snow
Let the wind blow all night
It's only life after all
It's the blink of an eye
It's a long goodbye
It's a long goodbye
It's a long
Goodbye
Writer: Brandi Carlile
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Returning to Myself is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, released on October 24, 2025, via Interscope and Lost Highway. It was announced on September 3, 2025, alongside the release of the title track as the lead single and its Floria Sigismondi-directed music video.
The album was praised by music critics for its lyrics, considered "philosophical" and "spiritual", and its musical production. Commercially it became Carlile's fifth top-ten album on the Billboard 200 in United States and third appearance on the UK Albums Chart.
In 2023, after her seventh studio album In These Silent Days (2021), Brandi Carlile had started to write and record songs with Elton John, including the collaboration "Never Too Late", the theme to John's 2024 documentary of the same name, which was nominated for Best Original Song at the 97th Academy Awards. The two artists released the collaborative album Who Believes in Angels? on April 4, 2025, through Interscope Records.
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Returning to Myself received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from seven critic scores.
Lee Campbell of Rolling Stone UK wrote that the album "finds the singer-songwriter at her most philosophically engaged" and "at her most honest, insightful and reflective best", in which she "confronts mortality without flinching while insisting that togetherness remains our finest achievement".
Returning to Myself debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 35,000 album-equivalent units, becoming Carlile's fifth top-ten album in her career, the fourth as a solist.
Returning to Myself debuted at thirty on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Carlile's third project to chart, and her second as a solo artist after The Story (2007).
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Brandi CarlileThe album was praised by music critics for its lyrics, considered "philosophical" and "spiritual", and its musical production. Commercially it became Carlile's fifth top-ten album on the Billboard 200 in United States and third appearance on the UK Albums Chart.
In 2023, after her seventh studio album In These Silent Days (2021), Brandi Carlile had started to write and record songs with Elton John, including the collaboration "Never Too Late", the theme to John's 2024 documentary of the same name, which was nominated for Best Original Song at the 97th Academy Awards. The two artists released the collaborative album Who Believes in Angels? on April 4, 2025, through Interscope Records.
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Returning to Myself received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from seven critic scores.
Lee Campbell of Rolling Stone UK wrote that the album "finds the singer-songwriter at her most philosophically engaged" and "at her most honest, insightful and reflective best", in which she "confronts mortality without flinching while insisting that togetherness remains our finest achievement".
Returning to Myself debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 35,000 album-equivalent units, becoming Carlile's fifth top-ten album in her career, the fourth as a solist.
Returning to Myself debuted at thirty on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Carlile's third project to chart, and her second as a solo artist after The Story (2007).
-Wikipedia
Genre(s): Synth rock, americana
Producer(s): Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon
Length: 43:19
Released: October 24th, 2025
Year: 2025