New Suns ft. okanomodé Lyrics

There's a form of violence that we learn as men

That happens when we simply run from love

Don't let it take a whole lifetime to get your humanity back

I'm not running anymore

Shards of a heart picked up from the floor

Scars on our bodies, in our brains, and more

Growing up here was more like surviving a war

It's hard, but I know that we are so much more

I grew up poor, I've been broke on tour

And turned down money cuz my worth is more

Got something in me that they can't afford

A year shy of 40 with the best in store

I learned love is all that I was put here for

And I learned those words mean so much more

We used to fear growth, I'm not running anymore

This love goes deep like feet in the floor

Like trees with roots that reach the earth's core

Never have I been so sure

Seen life for what it is

And it don't hurt no more

Shed this man skin

Let this broken heart of ours mend

Touch the light of love within

Shine on

New suns

We all hold trauma but we're so much more

When hearts break, it takes time to restore

We come back changed, a new range to explore

More stronger and tender than ever before

I am something brand new in a body that's worn

Made out of stories with some pages torn

Space to create more worlds out my limbs

And words out my skin, I can't keep this in

Love is salvation, let it take you in

I take a look in the mirror and I'm breaking men

Their form of manhood's a cage we're in

Like we could be free but we embrace prison

We stay impaired, keep running from love

Just to run into all the abuse we're from

Some stories come with a predictable drum

There is nothing new under, but there are new suns

Shed this man skin

Let this broken heart of ours mend

Touch the light of love within

Shine on

New suns

Octavia Butler said that last part

She also said all you touch you change

And all you change changes you

It's the only lasting truth

Maybe forgiveness isn't real

What happens to us is not our fault

But it's on us to heal

In time, we grow beyond the hurt

Ijeoma Oluo said that last part

And Ijeoma got my whole heart